Following a discussion with Chris sledge  and +Keith Rogers, here is a short tutorial on how to share your setup using an APK.

1) make sure to set the home desktop so that peoples loading your theme will start with the right home desktop.

2) export your setup using “Customize Lightning / Export for APK”. You are asked which desktop(s) you want to export. This is useful when you have several desktops, the one you use, and the other(s) you want to share. The operation will create a file named “Template” located in “/sdcard/LightningLauncher”.

3) copy this Template file on your PC, and point your browser (please use Firefox at the moment) on http://www.pierrox.net/android/applications/lightning_launcher/packager/packager.html

4) set a package name, upload the file and an icon for the APK, and once files are uploaded, click on “Download source package”. This will download a zip: unzip it somewhere on your PC.

5) launch Eclipse or Android Studio (easiest is to download adt-bundle here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)

6) import the project by browsing the package you previously downloaded and unzip at step 4

7) build it and export it (a tutorial using Eclipse here: http://www.programmingodyssey.com/2013/01/create-signed-android-application-using.html)

Then it is up to you to share your APK the way you want (Google Play, other app stores, by email, on your web site, etc.).

Hope this helps !

More infos here: http://www.pierrox.net/cmsms/applications/lightning-launcher/templates.html

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