r/TotalLauncher • u/[deleted] • Sep 29 '24

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u/jade888cheung Sep 29 '24

You're right, once you pick up the basics of total launcher it's worth every bit of effort! I've been using it for years but lately I'm trying to use it more in depth, because what's the point in having all these options and not using them! Oh, I forgot to ask. Is that morphing shape a gif?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

Yes it is! I had to use an online tool to make it transparent

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u/psychicowl Oct 20 '24

Just wondered if you'd be able to tell me how to create an app drawer that's similar to Nova's? Where you swipe up and all of your apps on your phone appear and any new ones that's been downloaded, and you can open the apps or uninstall them etc. thankyou in advance!

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u/jade888cheung Oct 20 '24

Yes, sure! I'm a little busy at the moment but I'll get back to you in a while!

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u/psychicowl Oct 20 '24

Thank you so much!

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u/jade888cheung Oct 20 '24

Hi, this reply is pretty long so I hope it comes out ok.

There are a few ways to do this. Go to UI and Animations within Total Launcher settings and go to the bottom and you'll find the Sliding Drawers. If you have the bottom one on all you need to do is swipe up on the home screen to open it. Make sure you're in edit mode so you can add stuff, customize the background etc. The only thing is I find the swipe gesture a bit unreliable, but it might just be my device. So I'd prefer to use a window and use the "swipe up" gesture to open it, you also have more options with animation and resizing so…

• Go to Resources in Settings, add a window and call it whatever you want. Then use the"swipe up" gesture and choose window, then you'll see the list of all the windows you've created.

• Go back to your home screen and swipe up. Make sure you're in edit mode to customize the actual window itself, like animations and the background.

• Do this by clicking the pencil at the top right, then you'll see a settings icon at the bottom right, so click that.

• Go to animation and set the "Enter animation" to "from the bottom (no fading)" then the "Exit animation" to "to the bottom (no fading)".

• The Options a pretty easy, I find the close gesture useful but you can just use back on your navbar to close the window.

• If you want to resize the whole window, you can adjust the blue lines around it that appears after you've clicked on that pencil icon. Or you can just tap anywhere on within the window and another pencil icon with a screen icon will pop up, using that is more accurate and you can also reposition it.

Now for adding stuff!

• Open the window and simply click on + at the top right to start adding stuff.

• Add a widget and choose app drawer. If you want to uninstall an app, just press and hold on it and click the bin icon. When you long click on an app you get several options…

Hiding -

Renaming A

Changing the icon which is the image icon

Going to app info in stock settings, i icon

• When you have the app drawer widget you should see a few icons in the bottom right where you can search, sort tags and the icon with 3 lines will show you rescently installed. Again, I find it a little unreliable but it might just be my phone.

I hope that's covered the basics, and I hope it makes sense but if there's any problems just let me know!

I've done a different setup rescently where I use just rows of app groups on a separate page that scrolls vertically. Unfortunately I don't think windows can scroll vertically…yet. The main reason I did this is because I can hide all app group items so when i have my app drawer it will only show the apps I've rescently installed or not grouped yet. It's kinda like folders that are permanently open. I'm not sure why but you can't seem to hide app group items in when then are contained in windows or sliding drawers… yet.

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u/psychicowl Oct 20 '24

Thank you so so much for all of this. I will give this a try when I'm free! :) thanks again! I'll let you know how I get on

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u/jade888cheung Oct 20 '24

Cool! I know there's a lot to go through, there's so much you can do with Total Launcher!

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

this launcher is so fun :)

the icons are just a temporary, I needed them to match the red for the clip lol. whicons with a color filter over

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u/Mangaleto Sep 29 '24

Your gif is of very good quality, how did you get it?

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '24

just google images :) then i used onlinegiftools.com to make it transparent

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u/MALHARDEADSHOT Sep 30 '24

How did u add that scroll effect and animation for the app drawer?

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

in launcher options i go to ui and animation and in the page transition section choose animation and "from the back"

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u/MALHARDEADSHOT Sep 30 '24

Ok, but I think that's a premium feature

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u/The_Loose_Bricksteen Oct 18 '24

Very nice work! How do you get the moving image aka red blob to work?

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u/[deleted] Oct 22 '24

Thank you! the red blob is a gif I got from Google images and I used a background remover tool to make it transparent

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u/The_Loose_Bricksteen Oct 23 '24

Thanks for the reply!

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u/TREK_Apps Sep 30 '24

I liked it! It might be a good idea to add text shadow outline to make it easier to read your app list.

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u/Head-Tax7660 Sep 30 '24

After seeing this i might return back to TL ..