PreHome

Using it for years, I update android and now doesn't work, please update

Great task switcher. App swtching is good with it.

App is good but there should be a option of app info also to see the app info of last opened app directly....hope this option will be added in next update soon....for now its 3 stars...add the above feature and my rating will be back to 5 stars...

Is fast, switches tasks and gets out of your way. Perfect. Maybe some pretty-fying here and there could he interesting as long as it doesn't sacrifice speed. I use this with a bluetooth keyboard with a home hotkey... works like a charm... just wish that more apps on Android returned to their state after a switch. Then it would be a dream computer replacement!

it's great app, but after reboot system loses default home button setting.

Nice

This is the best thing that has happened to my phone ever…Droid 3 won't let you set it's native homescreen app to default on home button press. Prehome will do this if you tell it to in the prefs while adding functionality on one home press. Now I can keep my homescreen customizations while jumping between my other launchers without them hijacking my homescreen. TY! (PS use Home Control or some home manager to switch between home launchers.)

Since I switched my Nokia N900 to Samsung Galaxy Note I've been looking for a way to have a similar "Alt+Tab" function as it had in the Maemo 5 OS (You just simply had a constant task switch button in the upper-left corner and it took you to a Windows 7-like Alt+Tab menu, where you had a live preview of all the currently running apps and could jump to any one of them, and had a function to kill them 1 by 1). Now this app, does not show you a preview (that would be André Rabold's Perfect Task Switcher...however that requires rooting to have previews and I do not want to void my software warranty just yet), but it gets the job done. PreHome makes it remarkably simple to navigate between apps with a simple Home button push, and with another push you can get back to the actual home launcher. So I would say this is one of the most useful apps for someone who likes practical things, and I'm glad to have it. (The only way it could be better if it could show live previews of the running apps.) Thanks for the great app :)

Wish I could pay to get rid of the ad and support Salt (the developer). I'm weird like that. My only other gripe is that there's no way to exclude certain apps from appearing in PreHome's list.

I found out that the reason for the default home screen resetting itself after every reboot is no other then prehome. When prehome is installed and I set any launcher to default and reboot phone the default home is cleqres and am forces to select a new default home every reboot as well as every install/uninstall of an app. Very annoying. Almost decided to format phone. Uninstalled until this is fixed. 2.3GB SGS II UPDATE: Nevermind fault was Go Launcher.

for those who doesn't like the user-unfriendly "long press home" native task switcher.

tried out a bunch of apps tor switching tasks. settled for this one!!!

Just need a dock to make android perfect .

Using it with "Go Launcher" on SGS2. Set to run this application on "glide up" gesture. Desktop is still displaying first by pressing "home" button. Works perfect! PreHome shows currently running and recent applications separately. Very helpful app!

Thank you. :-)

Works seamlessly and makes navigating on the phone so much simpler and streamlined.

It works perfectly

Been looking for this everywhere

There is a little bug though, when using in "single mode" click. If there are no open application, PreHome won't open of course and there is a blink of it, and in Home Screen if you're on screen no. 2 or 3 and so on, pressing "Home" button won't take you to the first page, you need to scroll back to the first screen. If you are in Menu, or there is an open application (and PreHome is up), pressing "Home" will take you to the first page of your Home Screen. Samsung Galaxy Ace (GT-S5830), Froyo 2.2.1.

Even after proper double clicking configuration the Home button sometimes displays the screen with all home screens instead of taking you to the main.

Works perfectly.

sorry PreHome, but it loads slow, every time... as in all icons don't load at once, so not slow, just not smooth... but good app

look at the apk size OMG No words! Feature request : 1. fully transparent theme 2. When you are reading a pdf with ezpdf reader and and you want to switch to ezpdf reader again then it won't show show you opened page(which you were reading) rather the documents list while the stock switcher(long press home) does it the right way 3. Ignore list, favourites,some basic settings (one click) etc. Please fix/add but not at the cost of big Apk size (we use this little app bcuz of our phone's hardware limitation - less ram, slow processor) you can also remove animations or other clutter to make/keep app small and fast Loooking for update God bless Dev for such an amazing app Thanks!

Used to love this app on my older phones. Now after pressing home button twice a random app opens. Please fix

I've been using this app for almost a year & like it. But on Droid 2 it interferes with screen rotation... stays vertical unless I open the slide.

After tying dozens of app switchers to get real multitasking support, this one is small, fast, responsive, reliable, and correctly restores application states. Bravo 5 stars from me.

The reason I choose this is was the settings posibility, but it is not possible to acces settings, but I can't find how to access it. However, still a good application of this kind. Consumes only 5 mb. I gave 3 stars just because the switching restarts the programs, this makes unusable. I hope this will be fixed. Then I will give 5 stars.

Developer does not respond to suggestions or requests for assistance. Apathy at its best.

won't show Opera browser though it's swapped behind

Really good but not supported anymore

This app is the most useful utility I’ve ever use in my phone. Thank you, developer.

Absolutely saves my day, every day. 5 stars when it's updated for performance.

Great on my Droid X!

It replaced default task switcher of my Nexus One's ICS. Simple, super fast, elegant, configurable... Almost everything one can expect from a task switcher. Simply double tab the home button, you'll find the receltly used applications list and can easily walk through them. It minimizes the need to frequently go home screen or application drawer. The best thing of it is its speed. Just try it, if you're finding a fast and lightweight task stiwcher.

69.71k lean fast excellent! wonder why it needs internet permissions - malware?

it never sticks as the default home even after i set it to be so. it lets me select it as a default home everytime. needs to fix this. it has been like this for awhile.... i ask to fix this as a long time user

Doesnt show sub menus like 'manage applications' & 'SD & phone storage' which is shown by the stock equivilent

SHARP IS01で標準のホームアプリにチェインするようにして常用してます。よく使うアプリを登録できたり、PreHome起動時に自動的にkillするアプリをあらかじめ指定しておけたりすると便利だと思いました。VDの作者さんだったんですね、Windows98時代にお世話になりました。

Been using it for around 1½ yrs, wouldn't part with it. One tip: even if you have only one launcher on your device at any time, Prehome is still useful to implement for its bigger & better task screen, i.e. long-pressing [Home] brings up the last 12 or 18 apps (wtv you set it for) rather than the stock 6 (on this device).

Great app, never crashes, shows closed apps too! Need ability to add a few fave apps also! Thanks! Vibrant/Gal.S. Default launcher, try Home Switcher