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Minimalistic Text

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:51:05 +0000

Minimalistic Text is a widget app that displays information in a minimalistic way.
It can be configured to display time, date, battery and weather information. The layout of the widget is highly customizable through the layout editor.

YouTube videos:
Barcode Battery Bar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPsug6jQ3o4
Use custom fonts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ou_kaXfyiU

Supported languages:
* English
* Danish
* German
* Greek
* Dutch
* Polish
* Norwegian
* French
* Croatian
* Serbian
* Czech
* Spanish
* Estonian
* Italian
* Portuguese
* Hungarian
* Russian
* Swedish
* Simplified Chinese
* Traditional Chinese
* Slovak
* Afrikaans
* Slovenian
* Hebrew
* Bulgarian
* Catalan
* Korean
* Turkish
* Finnish
* Ukrainian

Explanations for the permission requests:
** android.permission.VIBRATE **
used in the layout editor to give feedback that an item has been dragged
** android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION **
used by the weather service to get your coarse location and retrieve the weather for it
** android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE **
needed to determine if the weather data can be fetched
** android.permission.INTERNET **
needed to actually retrieve the weather data and to get the name of the location you are
** android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED **
needed to be able to wait until the phone booted before initializing
** android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE **
to gain access to your SD card and save the preferences to it
** android.permission.GET_TASKS **
used to determine if the home screen is currently active. This is used by the automatic rendering option
** android.permission.CHANGE_COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE **
To enable / disable widget sizes
** android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE **
To support WiFi variables
** android.permission.READ_CALENDAR **
To support calendar events
** com.android.vending.BILLING **
To support In-App donation
** de.devmil.minimaltext.permission.USE_DIRECT_CALL_ADDON **
allows Minimalisitc Text to use the Minimalistic Text direct call addon (if it is installed)

>>Donate App<<
If you have the donate/pro app installed then you will get early access to new features and the ads will be removed.

To get the donate/pro app search for "Minimalistic Text (donate)" in the market.

If you have any problems, write me an email!

Now with Buzz Launcher support! Minimalistic Text can be restored exactly the way it has been packed using the Buzz Launcher. This way you can share your complete Homescreen easy with other Buzz Launcher users!
Download Buzz Launcher here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buzzpia.aqua.launcher

Please don't use the comments for feature requests or bugs. You can write me an email (develmil@googlemail.com). (Of course you still can rate lower due to bugs or missing features)

Tasker integration:
1) add a Locale variable to your layout and set the variable name (click it)
2) in Tasker select Plugins -> Minimalistic Text for an action
3) Click "Edit", a new activity starts
4) enter the name of the variable and the text that should be displayed for this variable (you can use Tasker variables)
done

Wiki: wiki.devmil.de

Recent changes:
3.0.10.4.1
- fixed a FC - sorry
3.0.10.4
- new translations (Finnish, Ukrainian)
- performance improvements
3.0.10
- Hebrew support
- When Minimalistic Text has a problem updating the widgets it will now force close. Please send the error report!
- added preset selection
- Fixed Yahoo weather
- Variable multi-add
3.0.x
- Complete new widget settings menu
- Buzz Launcher support
- Improved UI performance
- added volume variables
- text icons
- help texts

LauncherPro

Sun, 16 May 2010 10:10:58 +0000

If you can't open it, download "ClearDefaultHome" or "Home Switcher"

- Super-smooth scrolling
- Animated screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense)
- Up to 7 home screens
- App drawer (2D and 3D!) with a fly-in effect and smooth scrolling
- Scrollable shortcut dock

For support, please visit our forums.

Recent changes:
- NEW Support for icon packs.
- NEW Real homescreen looping (enabled by default, you can disable in Preferences > Appearance Preferences).
- NEW Option to hide homescreen icon label backgrounds.
- Scrolling performance improvements.
- Fixed an issue with 3rd party scrollable widgets on some HTC phones.
- Fixed a visual glitch when using Light caches and the "Flip" transition.
- Fixed hidden apps reappearing when they're updated.

PicSpeed HD Wallpapers 500,000

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:45:01 +0000

The BIGGEST collection of TOP QUALITY background images for any taste. Every picture is FREE and AMAZING!
Fastest wallpaper app with over 500,000+ images. All backgrounds are high quality, high definition images.

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Description
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Picspeed HD Wallpapers is the most reliable and well-known android backgrounds application, with a large collection of unique, high quality images. We maintain quality and user interest by adding 100 cool,fresh pictures every day; all you have to do is open the "today's wallpapers" section and see for yourself. You can also use the app to crop, rotate and scale backgrounds or let the app cycle through your favorite images. Download backgrounds from our app with the push of a button. Images are grouped in 400 categories, so you cand find anything you can think of, including popular choises like cars backgrounds or 3d images.

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Features
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- Everything is free, all the pictures
- 500,000+ hd wallpapers
- Save and download hd pictures
- Automatic image changer
- Wallpaper editor
- Share backgrounds
- Favorite pictures
- Search for backgrounds
- List or Grid picture viewing
- Feedback / Report a problem interface
- Fast, intuitive interface
- Category / Subcategory easy to use
- Find wallpapers
- Compatible with Go Launcher, Apex, Nova and many other

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Special sections
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- Today's wallpapers : 100 new backgrounds every day, with more than 500 days to browse in the past
- Colors : 50k pictures grouped in 100+ specially picked colors; very usefull when using color themes in some android launchers
- Favorites : Images picked by you, the ones that you like the most. Also used by the automatic background changer
- All categories: HUGE picture groups ordered alphabetically for easy wallpapers find. These range from anime backgrounds to nature and more.

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Top web reviews
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"This app is a huge collection of HD wallpapers for your Android phone or tablet. All you need is an internet connection to start browsing thousands of high-quality images. Once you have found the background you like, you can save it to your device, or share it via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter." - softpedia.com

"There is absolutely no way you won’t find a few different wallpapers that you just can’t live with out." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuy-yhPpiro - androidspin.com

"an app like Picspeed HD Wallpapers should be one of the first things that you download." - t3.com

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User reviews
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"Gladly giving 5 stars. All wallpapers HD quality and variety is impressing. Good, good work... Thank you." - Oleg

"What a dream selection of high quality FREE downloadable images. This app is state of the art and runs smoothly and quickly on my Atrix HD device. A far cry from the wallpaper "hunt" and limited option to download that was the norm a year or two ago. No need to get caught up with apps that don't deliver the goods. Love PicSpeed." - Stevie

"Excellent. Very good quality pictures and a lot to choose from. Best app of its kind out there."

"I have tried all of the apps in search for the best wallpapers. Picspeed has the best HD defined pics that look amazing on your phone." - Krista

Spanish user review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RwLH5BHusQ

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Thank you
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Thank you for installing and supporting this free product. Let us know what you think!

Recent changes:
Fixed "Change storage path" in Preferences
Better on Galaxy S3, Nexus, Tablets
Save now works with max resolution images
Adding images every day
Save images to SD
Share feature
Automatic Wallpaper changer
Crop, rotate, zoom

Please use "Report problem" from app menu if wallpaper is not set properly. Thank you!

Nova Launcher Prime

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 09:19:45 +0000

Highly customizable, performance driven, home screen replacement for Android 4.0+

Nova Launcher Prime unlocks the following features in Nova Launcher:

Drawer Groups:
Folders in App Drawer
Unlimited custom tabs
Organize apps into tabs and folders in the app drawer

Gestures
Quickly start Nova Actions or Apps from gestures on the desktop, such as pinching, swiping or two-finger swiping.

Hide Apps
Keep a clutter free drawer by hidding never used apps.

Dock Swipes
Get more use out of your dock apps by setting swipe-actions

Unread Counts
Never miss an email. Unread count badges for SMS, Missed calls and Gmail. Counts show in the dock, desktop, drawer and folders.

More Scroll Effects

You need to install the free version of Nova Launcher http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher to use Nova Launcher Prime

For download issues or Play Store errors such as Error 941 please contact Google at http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/request.py?policy=apps&contact_type=contact_policy

Recent changes:
Fixed some licensing issues
Updated Icon
Updated text
Added button to Nova Settings

See the changelog of Nova Launcher for updates related to the launcher http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

Apex Launcher

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 17:22:03 +0000

Apex Launcher helps you create a customized homescreen experience on your Android (4.0+) device.

"Fantastic app that has the potential to give your phone a complete makeover. I highly recommend it." - MakeUseOf
"Even after a lot of customization, Apex Launcher feels super fast." - Pocket Now
"We must say it is as smooth as butter." - Droid Life

Five Best Android Launchers - Lifehacker
The 25 Tastiest Apps for Ice Cream Sandwich - PCMag
Must-have apps for the Nexus 7 - ZDNet

Features:
• Customizable homescreen grid size and up to 9 homescreens
• Scrollable dock with up to 7 icons per page and up to 5 pages
• Infinite & elastic scrolling (homescreen, drawer and dock)
• Fancy transition effects (tablet, cube, etc.)
• Hide elements as you want (persistent search bar, status bar, or even the dock)
• Customizable icons and labels for shortcuts and folders
• Choose different folder preview styles and background
• Multiple drawer styles (transparent/opaque, horizontal/vertical, paginated/continuous)
• Drawer apps sorting (title, install date, mostly used)
• Hide apps from the drawer
• Lock your desktop to prevent accidental changes
• Enjoy homescreen gestures (pinch, swipe up/down, double tap)
• Advanced theme engine (icon packs, skins, etc.)
• Backup/restore settings and data
• Optimized for both phones and tablets
• Lots of other customization options!

Apex Launcher Pro (Paid Version) Features:
• Powerful drawer customizations (unlimited drawer tabs, folders in drawer)
• Unread count notifications (provided by the free Apex Notifier extension)
• Dock swipe actions (swipe up and down actions)
• More gesture options (two-finger gestures)
• Additional transition effects (accordion, cross, etc.)
• Flexible theme options (ADW, LauncherPro, Go Launcher themes)
• Enhanced folder support (batch add, merge folders)
• Advanced widget options (widgets in dock, overlapping widgets)
• More features on the way!

Tips:
• Pinch the screen to access screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense).
• Long press an icon to drag and drop it over another one to create a folder.
• Long press icons/folders on the desktop and choose edit from the popup menu to customize icons and labels.
• Drag, hover, and drop app icons over the delete button at the top of the screen to quickly uninstall apps.
• Long press an app in the hide apps list to quickly launch that app.
• Switch to single screen wallpaper mode to fix wallpaper zooming issues.
• Enable the Root Helper in advanced settings (root required, Android 4.0 only) to add widgets from the drawer.

Permissions:
• Access widget data: Only used to create and display widgets on the homescreen. (Android 4.1+ only)
• Application information: Used to display warnings when other launchers are running.
• Control vibration/Status Bar/Wallpaper: Standard launcher functions.
• Network communication: Used for anonymous usage/error reporting (optional).
• Phone calls: Used when you create direct-dial shortcuts on the homescreen.
• Storage: Used to backup/restore settings and desktop data.
• Superuser: Required to add widgets from the drawer (Android 4.0 only).

Love Apex Launcher? Rate us on Google Play. We’re always trying to make Apex Launcher better. If you have questions or suggestions, please share them with us!

Recent changes:
v2.0.2
* Added uninstall quick action for desktop icons
* Fixes for DashClock and AccuWeather widgets
* Updated translations

v2.0.1
* Folder background transparency
* Transparent status bar for HTC devices (may require root)
* Bug fixes and minor UI improvements

v2.0.0
* Folders in the app drawer (pro)
* Integration with Apex Notifier (pro)
* Notification badge style options (pro)
* Improved activity picker and wallpaper chooser
* Various fixes and improvements

Beautiful Widgets Pro

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:00:07 +0000

Tons of widgets, tons of themes, just for you. Beautiful Widgets is your best friend for customizing your home screen with clocks widgets, weather and other widgets. Make it personal, be unique & express yourself. You also get a beautiful weather application with animated weather!

Beautiful Widgets was the first paid app reaching 1 million of downloads. It has been Google Editor's Choice for more than a year, and more then 3 years in the top #5 paid applications in the Android Play Store (previously Android Market).

- Android Central: "We love Beautiful Widgets"
- AndroidGuys: "We’re already set to rename the app “Simply Stunning Widgets”"
- Android and Me: "Beautiful Widgets is one of the essential must-have Android apps, and has been for quite some time now. If you still haven’t managed to buy the app, there’s no time to waste."
- ZDNet: "The strength of Android is the ability to make the interface very personal, and Beautiful Widgets is the daddy of them all."
- FrAndroid: "Beautiful Widgets is excellent"

Multiple widgets are available for displaying a clock, the weather, your battery percentage, the current date or accessing some system settings more easily with toggles.

Numerous layouts offer your widgets different faces for the same functionality.

More than a thousand free themes to beautify your widgets. You will be able to do multiple combinations with clock, weather, battery and toggle themes. You can discover the themes on the web store : http://market.beautiful-widgets.com/

Each widget is independent, allowing you to create the same widget for different locations, different themes or layouts.

If customization is not enough for you, discover :
- Weather information by Accuweather or Weather Underground
- Beautiful 5 days forecast with stunning animations
- Multiple language forecast

- Localized time, so you always know the weather and local time of any place in the world
- 12 Hours forecast
- Moon-phases, current and a forecast for the next 4/5 phases

- Weather alerts (USA only)
- Fancy Weather Live Wallpaper OpenGL accelerated which displays the weather live on your wallpaper, with many effects, physics and interactions!

- Have an eye on your current weather thanks to the great Jelly Bean notifications. Either display the weather icon or the temperature in the status bar.

- Android Holo look & feel

- Web Skin Market with cloud to device communication: browse themes from your computer and apply it directly to your phone along with a new wallpaper!
- Web Skin Mixer: create your own customized skins from the elements of the others themes (http://market.beautiful-widgets.com/skinmixer/explanations)
- HD (High definition) themes

- Nice toggle widgets for Wifi, Bluetooth, Mobile, Brightness, GPS (shortcut), Silent, Vibrate, Plane Mode, Rotate and a Timed Silence!
- Animated weather when your phone is unlocked

Much more to come. You should know that Beautiful Widgets has been created 3 years ago, and it is still updated very frequently. So no hesitation, purchase it and express yourself!

You can submit your own themes from : http://levelupstudio.com/skincreator

*** Important notes ***

We allow more than 15 minutes for the refund policy because we think it is too short. You can contact us from Google Checkout within 24 hours with an explanation on why you are not interested in keeping it. Warning: this do not apply during sales and promotions!

This application is not working on the SD Card because it contains widgets, so please make sure you have enough free space on your device.

Recent changes:
- 5.2.1 (25/04/2013)
Fix summer time error.

- 5.2 (09/04/2013)

Addition of the daylight in ForecastScreen (available the 2nd day after the update)
Other improvements and fixes

Fancy Widgets

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:21:13 +0000

Personalize your Android home screen with highly customizable clock widgets, weather widgets, home (clock & weather) widgets, forecast widgets, and more with lots of customization options.

Basic features:
- Clock with customizable time and date format
- Current weather condition and 3/4-day weather forecast
- Choice of Google or AccuWeather for weather forecast
- Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature support
- Geo-location for weather or search city by name/zip code
- Configurable refresh interval
- Additional information (e.g., battery level) on the widget
- Customizable widget tap actions
- Automatic sunrise/sunset time calculation
- Moon phase calendar
- Different widget sizes and styles with skin support
- Access to the Fancy Widgets Market and convenient skin management
- Many customization options to make your beautiful widgets

Full version exclusive features:
- Multiple location support for both clock and weather
- Additional weather providers: WeatherBug, MSN Weather, and The Weather Channel
- Current temperature notification
- Severe weather alerts with customizable notification options
- Easy backup/restore of your widget settings
- Over 400 clock and weather skins to decorate your home screen
- Fancy weather animations (rain, storm, snow, etc.)
- Fancy Widgets 1x1: weather icon, moon phase, date, battery
- Fancy Widgets 2x1: forecast, digital/flip clock, date
- Fancy Widgets 4x1: digital/flip home (clock and weather), weather, forecast, digital/flip clock
- Fancy Widgets 4x2: digital/flip clock
- Even more customization options

NOTE: Please exclude Fancy Widgets from your task killers. Otherwise, the widgets will not be able to update properly.

If you purchased Fancy Widget Pro from the Android Market or Amazon Appstore before, you may request a free license key on our website using your Google/Amazon order number.

Please read the FAQ and head to our forum for support.
http://forum.anddoes.com/

Recent changes:
v3.5.5
* Fixed a force close bug when trying to unlock on devices running Android 2.1 or earlier
* Changed the reporting option to allow users to opt out of anonymous usage report

v3.5.4
* Added support for XHDPI screens (e.g., Galaxy Nexus)
* Fixed a bug with clock updates on the forecast screen
* Fixed a minor issue with weather alerts (full version only)
* Improved mechanism to get the next alarm time
* Updated language translations

GO Locker

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:20:22 +0000

Various of lock screen themes for you to match your style. Beautify your phone from lock screen with GO Locker.

[Features]
1. Various of Locker Themes to make your phone outstanding
2. Plenty of custom functions to customize your personal lock screen including sound, effect, etc
3. Be compatible with any Launcher
4. Able to put widgets on lock screen, much faster to check infos and start apps
5. Able to activate phone, SMS and Camera directly or you can change the slider shortcuts yourself
6. Support customize wallpaper
7. Security locker to protect privacy

[Tips for new user]
1. Recommended to set “Lock Home Key” in order to prevent from unlocking your device by tapping Home Key.
2. Recommended to turn off system locker in order to prevent from showing double lockers.

Please let us know if you meet any bugs or want any improvements!
E-mail: golauncher@3g.net.cn

Recent changes:
1.（Improve）Independently and compatible with any launcher
2.（Improve） Update Russian translation

Nova Launcher

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:28:16 +0000

Highly customizable, performance driven, home screen replacement for Android 4.0+

Accept no substitutes! Nova Launcher is the original and most polished customizable launcher for Android 4.

Features include:
Color Themes
Change the accent color of the launcher, full color picker support

Icon Themes
Apply ADW or Go launcher icon themes to all app icons

Scrollable Dock (for Tablets and Phones)
Keep all your favorite apps on the dock, with up to 7 icons per page and up to 3 pages.

Customizable App Drawer:
Transparency
Scrolling style, choose between horizontal paginated or vertical continuous

Scroll Effects
Enjoy eye candy when scrolling your desktop and drawer. Effects include Cube and Cardstack and more for Prime users.

Infinite Scroll
Never be far from your favorite page, loop through your desktop continuously.

Folder Icons
You can chose a background, preview style or even replace the whole icon.

Backup/Restore
Export your settings and layout before a wipe to quickly get back up and running.

Widgets in dock
Add any 1x1 widget to the dock

Widget Overlapping
Overlap on resize or placement, long-press to send to back or bring to front

Bulk Add
Add multiple apps to the desktop or a folder at once

Activities shortcut
Select hidden activities from your favorite apps

*Nova Launcher Prime Features (Paid version)*

Nova Launcher Prime unlocks the following features in Nova Launcher:

Drawer Groups:
Folders in App Drawer
Unlimited custom tabs
Organize apps into tabs and folders in the app drawer

Gestures
Quickly start Nova Actions or Apps from gestures on the desktop, such as pinching, swiping or two-finger swiping.

Hide Apps
Keep a clutter free drawer by hidding never used apps.

Dock Swipes
Get more use out of your dock apps by setting swipe-actions

Unread Counts
Never miss an email. Unread count badges for SMS, Missed calls, Gmail, Email, Google Voice and more. Counts show in the dock, desktop, drawer and folders.

More Scroll Effects

Permissions:
Access Widget Data: This is in order to display the widget and widget's data to you. This dialog/permission is new in Jellybean. The data is not used for anything aside from displaying it.
Internet/Network State/Wifi State: Optional & Anonymous error/usage reporting
Directly call phone numbers: Only used if you place a direct-dial shortcut on the homescreen.
Wallpaper/Vibrate/Status Bar/Choose Widgets: Standard Launcher functions
USB (SD) Storage: Backup/restore
Retrieve Running Apps: Used by Aggressive Desktop setting and to warn in settings when multiple launchers are running in history.

Recent changes:
v2.1

New icon and wallpaper picker. Swipe between pages of themes
Ability to change icons & titles of apps in drawer, independent of applied icon themes. Drag app from the drawer to the Edit icon
(Prime) Improved grouping of apps. Drag app from drawer to Edit icon
(Prime) Ability to drag a drawer folder to the desktop. Stays linked with drawer folder.
Settings > New Apps for adding newly installed app shortcuts to the desktop. More advanced than the Play Store setting.
Optimizations and fixes

GO Launcher EX

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:45:01 +0000

GO Launcher EX is the most popular Android home launcher replacement app in Google Play. It offers you many first-ever features to customize your own homescreen experience. Go launcher EX provides you speedy and smooth operation, fancy and plentiful themes, and utility functions with imagination.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/GO-Launcher-EX/110639522355878

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/golauncher

Key Features:
☆ Extremely smooth transition animation
☆ Smooth flipping operation
☆ More than 5000 personalized themes
☆ Amazing custom gestures feature offers you more convenience and fun
☆ Various GO widgets (weather, switcher, calendar…)
☆ Efficient and strong app management function, including sorting, hide app, search, cleaning memory and refresh.

New features:
- Supports GO Launcher super themes (more homescreen effects),the last pic above is our "Dryad Super Theme".(Search "Dryad" in google paly, it's free to download)
- Draw patterns to active apps (double click on home screen to active custom gesture)
- Squeezing effect of icons and widgets (Jelly Bean style)

Tips
1. How to get themes, widgets and lockers?
a) Search ‘go launcher theme’, ‘go widget’ or ‘go locker’ in Android Market.
b) Use GO Store via menu button in GO Launcher.
2. How to set transition animation?
Use ‘Effects settings’ via button in GO Launcher.
3. Icons are too small?
Use ‘Icon Size’ option in ‘Preferences->Visual settings->Icons’ to make icons bigger.
3. Long press the app icon to enter editing mode on home screen and app drawer.
4. Glide up to open menu and glide down to pull down notification.
5. The widgets in the screenshots belong to GO Widget, attainable from Android Market or GO Store.
6. File browser can be found in the lower left of app drawer.
7. Process management feature is found down the running tab of app drawer. Clicking the broom icon and clean the memory.

Important:
1. GO Launcher is a totally free app without any charge.
2. If you cannot set ‘GO Launcher’ as the default home app, download ‘Home Manager’ to fix it.
3. ‘DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS’ permission?
It's required by the feature to create shortcuts of ‘person’ and ‘direct dial’. GO Launcher won't make unattended phone call and cost your money.
5. ‘READ CONTACT DATA’ permission?
It's required by the feature to create 'person' shortcut as well as to add contact folder.

Our commitments are respecting user privacy and delivering cool experience. Please help us by rating this app and recommending to the others.
Want an extreme makeover to your phone? Try it out!
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Recent changes:
1. (New) Add the feature to auto-clean unuseful icons on homescreen
2. (New) Know the upcoming features in advance via Preferences-> About
3. (New) Toucher theme switch supported(Menu-Add-Theme-Toucher)