Hey guys,
Sorry for the bunch of questions in recent days. I'm new a this while being fairly compulsive. Ok so let's make use of the ability to make screen shot. In the picture below, apps on the left are from stock touch wiz, and the second set of icons (more to the right) are from the TW SIII mod from pale horse. As you can see, apps on the right have much more space between them then on the left. Is there anyway for me to make it so apps on the right have the same space between them than apps on the left? It is very obsessive of me I know.
Thank you
Install the Apex launcher. Then you can change the grid of your desktop to any spacing that suits you.
And this is for caring about icon spacing. . .
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I know I know... But thank you!
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theinvisiblehand said:
I know I know... But thank you!
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What did you do to fix this?
Another thing Apex can do is let you resize icons. Maybe that could help?
And you know the CDO picture was strictly a joke - not trying to do anything here but assist.
That was a good one ranger...LOL
And yes....we need a sense of humor around here once in a while....g
Right? You know sometimes you can get someone's undies in a bunch by just saying hi.
Ahah no worries I can take a joke. I embed up doing nothing. Apex had the same problem so I just took a deep breath and accepted things as they are.
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Did you browse the Homescreen thread? Maybe you can see a solution there. Anyone there will share their setup with you.
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Ahah no worries I can take a joke. I embed up doing nothing. Apex had the same problem so I just took a deep breath and accepted things as they are.
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I use SSLauncher, and do whatever I like with the homescreen(s). Spacing, resizable widgets, etc.... SSLauncher=freedom!
from the looks of your photo something was changed other then just icons. your homescreen indicators and wallpaper dont line up. you can try changing your screen density to something larger to fill in the gaps. stock is 320. i use apex like ranger recomended and hide icon labels then change grid size. i use 8x5 and this makes all my icons very close(i also use text for icons rather then pictures). you should play around with it. pro version also lets you resize and overlap widgets so you can get icons close but still have widgets look like they should.
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Like many of you guys, I really appreciate the benefits of a nice big clock widget. And I find the time on the application bar to be very redundant. I would like to see an option for that to be disabled in any of the newer upcoming roms. It will save precious space
Here's what it might look like
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I was going to do this to my vanilla bar morph... bc i use beautiful widgets...
i still have to test my new services.jar maybe ill use both...
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Personally I like having the time there. That way when I'm doing something like browsing the web I can still see what time it is. Comes in handy when I'm on my lunch break.
speoples20 said:
Personally I like having the time there. That way when I'm doing something like browsing the web I can still see what time it is. Comes in handy when I'm on my lunch break.
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yeah, there will definitely be instances when you'd want the time there. i think an option to display it on and off would be very handy
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This is an option on cm6. I really can't wait for that to hit our phones!
musky said:
This is an option on cm6. I really can't wait for that to hit our phones!
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nice, good to know it's a definite possibility
I have been rocking a white notification bar since day 2... I got the date and notifications text black... Whenever I edit the clock it fc loops..
I'm going to start looking into this..
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It would be great if the time display in the menu bar could be dynamic. When in an app have it display, when on the home screen, have it hidden.
What power widget is that? Definitely more useful than the android one.
I got the gauge battery and the switch pro widget. Highly recommend it. There are many different configurations.
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What clock widget is that? I've been going crazy looking for it.
Thx!
it's fairly straight forward to remove yourself if you like. If you check this thread; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780614 There's a walkthrough. But be aware on the SGS the line item numbers for the clock and alarm are different than what he shows in that thread.
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What clock widget is that? I've been going crazy looking for it.
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I'd been wondering the same thing, and I finally found it: Tajm
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-bajawa-tajm-FwwA.aspx
courtmagician said:
I'd been wondering the same thing, and I finally found it: Tajm
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-bajawa-tajm-FwwA.aspx
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Awesome! Thanks!
I want to start using this app to make a wallpaper similar to this:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9599/homescreen05halfres.png
Can someone point me in the right direction, I tried and failed miserable at making something this nice.
If you have made something like this, or have pics that would work, please share
Well, I tried and failed.. if someone comes across this, please PM me if you have some nice icons that will fill a page as if it were a wallpaper (like the link in the OP).
Like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781455
Wow... now that looks amazing. I'll try and play with this tonight. Thank you!
Have you done this? How did it turn out?
Ahhh......
Here's what I finished over the weekend....
http://db.tt/qwnREzc
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s15274n said:
Wow... now that looks amazing. I'll try and play with this tonight. Thank you!
Have you done this? How did it turn out?
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Turns out nice...dont hide the notification bar though or it throws it off just a hair....hardly noticable...
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If you use adw ex you can choose no icons in the ui main dock settings , put icons on the hidden dock so you can at least open your app launcher .when you remove the icons from the main dock ,you can then place widgets where the icons would have been. then use desktop visualizer icons/widgets to completely cover the home screen. Then put the "regular" icons on the hidden dock you can swype them up/down ,they will appear over the desktop visualizer icons ,and will work.( incase you dont want the empty looking dock option )you could put your launcher and like for or five icons there (on the hidden dock), the only problem I'm having is finding images that will look good as desktop visualizer icons
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sorry if you cant see them so well but you kinda get the idea
Also, this is a very helpful guide that gives exact pixel dimensions for launcher pro...check it out
http://androidforums.com/android-themes/199936-android-phone-7-theme.html#post1751143
Here's mine...just finished with the final revisions...
http://bstromberg.powersites.net/files/2011/01/Android-Phone7-2.png
^ that is just stunning...
Hi everyone,
Anyone else think the icons on the screen are too far apart?
Do any of the ROMs/MODs address this problem/issue?
Use LauncherPro, you can set how many apps/icons you have by the column and by the row. I think ADW does this as well..
Edit: I have mine set to 8 rows & 5 columns, no labels.
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the icons on the screen are too far apart
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Move icons closer together!
Seriously...........I use ADW EX............have columns set to 5 and rows set to 7. You can also scale your icons and icon text with ADW.
Image below will illustrate the distance between icons. I have found if I tighten up the grid anymore, especially in columns, they get too close together.
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Sick wallpaper! Will you share?
use Go Launcher EX, it's free and has most of the features of LP+ (widget resizing being the biggest)
Regina Launcher also does the trick, plus it has a nice 3D look
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Seriously...........I use ADW EX............have columns set to 5 and rows set to 7. You can also scale your icons and icon text with ADW.
Image below will illustrate the distance between icons. I have found if I tighten up the grid anymore, especially in columns, they get too close together.
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Oh man. Can you upload that wallpaper? Its awesome!
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GibMcFragger said:
Oh man. Can you upload that wallpaper? Its awesome!
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Oops, wrong topic.
Hope this is in the correct location. Im trying to find a way to have i guess a minimalist home screen. I just want to have whatever apps on my homescreen to have no icons just the label. But i want the apps in the draw to still have the icons. Not sure if i explained that too well. I had i believe ADW launcher with a minimalist theme. But it also took away the icons in the draw. Which i guess wasnt all that bad but it didnt change all of them. Some had just the label and others still had the icon so it was a mess.
Does anyone know a way i can have just the apps on my homescreen just show the label and no icon? Or
Manually change whatever icons in the draw didnt change with that minimalist theme?
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Try this https://market.android.com/details?id=de.devmil.minimaltext&hl=en
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Try this https://market.android.com/details?id=de.devmil.minimaltext&hl=en
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Thanks. Ill take. Look!
Edit: just took a look. Unless im missing something this looks like its only good for like widgets, weather... Clock..
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Desktop Visualizer I think is the name of the app you want.
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Desktop Visualizer I think is the name of the app you want.
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Thanks. Ill check it out!
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jasvncnt1 said:
Thanks. Ill take. Look!
Edit: just took a look. Unless im missing something this looks like its only good for like widgets, weather... Clock..
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You are missing something.
1. Add widget
2. Widget option
3. Predefined Widget (select custom)
4. Custom Layout
5. Add > Misc > Static Text > Text Here (app name in your case)
6. Go back
7. Start Another Activity or a Shortcut
Then your done, just repeat till you have everything you want.
Its really customizable so you can have the text in almost any way you want, explore it some more.
Simple text from the market. You must be using an alternate launcher other in than stock. You can make text only jpegs and assign them to use as an icon. The apps will look normal still in your app drawer.
See my dock icons in the picture below. Is this what you want?
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MOUSTRO!! thats what I want. Downloaded it and am playing around. Thanks! Thanks to everyone that answered!
Awesome! Glad I could help
I can't seem to find a good screenshot of it (and the only person I know with a tablet's sleeping, so I'll post one tomorrow if I get the chance), but in Honeycomb and the tablet version of ICS, when you scroll on your current home screen to another screen you can see light-blue glowy outlines for the icons on the screen you're scrolling to.
Is it possible to replicate that effect in ICS for a phone? Would that have to be something done at the homescreen level, or something deeper? The Android tablets always had my attention with this effect.
Thankies! =]
Apex launcher, free in market, lets you have that animation. It is like ICS stock launcher with a lot more options. Choose trasition effect as tablet from Apex home screen settings.
I know exactly what you are talking about. I suggest you maybe contact the APEX launcher guys (Android Does) and see if that is even possible. I like it too and think it would be cool on the phone level.
Wow, you guys replied quickly... Thank you both. =D
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Apex launcher, free in market, lets you have that animation. It is like ICS stock launcher with a lot more options. Choose trasition effect as tablet from Apex home screen settings.
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It sort of does; it has the outline of the homescreen that moves around, which looks kinda' cool. However, it's still missing the part where the icons and widgets get that same outline treatment and then as they move in, slowly become visible.
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I know exactly what you are talking about. I suggest you maybe contact the APEX launcher guys (Android Does) and see if that is even possible. I like it too and think it would be cool on the phone level.
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Will do; I just wish Apex Launcher would let me move my homescreens around when I'm in the preview mode. xD It's the one thing I preferred Nova Launcher for, but Apex has improved lots since when I first used it (when it first came out).
Landscape mode?
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