QuickDesk and Launcherpro: A solution for them to work together
I have figured out how to make these two programs work together.
To customize the home double tap (Hard Key) to function properly with:
Launcher Pro and QuickDesk...or any other app with intended in-app overlay capabilities such as Power Strip.
Make QuickDesk assigned to open using single tap home
Make Launcher Pro assigned to open using double tap home
This way, when you launch your overlay app, it will function as its suppose to without closing out of your current app.
1. To make QuickDesk work with single tap home:
* QuickDesk>Menu key>Preferences>Behavior Settings
* Check the box for "Swap Home Key Action"
* Favorite Launcher --> Launcher Pro
* Check the box for "Home Key Hack"
* Check the box for "Fast Startup Mode"
* Uncheck the box for "Persistent Mode"
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If Persistent Mode is enabled it will effectively kick Launcher Pro out of the memory so that every time you want to go back to your home screens it will take a second or two to reload all your widgets and such. Enabling "Fast Startup Mode" keeps QuickDesk in the memory so that when it launches it wont have to reload; but this setting wont affect Launcher Pro.
* Double Tap Timing --> Set the Value to 1 (ms)
o This tap timing setting fixes an issue that WiseSalesman pointed out to me in post #14 of this thread.
2. To make Launcher Pro work with double tap home:
* Change Launcher Pro to not respond to a single home key press
o Preferences > Behavior Settings; set the 'Home key action' to 'do nothing' and uncheck the 'Home key to default screen'
* Using a file manager (Root Explorer or Astro work well); navigate to settings database which contains the entry for double tap function:
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data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
* When you try to open the file you will prompted to download SQLite Editor unless you already have it installed; apparently (according to dainty) this app cannot be purchased through the regular app store, so utilize the button on the prompt window to navigate to the download location. After you have installed SQLite Editor, navigate back to the settings.db file:
o data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
* Find 'double_tap' and edit the entry to start launcher pro, the entry format is; "<program>/<activity>"
o So for launcher pro this would be:
o com.fede.launcher/com.fede.launcher.Launcher
* Reboot; when it starts up the first thing you see is QuickDesk because essentially your device thinks this is your home app now but its all good -- Simply double tap home and launcher pro will open.
* Now whenever your in any app and want your QuickDesk, just single tap home, it will open without closing your currently open app. Whenever your want to get back to your Launcher pro home screens simply double tap home.
* Tada!
* **Takes a little getting use to but it actually makes sense because your going to be launching your overlay app far more often then going back to your home screens; a really good idea though is simply make a shortcut on your quick desk for launcher pro, that way even if you accidentally use a single tap, you can just press the shortcut for launcher pro.**
Hope this helps out. I know that they made it very difficult to remap hard keys on the droid x. My next mission will be to figure out how to remap the long press search function (but I am not very optimistic based on what I have found on the internet so far).
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