Requirements: Android:2.1 and up
Price: $1.99
Overview: Ad-free version of Launcher 7.
The Winphone 7 lookalike launcher, almost like the real thing and in some ways even better!
Features:
- 1x1, 2x1 and 1x2 tiles with configurable colors
- Widgets in a tile! (provided that widget fits)
- Almost real like tile animation
- Almost real like tile re-arrange mode
- Almost real like status bar
- Animated contacts tile (supports G+ synced contacts)
- Pinnable contact-tile which animates like the real phone
- Folder tiles
- Webpage tiles
- Filterable application list
- Stock wp7-like colors and color selection (coming soon to all colors selectors, not just the common one)
FAQ:
- Initial setup may be broken depending on your phone manufacturer, you probably need to replace the tiles
- To add new application to main screen, long press on an application in application drawer and select "pin to home screen"
- Filtered apps can be restored from the launcher settings fitered apps page
- Tiles can be made transparent by adjusting the alpha value from the horizontal bar on the color selector
- All bitmaps must fit inside 48 megabyte heap (high-end phones, lower-end phones even less than that), so don't try to use too many 25 megabyte bitmaps on your tiles or you will see FC.
- Gmail tile will not work anymore, use Mail tile instead
- By default WP7 statusbar shows icons only if you touch it. You can adjust the functionality from statusbar options
TODO-list:
- folder of contacts tile
- revamp the application icon addition (allow text color selection etc)
- App integration (Twitter, Facebook etc.)
- two-sided tiles
- cropping tool to make custom bitmap selection easier
Changelog
Version 1.0.1.21
- Animated contact tile now uses now-deprecated API to locate contacts
- Several bugs fixed from tile animation system
- Changed fly animation to be more wp7-like (real one is still a lot nicer :( ), you may need to adjust your animation speed to gain best results
Version 1.0.1.20
- widgets reverted back to old implementation
- you can turn on new widget support when adding new widget on screen, it is not possible to modify this setting once widget has been added
- 1.0.1.20.1: fixed issue with contact tile images in qHD resolution
Version 1.0.1.18
- few more crash fixes
- awesome? full screen folder layout is now user-themable, example list view theme is available from market
- web tiles now accept https:// and file:// urls
Mail me if you wish to learn more about the folder themes, how to make one and how to improve them in the future
Version 1.0.1.19
- fixed issue which prevented folder tiles from loading the theme
- fixed issue which set incorrect theme in folder tile settings
- fixed issue where unpinned tile space was not reclaimed correctly
- juice defender should no longer cause hang while unlocking the phone
- widgets have been redesigned, and they are much more interactive now
- contact tile photo loading has been reworked
- possibly resolves the crashing issue with animated contact tile
Version 1.0.1.17
- if launcher crashes it will now attempt to resign from being default launcher (just to make sure you won't end up with unbootable phone)
- out of memory errors now attempt to show message on screen before crashing. If that happens you must start reducing memory usage (use smaller bitmaps, less tiles etc.)
Permissions:
android.permission.READ_SMS - SMS tile
READ_CONTACTS - contacts tile
INTERNET - ads <3
GET_ACCOUNTS - calendar tile
READ_GMAIL - gmail tile (2.2+2.1)
READ_CALENDAR - calendar tile
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - backup/restore
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE - statusbar
READ_PHONE_STATE - statusbar
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - statusbar
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE - statusbar
EXPAND_STATUS_BAR -statusbar
What's in this version:
1..23:
2. I'M SORRY ITALIA: I didn't realize the translation was broken and special menu didn't work. My mistake and I apologise for the trouble it caused.
3. other translations should have access to contact tile too
4..22:
5. slight improvements to bouncy scrolling
6. added some more functionality to themable folders
7. new config: close folders on launch, now the folder will close when you launch app
8. inverse easing which made moving tiles very hard fixed
9. animated single contact tile added! Enjoy!
