Android apps by Android Does

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

Apex Launcher Pro

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 06:22:44 +0000

Apex Launcher helps you create a customized homescreen experience on your Android (4.0+) device. Apex Launcher Pro unlocks the following 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!

This app unlocks premium features in Apex Launcher. You must have the latest version of Apex Launcher (free) installed on your device. This app just acts as a license key to unlock the pro features.

After installing this app, please restart Apex Launcher (Apex settings > Restart Apex Launcher) and you should be running Apex Launcher Pro.

This app only works with official Apex Launcher releases. If you have trouble activating the pro version, please email us your Google order information for support.

Recent changes:
Initial Release

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

Apex Notifier

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:13:32 +0000

Apex Notifier is an extension application for Apex Launcher Pro (2.0+) and DashClock Widget (Android 4.2+). It provides notification data to those applications and does nothing on its own.

We decided to make the notifications feature a separate extension app for better permission management and easy integration with DashClock. With this change, we were able to remove a few sensitive permissions from Apex Launcher, so users of the free version won't have to grant those permissions.

When used with Apex Launcher Pro, unread counts will show up in badges on application icons. Please enable Apex Notifier in Apex Settings > Notification settings.

When used with DashClock Widget, Apex Notifier displays useful information from various sources. Please enable Apex Notifier in DashClock Extensions > Add Another Extension > Apex Notifier. You may enable up to 3 extensions for DashClock.

Supported Apps
• Missed Calls
• Unread SMS
• Calendar Appointments
• Gmail
• HTC Mail
• Samsung Email
• K-9/Kaiten Mail
• Battery Level
• Stock Email
• Google Talk
• Google Voice
• Starbucks

Notes
• Unread SMS provides the number of unread messages, not unread conversations.
• Gmail unread count requires Gmail version 4.0.5 or higher.
• If you update Gmail or install K-9/Kaiten Mail after installing Apex Notifier, you may have to re-install Apex Notifier to get proper permissions.
• You do not need this extension for Aqua Mail. Just turn on external notifiers in Apex Launcher Pro, and you will see the unread count badge.
• Battery level will be displayed in a numeric badge on Battery apps (the Settings app by default) in Apex Launcher Pro. Some battery settings (e.g., status, time, details) are only applicable for DashClock.
• Notification data for Email, Google Voice, and Starbucks are retrieved from widgets. Please set up your account in those apps first. Depending on how often each app refreshes its widget, data may not be updated in real time.
• Features listed under Labs are experimental and may stop working in the future.
• When used with Apex Launcher Pro, please install Apex Launcher before installing Apex Notifier.
• Apex Notifier only works with official versions of Apex Launcher Pro (2.0+). Please do not ask for support if you are using a modified or pirated version.

Feature Requests
For now, only apps listed above are supported. Integration with additional apps may be implemented in the future if there is official API or public content provider. There is currently no plan to support apps that do not expose APIs (e.g., WhatsApp, KakaoTalk). It is possible to support those apps by listening to status bar notifications using an accessibility service. However, it is hacky and suffers from some known issues (with Google Now, Talkback etc.)

Developers: Apex Launcher Pro also supports notifications from other apps. Please check out the notifications API at http://goo.gl/NC8EO

Recent changes:
Note: As Google replaces the Talk app with the new Hangouts app, support for Google Talk will be removed in a future update. Unfortunately, Hangouts is not supported at the moment, as it does not provide any public API or interface for retrieving notification data.

v1.2
* Fixed Kaiten Mail DashClock extension option

v1.1
* Added support for Kaiten Mail
* Improved support for unread Email
* Fixed Samsung Mail dashclock shortcut

Fancy Widgets Unlocker

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

This application unlocks premium features in Fancy Widgets. Please install the Fancy Widgets (Free) application first.

After installing this app, launch Fancy Widgets settings and follow the instructions to activate the unlocker. You need to have Internet access during the activation process.

IMPORTANT: Please install Fancy Widgets first -- it is the main application. This app will not show in your app drawer and it just acts as a license key to unlock the full version features.

If you purchased Fancy Widget Pro before, you do not need to purchase this unlocker. You may request a free license key on our website to unlock the full version using your Google/Amazon order information.

Recent changes:
Fixed a force close bug when trying to activate unlocker without Internet connection

Gingerbread Apex Theme

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:28:57 +0000

Gingerbread Theme for Apex Launcher

This is a green Gingerbread theme for Apex Launcher. It includes:

* A few icons for stock apps from Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
* A matching green Apex Launcher skin
* The Droid Sans font for icon labels
* A wallpaper from Gingerbread

This app will not show up in your app drawer. You need to have Apex Launcher (v1.2.0+) to use this theme.

How to apply
Apex settings > Theme settings > Gingerbread Theme > Apply

If custom icons or skin images fail to load properly, please make sure the app is not moved to SD card.

For theme developers, please visit the following link for a tutorial on how to create themes for Apex Launcher.
http://goo.gl/zkCS3

Recent changes:
Fixed Camera icon for Jelly Bean.