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Retro Clock Widget

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:04:00 +0000

Retro Clock Widget was one of the first clock widgets available for android and has been downloaded by millions of users over the years. Version 2.0 brings many improvements, while keeping the simplicity that made it famous.

This app provides a home screen clock and date widget based on the classical mechanical flipping clock. The widgets act as shortcuts to the systems alarm clock and calendar applications.

When you want to customize the look and feel (like the colors, transparency, or shortcut applications), you can do so using the Retro Clock Settings companion app also available on Google Play.

To use the widget on Android 4.0+:
- open the app drawer
- tap the "Widgets" tab
- find Retro Clock / Date and drag it to the home screen

To use the widget on older versions of android:
- long press an empty spot on the home screen
- select "Widgets"
- tap on Retro Clock / Date to add it to the home screen

NOTE: If you are using a Task Manager, make sure to add Retro Clock Widget to the ignore list. When the app is killed, the time will stop updating.

Recent changes:
- Added repair mechanism for when the widgets background process is killed. Clock may still freeze for up to 30 minutes, but will restart itself automatically
- Added alarm shortcut for some Sony Xperia devices

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

Electric Plasma Live Wallpaper

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:55:23 +0000

Electrical plasma effect that moves across the screen. Choose blue, green, purple, red, orange, yellow, white, random, or cycling colors.

As of March 11, 2013, this app has been updated to use OpenGL ES 2.0. As a result, it runs faster, more smoothly, and more efficiently than older versions.

This app contains no advertisements and requires no special permissions.

This is a Live Wallpaper, so it is opened like other Live Wallpapers - press and hold on your home screen, then select "Wallpapers", then "Live Wallpapers", and choose "Electric Plasma Live Wallpaper" from the list. This will bring up the live wallpaper preview screen. To edit the settings (such as the color,) press the Settings button in the lower right corner of this preview screen.

If you enjoy this wallpaper, consider purchasing Electric Plasma Wallpaper Plus. It has a custom color picker, touch interaction, settings for symmetrical plasma patterns, and three more dynamic color options (battery power, accelerometer, and compass direction).

Recent changes:
May 11, 2013: Fix for lag issues reported by some users - if complex motion is turned off (as it is by default) the program will switch to the simpler shader that the app used in versions before this feature was added. I have been able to test this on a device that was experiencing this issue (a Galaxy Nexus) to verify that the fix works.

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

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
* Re-organized and improved settings menu
* Disabled auto update checks by default
* Removed permissions for notifications
* Various fixes and improvements

Next Launcher 3D

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:26:17 +0000

The top rated 3D launcher - Next Launcher 3D, will show you how 3D dynamic and highly customizable home screen replacement app could redefine your Android Launcher - Extend imagination, extend capabilities! Now, upgrade your outdated launcher to Next Launcher and embrace the next generation of user interface to your phone! Do not forget to rate us when you're satisfied with Next Launcher 3D!

Features

√ Stereoscopic Screen Preview
Stunning 3D screen preview with dazzling animation of screen switching enables you to access to, add, set home screen, and delete any screen on your launcher in a second.

√Theme Mix Mode
Choose different theme styles for different elements (icon, folder, dock bar, and preview screen panel) respectively. Design the ultimate UI look you desire with Theme Mix Mode.

√Enhanced Home Screen Transition Effect Border
Enable it through Next Key and experience stronger 3D visual effect when flipping home screen.

√Elements Floating Mode 
Show how cool your phone can be to your friends!
All the elements on home screen float like the cloud. Blow your microphone or make voices to fasten the floating speed.

√ Multi-select Apps
After selecting one app, use sliding gesture to multi-select the other apps. The fantastic interaction designs not only to wow people, but save efforts to fulfill batch operation on Android launcher home.

√ Customizing Home Screen
Packed with unlimited screen layout function, you may place icons, folders, or widgets randomly on your screen. Change 3D themes and wallpapers to reclaim your launcher home interface.

√ Icons
Icons support rotation, replace, Multi-select, align and so on. Operation is easy and fantastic. Multi-select apps, long press one of the selected apps to gather them, and draw a preview path by selecting operation from app icon menu.

√ Rotatable Dock
Invert the dock upward or downward to switch among Android launcher home, preview and editing modes.

√ App Drawer
Icons can be arranged by name or time. You can create folders by overlapping app icons. That batch operation to add icons on Android home is also available.

√ 3D Widgets & Themes & Live Wallpapers
Popular widgets in 3D space including switch, music, and clock have been released, with weather, task manager, calendar, notification widgets coming soon. Numerous of 3D themes and live wallpapers are being prepared for the launcher.

Redefine Your Android phone with Next Launcher 3D right now!
Watch Next Launcher 3D demo through YouTube to preview all the stunning features:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-VQdJnahY&feature=youtu.be

Tips:
1. Please make sure you have installed Google Play Store.
2. Support Android 2.3.3 or higher. Dual-core will be better.

Feel free to contact us if there is any problem or suggestion.
E-mail: golauncher@goforandroid.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NextLauncher
Google+: https://plus.google.com/108624381722454375934/posts

Recent changes:
V1.31
1. (New) Gesture for icons on dock (Long press the icon on dock -> Gesture)
2. (New) Back button action (Preferences -> Gesture -> Back button)
3. (New) Icon font size editable (Personality -> Icon editor -> Label size) – Temporarily not supported for Android 4.0.x and 3.x
4. (Improved) Element swing amplitude setting (Preferences -> Effects settings -> Swing amplitude)
5. (Improved) Fling gesture supported for Next Key
6. (Fixed) Some FC and crash bugs

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

Kii Keyboard

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:19:37 +0000

Kii Keyboard is an all new alternative android keyboard that combines the best features from other android keyboards like Swiftkey, Swype, GO keyboard, Thumb keyboard, Jelly Bean keyboard and Better keyboard into an all-in-one package.

★ALL premium features are free to use, but they will be reset every hour. Upgrade to premium via the in-app purchase to remove such interruption★

●Main features:

★Best all-in one keyboard optimized for both phone and tablets
★Accurate and smart keyboard predictions
★User defined text shortcuts
★Extra number key row
★Extra arrow key row
★Swiftkey like next word prediction
★Gesture keyboard control
★Swype like gesture input
★Thumb Keyboard like split keyboard layouts
★Support many keyboard layouts: PC, Compact qwerty, T9, Dvorak, Azerty, Colemak
★Support iOS6 emoji input
★8 build-in HD themes
★Support a variety of themes: Go Keyboard, Better Keyboard, Themeshop Keyboard themes
★Font and color customization
★Use any pictures as keyboard background
★True Multi-touch keyboard
★Jelly Bean 4.2 keyboard

●Support 34 languages：
☆English
☆Arabic -اللغة العربية‎
☆Czech - čeština
☆Danish - dansk
☆German - Deutsch
☆Spanish - Español
☆Greek - Ἑλληνική
☆Estonian - Estonian
☆Finnish - Suomi
☆French - française
☆Croatian - Hrvatski
☆Hungarian - Magyar
☆Icelandic - Icelandic
☆Italian - Italiano
☆Japanese -日本語
☆Georgian -ქართული
☆Korean -조선어
☆Lithuanian -Lietuvių
☆Latvian - latviešu
☆Norwegian (Bokmal) - Norsk (bokmål)
☆Dutch - Nederlands
☆Portuguese (Brazil) -português
☆Portuguese (Portugal) -português
☆Polish - polski
☆Russian -Русский
☆Romanian - română
☆Slovak - Slovenčina
☆Slovenian -slovenščina
☆Serbian -српски
☆Swedish - svenska
☆Turkish - Türkçe
☆Ukrainian -українська
☆Hebrew - עברית
☆Chinese Pinyin - 中文

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KNOWN ISSUES
- Gesture input may not work on some devices

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EXPLANATION OF PERMISSIONS:
- The record audio permission is needed for Voice input
- The internet access permission is needed for downloading additional plugins
- The permission to read the contact database is needed for contact dictionary
- SD card access permission is needed for selecting background images on some devices

credit icon http://andrewbadger.deviantart.com/
Artwork by www.afterglow.ie

Recent changes:
Version 1.2.2
* fixed size issue for m and l key on compact layouts
* fixed blacklist & text-shortcuts bugs on Jelly Bean 4.2 devices
* added underscore character to alternative character list on J key
* moved "Switch to other input methods" setting under Advanced Settings
* added Spanish translations, translation credit: Sebastian Luzzi
* other minor bug fixes

* see change logs in app for full change logs...

RoboForm

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:35:27 +0000

RoboForm for Android is a password manager and form filler app that allows you to use your logins from your RoboForm Everywhere account on your Android device. You can log in to your favorite sites automatically in RoboForm using the Logins you created with RoboForm on your PC or Mac. Newer versions provide full RoboForm functionality, including offering to save passwords when browsing.

Notes on using RoboForm for Android:
- A RoboForm Everywhere account is required.
- RoboForm runs in its own browser because the native Android browser does not allow any integration.
- RoboForm also integrates with Firefox browser, starting at ver 1.62.
- RoboForm also works in Dolphin browser if you install RoboForm addon into Dolphin, in addition to this app.

Recent changes:
Ver 3.00 changes:
* Added multiple browser tabs for Android version 3.x and later.
* Added auto-complete for URL field that offers viable alternatives.
* Simplified browser interface.
* New GUI now runs on Android 4.2 and higher devices.

GO SMS Pro Emoji Plugin

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:52:11 +0000

GO SMS Pro Emoji plugin, enable you to send funny emoji icons to iPhone or Android phones with GO SMS Pro and its Emoji plugin.
Note that the emoji are sent by SMS, need no MMS.

♥♥♥ Direction♥♥♥
Please read carefully. Thanks.

1. TO better use Emoji, please update your GO SMS Pro to version v4.67(or the latest), and install the GO SMS Pro Emoji plugin.

2. IF you send emoji to Android phone, please make sure that the recipients also have had GO SMS Pro and GO SMS Pro Emoji plugin installed, so that emoji can be displayed correctly in their phones.

3. IF you send emoji to iPhone, the recipient need not install any plugin.

4. Emoji encoding settings is in GO SMS Pro's Settings—Application Settings—Emoji encoding settings.

5. TO input emoji, go to compose message UI, and press paper clip bottom.

♥♥♥ Problems Overcome♥♥♥
- If ur having a problem where Android users can't see your Emoji, go to GO SMS Pro Settings > Application Settings > Emoji Encoding Settings & choose GO SMS. That will enable Android users who you text to see your Emoji. THESE ANDROID USERS MUST HAVE GO SMS PRO AND GO SMS EMOJI PLUGIN INSTALLED ON THEIR DEVICE, IF THEY DONT, THEY WONT SEE YOUR EMOJI.

- To have iPhone users see ur Emoji, follow directions above but choose iPhone/SoftBank instead.

Recent changes:
GO SMS Emoji plug-in v1.5 updates (2013-05-16)

- You can Free to use Emoji for IOS 6.
- Improvement and bugs fix

Notice: With this update, all users can VIEW all Emoji sent by friends, Premium users can VIEW and SEND all Emoji. Thanks for your support to be our Premium member(GO SMS Pro —> App Center —> Premium).

Backgrounds and Wallpapers HD

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:18:19 +0000

## Unique & Superb quality Wallpapers Hand Picked by OGQ ###

The OGQ Backgrounds HD has huge selections of unique and high quality images with category support. It is the Fastest Wallpaper app with easy and intuitive user interface.

** Features **
✔ 1,600+ Unique & High quality images Hand Picked by OGQ
✔ New Unique & Superb quality Images added Daily
✔ The Fastest Wallpaper app with easy and intuitive user interface
✔ Search wallpapers by category, popular, favorite features
✔ Easy to share beautiful images through SNS such as Facebook, Twitter

** Wallpaper Categories **
The OGQ HD Wallpapers includes Animal, Buildings, Cats and Dogs, Cars, Colorful, Flowers, Food, Girly, Heart, Illustration, Love, Monochrome, Nature, Paintings, Patterns, People, Pink, Quotes, Sky, Sports, Texture, Travel, Trees, Universe, Vintage and s going to continue to be added.

The OGQ HD Wallpapers and Backgrounds is the best Android Wallpaper app, which is also known as Wallpapers, Wallpaper, Backgrounds, Live Wallpaper, beautiful images, photos, pictures, and artist drawings.

Copyright © 2011-2012 OGQ Corp., Inc. All rights reserved.

Recent changes:
- The Fastest Wallpaper app even got Faster
- New Superb quality images added Daily
- More efficient use of memory