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Common Issues and Solutions
Icon Labels: horizonal black lines
- There may be horizontal black lines visible (intermittently) on either side of the icon whether in an App Drawer, App Drawer (Pager), or others. See an example here . This is frequently caused by the
Labeltext having more characters than the line properly handles.
- Solution:
- Use less letters in the label line
- Change the font size
- If using 1 label line set the label line to 2
- If using >2 label lines, try reducing the number of label lines by 1
Lifetime Purchase Not Showing
AA recent purchase of a lifetime subscription to Total Launcher is not reflected on the device with features not being available.
- Solution:
- Clear Google Play Store cache on the device (
Device settings>All apps>Google Play Store>Storage & cache>Clear cache)
Temperature (text variable) does not update
This is a known issue and several Bug Reports have been submitted, but it continues to exist. The launcher's developer has not responded about the cause but some discussions have suggested it is related to the OpenWeather API limitation imposed on Total Launcher. Workarounds offered:
- Portrait/Landscape Mode Switch - as of this writing it has been verified that physically changing the devices orientation from portrait (vertical) to landscape (horizontal) causes an update.
- Launcher Action - Reset Home - It has been suggested this can be accomplished by using
Reset Homewhich causes the launcher to refresh, but it also resets the launcher to that “home page”.This has been tested but it fails whereas the portrait/landscape switch does work. This is most likely due to Android treating User Interaction (rotating, clicking, swiping) as a high-priority and internal calls from launcher activities now have greater restrictions. Bottom line: Android limitations.
There are other options to display temperature or other dynamic variables by using automation apps such as Tasker or Macrodroid. An example could be demonstrated here to be inserted
Wallpaper Momentarily Flashes a Previous Background
To resolve this visual glitch try this:
Main menu>Launcher Options>UI & Animation>Enter Animation> Set to “System default”- Do NOT use “No animation”
This has worked many times in preventing the “flashing” of old background images.
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