[App] Tweaked Xperia S Home Launcher (Dock and/or Corners) for MDPI - v7.0, 10/06/12

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Here is my Xperia Home SEVENTH version for Xperia HVGA (MDPI) devices. It was ripped from Xperia S.

The original version is: com.sonyericsson.home - 2.2.A.0.14, see img:




This mod since v6.0 was officialy baptized as MOAL: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=467

I have made some tweaks like:

v7.0 (10/06/12):
- Preference to choose between 9 dock background styles/colors (system default, cosmic silk, cosmic turquoise, cosmic emerald, cosmic sapphire, cosmic gold, cosmic ruby, cosmic amethyst, transparent)
- Preference to choose between 6 corners opacity percentages
- New dock glow animation (when closing app drawer)
- No more need to restart after toggle some preference, just once when closing preference main screen
- Fixed ICS restart problem (no preference changed)
- Versions with default stock desktop row height (all stock widgets compatible)
- Versions with less desktop row height (some GB stock widgets won´t fit properly) and free screen indicators space
- Ukrainian screen preferences translations (thanks Kobzar666)
- Fixed some layout issues
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v6.0 (25/05/12):
- New and improved preference screen with icons and separeted categories
- 4x4 desktop layout for all versions
- 4x3 (v5.1 layout with icon/folder titles) desktop layout for dock and dock with top corners
- Choose between 8 app drawer background styles (light gradient, dark gradient, transparent, 25% opaque, 50% opaque, 75% opaque, opaque, transparent plate)
- Choose desktop screen indicators style
- Preference to direct access Xperia Home and Xperia Home Preferences in android settings
- Fixed some layout issues
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v5.1 (01/05/12):
- 3 desktop rows layout for Dock and Dock_TopCorners versions
- Home restarts now will be for each preference (if needed)
- Enable/disable desktop screen indicators
- Dock icons with labels (single line)
- Fixed widgets layout sizes in landscape
- ICS Square folder
- Fixed desktop icons labels alignment
- Hungarian screen preferences translations (thanks gyeben)
- Vietnamese screen preferences translations (thanks kulroyal)
- Fixed some Russian screen preferences translations (thanks himasura)
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v5 (27/04/12):
- New Xperia Home preferences screen (a very special thanks to ra3al for helping me)
- New dialog "Xperia Home" item to start preferences screen
- New menu "Xperia Home" item to start preferences screen
- Select between 1 to 11 home screens (panes)
- Enable/disable wallpaper scrolling
- Select home button action: Go to Default Home Screen or Open/Close App Drawer
- Enable/disable automatic screen orientation
- Enable/disable going to first pane when opening the app drawer
- Fixed fourth "Dock with Top Corners" row to receive icons/widgets in all cells
- Russian screen preferences translations (thanks himasura)
- Indonesian screen preferences translations (thanks Black_jackss)
- German screen preferences translations (thanks switcher)
- Greek screen preferences translations (thanks T3sla)
- Serbian screen preferences translations (thanks Theonewithideas)
- Spanish screen preferences translations (thanks Svartehjerte)
- Portuguese brazilian and English screen preferences translations (thanks me)
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v4.1 (23/03/12):
- 18 new dock / corner / portrait (static) / sensor (auto-rotation) combination versions
- Fixed all reported issues from v4 and more
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v4 (17/03/12):
- New Xperia S based Home ported from scratch to MPDI (480x320)
- Round ICS style folder
- Black expanded folder background
- Multiline icons labels on desktop and folders
- Blurry or transparent dock
- 3 (3H), 5 (5H) or 7 (7H) home screens
- New attachments
- New screenshots

v3 rev. 1 (17/01/12):
- New flashable install option (CWM)
- New attachments

v3 (17/01/12):
- Versions with 5 (5H) and 3 (3H) Home Screens
- New App Drawer with Fading Dividers (Portrait and Landscape)
- New Black Transparent Gradient App Drawer Background )Top Alpha 0 to Bottom Alpha 175)
- Original (Stock) Desktop/App Drawer Animations
- New White Transparent Icon Highlight

v2 (18/12/11):
- New Square and Transparent Folder Style (Like Square ICS Folder)
- Full Alpha 150 Background for App Drawer
- Full Alpha 100 Background for Expanded Corners and Folders
- New App Drawer/Desktop Zoom Animations

v1 (04/12/11):
- Transparent 4x4 App Drawer (Portrait and Landscape)
- Semi Transparent Corners (Alpha 100)
- Transparent Background for Expanded Corners
- Transparent Background for Opened Folders
- Multiline Icons Labels on Desktop (Portrait) and Folders


Stock 4 Rows Height Screenshots:








Less 4 Rows Height Screenshots:






Application Drawer Screenshots:






Preferences Screenshots:




Instructions for manual installation on Xperia MDPI devices:

Before you install it, you must check for two system dependencies, see imgs:

and

If you are running the GB 2.3.4 firmware or ICS you should have these files.

TRY IT AT YOUR OWN RISK !!

Clearing predefined system settings xml´s folder for Home.apk:

- Check for this path in your /system: /system/etc/customization/settings/com/sonyericsson/home
- If the /home folder is there, just delete it (only /home) !!!

Now install:

1 - Download choosen attached apk (v7_???_Home.apk) and put it on your sdcard.
2 - Rename it to Home.apk
3 - Download attached v7_HomePreferences.apk and put it on your sdcard.
4 - Rename it to HomePreferences.apk
5 - Using Root Explorer copy both files to /system/ (mount /system as R/W)
6 - Change both files permissions to rw-r--r-- like img:



7 - Long press on Home.apk and select Move
8 - Paste Home.apk on /system/app/ and replace original apk
9 - Long press on HomePreferences.apk and select Move
10 - Paste HomePreferences.apk on /system/app/
11 - Reboot you phone

Important (after reboot)

12 - Go to "Config >> Applications >> Manage Applications >> All", tap on "Xperia Home" and select "Clear Data" (you need to rearrange your widgets)

VERY IMPORTANT

Home.apk and HomePreferences.apk work together and they should be in the /system folder!!

Or simple create a flashable .zip with choosen apk version and flash it on recovery with CWM !

To create your own flashable .zip:

1 - Download attached v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip
2 - Download choosen attached apk (v7_???_Home.apk) and put it on your computer
2 - Rename it to Home.apk
3 - Open v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip with WinRAR and go to \system\app\ folder
4 - Drag Home.apk from your computer and drop it on \system\app\ WinRAR folder
5 - Close v7_(Place_Home.apk_Here_Before_Flash)_Update.zip file
6 - Ok (rename it if you want)


To do:
- Vietnamese translations
- Hungarian translations
- Chineese translations
- HDPI versions


If you like, press thanks...

try it now..reporting later..btw..nice thread

SK17i can install and run, but the draw still 3X4 not 4X4. The top and bottom line disappear and all icon go upper, and then the fourth line is blank.

Originally Posted by pckeung

SK17i can install and run, but the draw still 3X4 not 4X4. The top and bottom line disappear and all icon go upper, and then the fourth line is blank.

go to settings --> Application settings --> manage applications --> all --> sony ericsson home --> clear data... (you must rearrange your widget)
it works

love it... I have a lot of apps installed, this is really helps thanks...

Originally Posted by krizky82

go to settings --> Application settings --> manage applications --> all --> sony ericsson home --> clear data... (you must rearrange your widget)
it works

love it... I have a lot of apps installed, this is really helps thanks...

Thanks for support...

wooow... its work on Live Walkman too... Nice...
but, how to put back the black transparant background on app drawer?

Telephone restarting, installed reboot succes, now this one gonna check in a minute

Togehter with 1.9GHz stable clock on mini pro

---------- Post added at 07:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 PM ----------

If you have some "com.sonyericsson.home" installed, you must uninstall it.

lol oversaw that part xD reflash time loool

Version with black background in drawer will be great, can You do this?

can u make the apptray be slide loop?

sorry for my poor english, i mean i have 10 pages app installed, when i slide to the page 10 i wanna the page 1 will be slide next, don't need slide back.

sorry, do you know what i said?

Originally Posted by kiwi0033

Version with black background in drawer will be great, can You do this?

do you mean like this one?



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