Hello Pierre Hébert,

I was wanting to ask some battery drain questions for various elements. I can’t find the answers online.

1.

How does scale of icons affect battery? Larger drains more battery, but does smaller drain less? There is still the option to zoom, so does scale only matter based on current display – based on zoom?

2.

How much more drain is on an object of it is stretched to fit a screen width and height? Even if the scaling is still 1:1? So the icon is still small, but the size is much larger.

3.

Widgets drain battery based on update interval and size. Does it matter how many elements are inside of a widget if only one element is being updated and the rest are aesthetics? How much more battery does a widget consume based on its size?

4.

How much more battery does it take to place items in a folder instead of on the desktop? Is there a way to keep widgets from updating if they are inside of an unopened folder? Like the way pop up widget or action launcher works to conserve battery? How about all of those questions for panels too?

5.

I know that extra homescreens take up more battery, but llx isn’t like other launchers in that respect. How much more battery drain is there per screen width in use? How much more battery is it for a second or third desktop entirely? Do extra desktops consume full battery if they are not being used? Do widgets on extra desktops update even if not swiped to those desktops?

6.

What are the biggest scripting battery drains? Does an event such as the wheel circling desktop on position event cause heavy drain? Events such as that which are constantly activated by script.

7.

Referring to the landscape of the desktop, does a larger amount of rows and columns on each page consume more battery?

8.

If i want to use a transparent icon over my other icons, what is the best way to create it? Is it best to make a shortcut and strip it, an app and strip it, or a folder and strip it?

9.

Is it faster to use the llx all apps shortcut or the app in the drawer?

10.

Do shortcuts from some apps use less memory? Are they faster? Is it better to use those or launch the app directly?

11.

Cache from llx and other apps can build up. There are cleaners for that, but I’ve heard they are rather unnecessary. However, i notice an increase in performance in llx after cleaning all of my cache. Why is that?

12.

What are some of the biggest reduceable or avoidable battery drains in llx?

Thank you for reading. I can’t seem to find definitive answers online to these questions.

As always, you’re the best Pierre Hébert

Jacob

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Hey everyone!

I am curious if there is a way to change the gray square behind a folder or remove it.

Also, is there a folder use the icon of the top left most item inside of it as it’s own and update if changed?

Thanks,

Jacob

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How does one use skew?

Anyone found any good uses for it?

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I know there are better places to ask, but I was curious about any lesser-known apps or widgets you all use.

I also have a bunch of questions below about things I can’t figure out our discover any workarounds.

A.  Has anyone found a widget or way to make a scrollable wheel formation? Like a dial of apps circling like a wheel?

B.  Has anyone found a widget or way to make apps appear on finger press/swipe and select on finger release?  Best example is the Start Lockscreen or swipepad/glove box.

C.  Does anyone know how to make zooper or tasker scenes cycle through the color spectrum. Another option may be to crop and place live wallpapers in the frontmost wallpaper placeholder but it seems as though gifs may be the only option I can find for animating only part of a screen.

D.  I know I can make things happen “on swipe” from tasker or LLX,  but I like when items drag rather than a triggered sequence of events. The drag/scrolling question is an issue I run into constantly. Such as finding a way to seemlessly diagonal scroll in LLX. Since stop points/desktops don’t rotate, I can’t for the life of me figure out how to drag and scroll diagonally without getting of the track every once in a while. Panels are currently bugged when rotated for many of us, so that is not an option.

I’ll share some of my widgets and little customization quirks I’ve found if there is any interest in the post.

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I’m a bit new to android, but after trying and buying most every other launcher, I keep coming back to LL. My favorite feature is the folders. My question is if there is a way to change the folder alignment. I know how to change margins and padding and all, but since it is aligned to the screen’s center, any changes to the folder increase the size in both directions. I want to be able yo click anywhere the folder isn’t showing to open up other folders. This is available already, but I can’t click under the margin or padding, and sometimes I have to use up the whole screen to move the folder where I want. With this, I can’t click anywhere under the folder.

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