Just downloaded this from the android market...new app is great...great interface...Has reflective type menu on the bottom that you can slde across to view different shortcuts, cannot customize menu yet but im sure it will be available in next update.
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I have been working on a replacement for the stock Car Home app for a bit, and I am completely stumped on how to override the Home button so that my app will be brought back to the foreground whenever the phone is docked. This is the way that Car Home works, so there must be a way. It seems that BroadcastReceivers won't work, because the intent that is broadcast whenever the Home button is pressed will still cause the default homescreen app to launch; I cannot prevent it. I can override the Home button from within my app, but that does me no good since this needs to work when the user is outside my app. Car Home also does not do anything weird like set itself as the default homescreen app while it's running (I checked the logcat to make sure).
I've been really beating my head against the wall on this. Does anyone have any ideas, or can you at least point me in the right direction?
When using a home replacment like Helix, Home++, etc. does the android home still run in the background and reduce performance? I had a lot of stuff on my stock home but just switched to Helix so how do i stop/disable stock home if it is running?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI would like to to try this but have not been able to find it on the market. I am one of the unlucky ones to still be on 1.5...could this be the reason why?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI use to love Home ++ but lately its been crashing like crazy. I was gonna try GDE but I read some of the comments and that seems to have crashing issues also. Im tired of all the force closes. I have one widget and Im only using five home screens. Why is it closing so much
View 9 Replies View RelatedWhich home screen are you using? Default or replacement?
View 30 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know of a home replacement app that supports live wallpapers and is very customizeable? Not open home, it fcs on me all the time!!
View 3 Replies View RelatedI cooked this up and wanted to share. By following the instructions here I was able to customize my N1 homescreen with the 3rd greatest British rock band; The Who! You will need ADW or LauncherPro and Desktop Visualizer and of course photo editing skills if you want to make a custom screen.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have installed my Webview app as home replacement and now my app is loaded after Android reboot. (I do this only for test). Now I can't close my application and I can't uninstall it . (This was what I wanted, but not now!! my application was still under development. ) How I can now uninstall it and return to the default home? The only thing I can think of is to update the firmware, but this is my last option.
View 10 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to launch other apps from my app like the application launcher or home screen do? I don't want to try a home replacement app. At least would a widget on home screen be able to launch other applications? Also can a widget on the (default) home screen receive swipe events (before a touch event)?
View 7 Replies View RelatedFunny topic maybe, but I feel like I have a decent hold on app development, widget development, and even made a game. I'd like to tinker with creating a home screen replacement but havn't been able to dig up any examples or good places to start. Does anyone have any recommendations or links that might help out?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWhich is the most highly recommended? I hear that both Home++ and Sweeter Home are good. I'd like something that looks like Sense UI if possible.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI'm looking for an app that allows me to have more than 5 screens on my nexus one. Currently I have home++ but it doesn't allow for live wallpapers and the app selection is really outdated looking imo. I tried launcher++ but it too had the app selection ugliness.
What i really want is a home replacement that mimics the normal launcher on 2.1 but has extra screens. I don't need anything fancy, i just want more screens and perhaps an infinity scroll feature. is there anything like that? even a custom rom maybe? does cyanogen offer more screens?
I recently purchased a used Le Pan 970 that was running Beta 4 of the CM7 Gingerbread. I was having trouble maintaining a Wifi connection so I upgraded to the Beta 5 version of CM7. It fixed my Wifi problem but now I have a new problem.
After the install the large Home button on the side of the tablet doesn't work anymore. The other large buttons (back, search and menu) still work. The smaller home button on the bottom still works. All buttons used to work before Beta 5 was installed.
Is this part of the Beta 5 update or have I accidentally turned off a setting somewhere?
I believe this should be in the development thread but I don't have the post count to participate over there. Searching wasn't of much assistance as Beta 5 has only been out for a few weeks.
I have an ally and i just had to get a new one because my old one was re-booting. anyway, I had the google navigation beta shortcut on my home page on my last phone and i cant find it now. its the blue arrow. i have re-booted to see if it shows up, nothing. i have searched the market for "google maps" and cant find it. can i do a manual update?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to download the home replacement application Slide Screen by Larva Labs on my HTC Evo 4G but its not in the Market and when I click the download link on Slide Screen's web site I get a 404 error. Any idea if this app is no longer available or do I have to download it elsewhere?
View 5 Replies View RelatedJust relaying my usual FYI (might want to know) development... The group that was working on theming android has pretty much been a complete success... We now can change the animation along with the colors of the bar and other cool stuff...This requires a rooted moment tho so can not be applied to totally stock
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know any info on this home replacement or when it'll be out? Looks pretty awesome. Not sure if I'm willing to give up Sense for this though.
View 6 Replies View RelatedSweeter Home 2 is the most innovated home replacement software I've seen, but it is only available for 1.6 & 2.0. We need this for the Eris, Moment, Hero and other 1.5 phones. Please help get Sweeter Home 2 released for the 1.5. The dev team will release a build for 1.5 if enough people click the link below and submit a comment asking for it: Running Android 1.5 and can't install the beta? : sweeterskins.net - themes and news about Sweeter Home More info: sweeterskins.net - themes and news about Sweeter It's unlike any other home replacement, allows you to store apps in different trays that pop-up at a click of the button, add custom calendars to the home screen, everything and I mean everything on the screen is customizable. Just check out some of the themes people are developing:
Sweeter Home Theme:Bumble Be http://androidforums.com/motorola-droid/35548-offical-post-sweeterhome-2-themes.html
Looking at home replacements (leaning towards pandahome). I have what might be a dumb question...If I install one of these apps, will it erase all of my current settings, i.e. current location of apps, widgets, etc? Or will it just replace the current home and allow me to add more?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI found ahome on appbrains website, but all of the ones I find say they work for android 1.1 software and then 1.6 software. How can I get it for my droid running 1.5?
View 8 Replies View RelatedOk so to everybody out there whats the best home replacement. I wanna get every ones opinion and go from there.
View 15 Replies View Related(before question shout out to how great home ++ is) ok so i've tried ish some home replacements before(and by tried i mean installed didnt like look or quite get it and uninstall(when i first got phone)). i started to youtube home++ became very intrested and installed it and love it so far! great alternative i think everyone should try it out! ok now to question this is my first time posting so hello all! now that i have home++ installed i notice that my original "home screen" is always running in the background,so is there a way to "deactivate"(for lack of better terminology). doesnt it take up cpu/gpu resources and then new home screen does also in turn draining battery or slowing phone down? if no way to deactivate should i goto original and turn off stuff like live wallpapers and also remove any widgets that update regularly so i dont have it running twice?
View 6 Replies View RelatedOn the car dock the "Car Home" was default to the home key on the Droid. If I backed out of Car Home to get to an app or something, I would just touch the Home key and it would get me back to car home.
View 11 Replies View RelatedI just starting trying out other home replacement apps. Sence seems to be the best. I would like to try home++. I think its only for 1.6 because I can't find it in the market. What are you thoughts on home replacements for the Sprint Hero.
View 7 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know of any good home replacements on 1.5? I've only used sense, home, and slidescreen, none of which I am super happy with. Helix Launcher looks great, but I think is only 2.1.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI know there have been a few threads on home replacements but I ran across one the other day (don't know if it's been mentioned here before) called LauncherPro. It is by far the fastest most stable home replacement I have ever used. It is in the market so I suggest you check it out if you are looking for something different!
View 10 Replies View RelatedJust found this one on the market last night, its called PandaHero-Hero Style, by Honeybee apps. It is an actual full app that makes the phone almost exactly like a HTC-Hero. I love it so far, so easy to use and looks really good, it is pretty intuitive.
View 9 Replies View RelatedIf you have a home replacement, could you swap it with Launcher.apk and have it be the only one running, or would that not work?
View 7 Replies View RelatedJust picked up a Fascinate for my wife and as we all know it's infested with Bing (until the 2.2 update). I have installed google search etc and its mostly running like her Eris was BUT the car home app that pops up when you place the phone in the car mount is the Samsung Bing app. The icons point to VZ navigator etc and she is like WTF I can't get the nav to work. Anyone know the easiest way (here come the "root the phone man....." comments) to disable the car home or replace it will the stock google one?
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