Jailbreak Only: LockLauncher - Launch iOS Apps Right From Your Lock Screen
by Joe White
July 27, 2011
While iOS 5 allows users to launch the Camera app directly from the Lock screen, it's not possible to add shortcuts to other apps. Fortunately, one jailbreak tweak has corrected this: It's called LockLauncher, and once installed, the tweak adds a "dock" of iOS apps along the bottom of the Lock screen.
Currently, the tweak is available to purchase for one dollar. As you can see in the above image (provided by iPhone Download Blog), the apps appear along the bottom of the Lock screen, just above the "swiper." However, touching an app icon doesn't immediately launch the app - instead, users tap the app icon and then unlock their handset, and the application will launch. Obviously, this is a clever method - it still preserves the security of having the slide-to-unlock feature, while adding a series of app shortcuts to the Lock screen.
Users can assign the apps to the dock themselves, and also launch a series of apps in sequence by touching multiple app icons before unlocking.
If you're interested in taking LockLauncher for a spin, download the tweak from Cydia (it's available for one dollar, via the BigBoss Repository). And if you do, feel free to post your thoughts in the comments.
