I was wondering how to make the icons on the home screens AND the app drawer bigger, but only found thinks like using Desktop Visualizer as a widget.
I've also read that raising the DPI value will make everything bigger, but is there any good value to add and is it bad to raise it (like it should never be above 240 for example)? And will the icons look blurry, even if they are in a higher resolution than the default icons?
EDIT: I have Xperia Ray
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I was wondering how to make the icons on the home screens AND the app drawer bigger, but only found thinks like using Desktop Visualizer as a widget.
I've also read that raising the DPI value will make everything bigger, but is there any good value to add and is it bad to raise it (like it should never be above 240 for example)? And will the icons look blurry, even if they are in a higher resolution than the default icons?
EDIT: I have Xperia Ray
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Try to increase in 20. Like 180....
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I know it has been asked but i don't see any good answers.
I want to make icons and text a big bigger.... the screen density is nice, but if i want just 4 rows, then i would like my icons a bit bigger.
It seems SweeterHome 2 is the only option, but it doesn't have a Dock and the learning curve is steep.
Any ideas?
ADW Launcher EX - the paid version lets you increase font size and icon size. I find it just looks better on the higher density screen and i still get to use the Moto widgets.
Are there any large icon/dock themes with larger fonts out there that I can use without having to resort to editing the LCD Density via an app or editing the build.prop file?
I ask because my mother is considering getting a Nook Color, and her eyesight isn't the best plus I want to avoid her fat fingering the wrong icons
I don't want to modify LCD density because of sharpness loss.
Even a theme that has the icon size for application grid, status bar, and dock modded to be (significantly) larger would work great. I've tried ADW and Zeam but they don't offer the functionality I need.
In the newest update of ADW EX, you can set the size of the icons and text without having to change the density.
Desktop Visualizer lets you change the icon size of apps on your home screen. Not in the app drawer though.
hacku said:
In the newest update of ADW EX, you can set the size of the icons and text without having to change the density.
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Thanks, I downloaded it and like it, I wish it would let you edit the status bar + icons size too though.
LauncherPro doesn't have some feature that can do this that I can't find, does it?
angomy said:
Are there any large icon/dock themes with larger fonts out there that I can use without having to resort to editing the LCD Density via an app or editing the build.prop file?
I ask because my mother is considering getting a Nook Color, and her eyesight isn't the best plus I want to avoid her fat fingering the wrong icons
I don't want to modify LCD density because of sharpness loss.
Even a theme that has the icon size for application grid, status bar, and dock modded to be (significantly) larger would work great. I've tried ADW and Zeam but they don't offer the functionality I need.
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To get larger fonts "in general" the option resides in the Spare Parts App, but it doesn't effect the size of the icons or home, menu, or search buttons.
So I bought ADW EX and it's exceptionally buggy on my Nook Color and on my HP TouchPad. However, I do really like how things look on the TouchPad with the large HDPI icons. Is there really no way to use those icons in a more stable launcher? I'd love to use 72x72 icons in VTL, GO, or LPP if possible, at least until ADW EX is more stable...
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So I bought ADW EX and it's exceptionally buggy on my Nook Color and on my HP TouchPad. However, I do really like how things look on the TouchPad with the large HDPI icons. Is there really no way to use those icons in a more stable launcher? I'd love to use 72x72 icons in VTL, GO, or LPP if possible, at least until ADW EX is more stable...
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I have ADW.ex and yes, there are a few bugs but typically only with first launch. From a reboot or cold boot you have to relaunch adw and then it is smooth sailing. My biggest gripe is that you can't hide apps in the app drawer.
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To get larger fonts "in general" the option resides in the Spare Parts App, but it doesn't effect the size of the icons or home, menu, or search buttons.
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The size setting there only affects Google AOSP apps. It doesn't even affect Google's other apps.
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It is completely baffling to me why the standard Android launcher (and even launchers like Samsung's TouchWiz and HTC SenseUI) only has a 4x4 icon grid on the main home screen regardless of screen size. Whether the screen is a measley 2.6" screen (e.g. Huawei Boulder) or a huge 4.7" screen (e.g. HTC Sensation XL) the icon grid size is the same. Likewise, it does not appear make a difference regardless of the screen resolution whether 320x240 or a huge 540x960.
I know there are a few launchers that do allow this to be customised (e.g. Launcher Pro) but why do so many other launchers not handle proper scaling of the icon grid size or offer a configurable setting to properly utilise the screen size?
I'm hoping this is resolved in the standard Android launcher for ICS.
If 5x5, When you rotate the launcher, it is squeeze like butter... just try 5x5 in a custom launcher and you will know about it
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If 5x5, When you rotate the launcher, it is squeeze like butter... just try 5x5 in a custom launcher and you will know about it
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It doesn't need to be specifically 5x5 but just something that will scale appropriately for the screen size and resolution. If a 2.6" 320x240 screen can display 4x4 fine then a 4.3" (or higher) with 800 x 480 should easily be able to handle more than 4x4.
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It doesn't need to be specifically 5x5 but just something that will scale appropriately for the screen size and resolution. If a 2.6" 320x240 screen can display 4x4 fine then a 4.3" (or higher) with 800 x 480 should easily be able to handle more than 4x4.
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Yeah.. I understand. But problem happens when you rotate the screen...
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Yeah.. I understand. But problem happens when you rotate the screen...
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That's exactly what I'm saying, most current launchers have problems with how icons are arranged. The usable part of the screen for displaying application icons is generally not square. I'm not specifying how many icons need to be set out, but I think most large screen phones e.g. (HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy S2 etc) can take far many more icons. It may be appropriate for icons to be displayed in 4x5 grid in portrait orientation and then 5x4 in landscape orientation. Whatever is appropriate for the device (which will vary from device to device).
The fact that most launchers are fixed with an icon grid of 4x4 is what I'm saying the issue is.
I have been wondering where to change it in the code, I can change the lcd density so there is enough space to fit another row in but I have absolutely no idea where to change the dimensions to change from 4x4 to 4x5 or 4x6 for the app drawer, is it dependent on each phone or is it generic, is there a rough idea of what it's called roughly?
Update: Still have no idea
Nice application but the icons and text are really tiny on my S2
Until we can change the size of icons, I return to my Nova
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alamyr said:
Nice application but the icons and text are really tiny on my S2
Until we can change the size of icons, I return to my Nova
go on
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You have to consider that the program is in beta, and some themes don't work so good.
Yup, we're still in beta.
We're working on icon scaling for a future version which will fix this issue. :victory:
Icons are small since Themer has a grid of 13x9 by default which makes the icons take less space. Change the grid size if you want bigger icons. But it will mess up the theme of course if you are using one.
Themer's icon size
The size of the icon also depends on the grid size. With other launchers, increasing the grid size will lead to icons becoming cropped, Themer makes them smaller.
What may help is increasing the grid size, to do this, go into: Themer Actions > Advanced > Desktop, and you can decrease the grid size from here. Take note that your widgets will be affected and will have to be resized accordingly. Hope this helps!