One of the biggest general productivity boosters I've used is a good program launcher. I was a long-time user of SlickRun, and I've tried a few others. My current favorite is Executor - by far the best I've used. Other options: Executor: My current favorite Vista Start Menu: Pretty good, actually, but Executor is similar (binds to Win...
I'm developing an application that should add it's shortcut to home screen after installation and remove it after the application is being uninstalled. The application will be preinstalled on the end user device, but still should have an option for uninstall). The task looks very simple but I've faced lots of troubles implementing it. W...
I have an application I want to bundle (with some additional files) together inside a wrapper application. Literally the only thing I want to do is have the wrapper application launch a resource file (i.e. as if I'd typed: /path/to/Resources/Bundled.app/Contents/MacOS/executable into the terminal. Make sense? I thought this should b...
I'm trying to bundle a JRE with my jar file so that I can run my application on any windows computer, regardless of if it has Java or not. The jsmooth manual says: For the option to work correctly, you have to put a JRE in a directory near the EXE (generally in a subdirectory called "jre" or whatever). Once the exe is generated, it wi...
hi, I'm learning java and android. and I've been looking at trying to wrap the last screen to the first screen in the android Launcher2. I've tried googleing, and searching here, but there really isnt much information about the launcher2 source...I've been modifying the workspace.java file, but there has been minimal effect. no wrap arou...
as running any exe file or something..?? ...
Is it possible to change the jre parameter values after the exe file is generated through Launch4j? The ideal scenario is like this: The default parameter values are applied when the program is started. However, when the user wants to change some jre parameter values, he goes to a .ini file, MyProgram.ini for example, changes the value...
In Launch4j, the memory configuration can be based on the percentage of the available memory size. For example: <maxHeapPercent>50%</maxHeapPercent> specifies that the maximum heap size will be 50% of the available memory. However, I wonder if Launch4j calculate the memory by itself or actually reuse the JVM parameter -XX:MaxHeapFree...
I've written a launcher program that fires off a given number of executables, with the following code: Process.Start(strPath2EXE); The problem I'm running into is it seems I'm being limited to launching only about four copies of the executable. Is there a different way I can launch the executables without this limit? I'm hoping to run ...
I have made a simple punch in / punch out time clock application. I want to add the user the option of making a shortcut on the homescreen that will toggle the state of the app(time out / time in) but I don't want this shortcut to open up the app on the screen at all. here is my setupShortcut() private void setupShortcut() { Inten...
It is an online game, I need to develop a 'Launch' button on the game site to launch the client side game. I have seen this in several online games like this one. How can this be done? Note: I am using ASP.NET to develop the website. ...
I'm developing an application for the Android platform targeted for api level 4 (Android 1.6) but I can't get it to show up on my phone and I can't figure out why. Here's my AndroidManifest.xml is there a problem in here? Or is there something else I should be looking at? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:an...
My goal is to modify the Launcher application and dynamic modify and change theme,I saw several 'home' apps as http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.stain46.taghome/ ,it looks like they took the default Home(Launcher) and modify it. The only thing I'm wondering is how they did that? usually what thing i need to modify in Launcher folder,...
hi,all I have a Problem in android2.2 Launcher2.apk and I find it also on emulator . I cant not move focus on shortcut homebutton (like a house At all app bottom), when you use mouse roll down. but I do like this adb pull Launcher2.apk from /system/app delete Launcher2.apk adb push Launcher2.apk in /system/app so , it...
How do I exclude an application from appearring in the Application Launcher. The code below is used to add on to the launcher but when I exclude it, the launcher still appears. <activity android:name=".Application" android:label="@string/app_name"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category...
Is there a way, either programmatic or with user gestures, to change the background of the launcher app? It's a dismal black background. I'd like a sunny yellow. How to do this!? Peter ...
Hello everybody! My first application will just be a kind of launcher that I would like to improve. This launcher will launch a custom Home that the user has installed. That's like the application "Home Switcher, but I would like to do that myself. So my first goal is to get all "Home" applications list: that's really easy and the cod...
Hi All, I am trying to run an GWT application which (unfortunately) has a huge classpath, because if which the GWT launcher fails to load and I get the following error : CreateProcess error=87, The parameter is incorrect. Does somebody know a workaround for this solution ? Thanks in advance.. ...
This question has been asked before - but with no satisfying answer at all! So I'm trying it again. I want to give my application launcher icon (the one that is displayed on the startscreen!) a different, shorter caption. It seems the launcher takes its label from the mainfest section about the main activity's label, as here: <activity...
Hello, While developing a Launcher (Homescreen) application for Android, I've come into a security exception I don't understand. When calling the [bindAppWidgetId()][1] method from within my Launcher Activity, I get this security exception : 08-19 11:30:11.689: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(6032): java.lang.SecurityException: bindGagetId ap...