LauncherPro FAQ

[45droid]

Nice compilation Ed.

Do you know where more information could be found about the "LauncherPro Shortcuts" and "Activities" options in the "Select shortcut" menu (presented when selecting "Menu" -> "Add" from LP).

LP Shortcuts is a very odd addition to the launcher. It seems it would only be useful to the people who don't know how to use it (such as myself) -and I assume developers have no use for it - so it just sits there as this nebulous option of unlimited impossibilities. Or something like that.

The "Activities" option, on the other hand, is a great tool to help 'step inside' an app. A couple examples:



Say you have several launchers on your device (Stock, LP, GoLauncher, Zeam ...). You could grab Home Switcher from the market. Or you could use shortcuts to activities to put any of the launchers on any of your homescreens or in to a folder. Try this: Longpress Homescreen...

Shortcuts>Acivities>

...your device will take a moment to get the next screen (It's a long list)...

Launcher>com.android.launcher2.Launcher

From here you have the options to change the icon and name of the shortcut.



If you have Astro, you might like its "Application Manager" or "Process Manager" tools. Or you may never use them (or even know they existed!) because it takes five steps from Home to get there. Just longpress Homescreen

Shortcuts>Activities>Astro>App Mgr

Here's a link with a more graphical "how-to" for adding activities shortcuts.

 

[deanshep85]

well the shortcuts were utilized by the guy who made the classical gas theme (and all those who have made variants) by coding some pages then linking them so you can call a seperate homescreen from your 'main' homescreen without sliding to it...

not sure any other way that can be done..

but you are right, thats really the only thing I've seen 'shortcuts' used for really.. activities does much the same, same as well if the user has desktop visualiser or something similar and makes shortcuts that way too.

 

[45droid]

Oh. Here's one that won't apply to everyone, but it's one of my most used:
Activities>Ultimate Droid>CPU Settings. Two taps away from adjusting my processor speed!

 

[Eris Ed]

I hate that unread count is not cleared if I read message from notification bar.

Happens to me too. Swipe down the notifications bar, tap the SMS to open Chomp and read the message, but the unread count is still there in the dock. Annoying.

 

[BabyBlues]

Multipicture Live Wallpaper, from the market.

I'm going to try it again in a few days but I downloaded it, set it up and then spent the entire next day fighting extremely slow processes. Everything slowed down or wanted to force quit. Once I removed it and rebooted it was all ok again. I'm hoping it was just a fluke.

 

[deanshep85]

I'm going to try it again in a few days but I downloaded it, set it up and then spent the entire next day fighting extremely slow processes. Everything slowed down or wanted to force quit. Once I removed it and rebooted it was all ok again. I'm hoping it was just a fluke.

hopefully it was, as I am normally the one to recommend Multipic to everyone if its needed....hell its in my signature the whole time for all to see and have guided a number of people on its use..

I personally never saw any slow down or force closes with it myself, the only thing I noticed was it would refresh the wallpaper sometimes that is all...nothing more than that really..

On that subject, I really like the new update on it which allows for a custom wallpaper for lockscreen now as well.....so those who WANT a lockscreen paper and can't (as I can attest that my other halfs wildfire running 2.2 CAN have different screen for that but my 2.2 Desire CANT), can change things its sometimes nice to be able to JUST change wallpaper without changing anything else..I know apps like widgetlocker CAN but its nicer just to have simplicity rather than all the extras lol plus its free lol

 

[BabyBlues]

hopefully it was, as I am normally the one to recommend Multipic to everyone if its needed....hell its in my signature the whole time for all to see and have guided a number of people on its use..

I personally never saw any slow down or force closes with it myself, the only thing I noticed was it would refresh the wallpaper sometimes that is all...nothing more than that really..

On that subject, I really like the new update on it which allows for a custom wallpaper for lockscreen now as well.....so those who WANT a lockscreen paper and can't (as I can attest that my other halfs wildfire running 2.2 CAN have different screen for that but my 2.2 Desire CANT), can change things its sometimes nice to be able to JUST change wallpaper without changing anything else..I know apps like widgetlocker CAN but its nicer just to have simplicity rather than all the extras lol plus its free lol

I'll def try it again and see. It was just odd that it was the only program that I added that day and my phone acted up. I loved having the different pics so I'm really hoping something just wasn't playing nice. I'll let you know.

 

[BabyBlues]

Next question - I love the unread sms count but what about mms ....am I missing that setting or is it not available ?

 

[deanshep85]

Next question - I love the unread sms count but what about mms ....am I missing that setting or is it not available ?

well mms is part an parcel with sms as such, so if you get an mms message it should come up just like a normal message...

I cannot though vouch for that, as for some odd reason, I can't receive MMS messages...but thats a network issue of mine though..

 

[BabyBlues]

Ok - after tries # 2 & 3 - something on my phone does not play nice with MultiPicture. I don't know if it's LPP or another program but within 24 hours of installing and setting up I have a lagging phone and something constantly seems to be syncing. Any suggestions? I follow directions well but not real techy so I could be missing something.

And the SMS vs MMS is very strange but only SMS comes up. I had to unhide my notification bar so that I can see if there's an MMS.

 

[starbucks2011]

can anyone help me to get rid of the doubled favorites from the Bookmark widget?

thank you

 

[BabyBlues]

can anyone help me to get rid of the doubled favorites from the Bookmark widget?

thank you

Remove widget, go into bookmarks and make sure your duplicates in there are deleted. Put widget back.

 

[starbucks2011]

Actually, the problem was in /data/data/..../browser.db.

 

[Lucifer01]

Might one of you guys have an idea why my Menu Key wont work when I'm in the app drawer?

 

[taseen12345]

Hey guys..........
I am a new user of android forums.... so I don't much about this.......... And not to forget that I am a new user of LauncherPro also so that makes sense I think..............
the problem is I can't find my widgets in app drawer................. If you can help me................ please..

 

[Kaat72]

Hi Taseen, welcome to Android Forums
Are you using LauncherPro?
In your app drawer, when you see this overview of all your app tiles, you can see two tabs: the left one is Apps, and the right one is Widgets. Tap it to switch.

 

[taseen12345]

Thanks but maam I cannot find any tab on the top...... and yes I am using LauncherPro.

 

[breadnatty08]

Welcome to the forums, taseen12345.
It's been years since i used LauncherPro, but have you tried long pressing on a homescreen to see if a box pops up giving you the option of placing a widget there?

 

[taseen12345]

Yes.. when I hit the options button on my android something pops up with an option