Requires Android: 2.1 and up
Overview: Ad-free version of Launcher 7.
The Winphone 7 lookalike launcher, almost like the real thing and in some ways even better!
Version 1.0.1.24 notification: if you find rendering error, email me with screenshot and I will try to fix the issue ASAP.
Features:
- 1×1, 2×1 and 1×2 tiles with configurable colors
- Widgets in a tile! (provided that widget fits)
- Almost real like tile animation
- Almost real like tile re-arrange mode
- Almost real like status bar
- Animated contacts tile (supports G+ synced contacts)
- Pinnable contact-tile which animates like the real phone
- Folder tiles
- Webpage tiles
- Filterable application list
- Stock wp7-like colors and color selection
FAQ:
- Initial setup may be broken depending on your phone manufacturer, you probably need to replace the tiles
- To add new application to main screen, long press on an application in application drawer and select “pin to home screen”
- Filtered apps can be restored from the launcher settings fitered apps page
- Tiles can be made transparent by adjusting the alpha value from the horizontal bar on the color selector
- All bitmaps must fit inside 48 megabyte heap (high-end phones, lower-end phones even less than that), so don’t try to use too many 25 megabyte bitmaps on your tiles or you will see FC.
- Gmail tile will not work anymore, use Mail tile instead
- By default WP7 statusbar shows icons only if you touch it. You can adjust the functionality from statusbar options
- “Smaller tiles” will make 1×1 tile to 172×172 pixels in HDPI resolution. I managed to measure the tiles wrong when I starteddeveloping L7 and tiles have been too big ever since. 172×172 tiles seem to be faster too, so I suggest you to try them!
TODO-list:
- folder of contacts tile
- revamp the application icon addition (allow text color selection etc)
- App integration (Twitter, Facebook etc.)
- two-sided tiles
- cropping tool to make custom bitmap selection easier
Changelog
Version 1.1.4
- rotating tiles have made an epic return
- orientation lock on the first page will enable / disable real landscape mode, the rotating tiles is back in animation options and will have function ONLY and ONLY if you lock the orientation to portrait
- sluggish ICS scrolling fixed [really, this time I actually activated the APK ]
- fixed issue where async loader no longer delivered new contact images to contact tiles
- fixed issue where multiple contact tiles wasted extra memory
Version 1.1
- landscape mode added, landscape mode has its own set of tiles
- rotating tiles are gone
- new initial configuration, should popup if homescreen is empty, but can be accessed from settings too
- and lots of other adjustments
Version 1.0.1.26
- popular crashes fixed
- it is now possible to specify text color for most of the tiles
Versions 1.0.1.24-25
- .24.1: few fixes added
- major change: tile size is now determined from your screen resolution
- MDPI devices should experience better performance as tiles are now correct size instead of downscaled HDPI tiles
- qHD and HD devices should now draw screen correctly
- ICS support (also runs in HC now)
- Smaller/faster 172 pixel tiles now available. I measured the tile sizes wrong initially, 172 is the correct value, 184 is too big. Changing tile size requires launcher restart.
Mail me if you wish to learn more about the folder themes, how to make one and how to improve them in the future
Permissions:
android.permission.READ_SMS – SMS tile
READ_CONTACTS – contacts tile
INTERNET – ads <3
GET_ACCOUNTS – calendar tile
READ_GMAIL – gmail tile (2.2+2.1)
READ_CALENDAR – calendar tile
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE – backup/restore
CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE – statusbar
READ_PHONE_STATE – statusbar
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE – statusbar
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE – statusbar
EXPAND_STATUS_BAR -statusbar
V1.1.5.3 update:
What’s in this version:

1. Picture hub is now available
2. Shortcuts can be assigned to tiles [BIG NOTE: you can only add shortcut to an existing app tile, so pin something from app drawer and modify it to contain shortcut]
3. Wp7-style statusbar has been updated
4. fixed an issue with background polling
5. error reporting updated
6. Create default tiles-button will now show only once, L7 settings will let you create the default tiles if you miss the prompt
7. 1.1.5.5: enabled large heap on ICS to reduce OOM:s

App Screenshots