I can't stand putting bookmarks on the homescreen and having them show up as ribbons. On my gnex the favicons became the homescreen icons. How can I do that? I've tried alternate browsers but the same thing happens - occasionally I'll get a ribbon with a small favicon inside but that's not what I want... Thanks.
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[UPDATE] Thanks everyone for no help whatsoever... I figured out that in order to do it you have to bookmark it and then go to the bookmark and add it to the homescreen. No idea why it doesn't work straight from the page and add to homescreen.
Bump...?
Seriously? No one?
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Ok, so the Sense UI is very slick. I especially love the 'people widget' where you can see all your contacts profile pics on the homescreen.
But heres my problem. How on earth do I change the contacts within that widget? Everytime I delete the widget and stick it back to the homescreen, the same people keep popping up.
I guess it can be done quite easily, but why have they hidden that option?
Its done via the contacts, go to the favourites in your Peoples/contacts list.
JTopaz said:
Ok, so the Sense UI is very slick. I especially love the 'people widget' where you can see all your contacts profile pics on the homescreen.
But heres my problem. How on earth do I change the contacts within that widget? Everytime I delete the widget and stick it back to the homescreen, the same people keep popping up.
I guess it can be done quite easily, but why have they hidden that option?
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It uses the people labled favourite in your phone book. So to delete somebody from the app you need to un-favourite them
ah ok. Simple enough.
Is there anyway to sort those contacts rather than having them display alphabetically?
I would like to make my homescreen look like the one attached.
This is a little mockup I have made. Even if I can get the shortcut list going on the side would be nice. I'm not so sure about the tiles after I finished drawing it.
Any ideas on widgets/launchers is appreciated before I have to actually code something myself. I have been trying to look for widgets etc. that can help me but have come up empty.
Things like this have been done before. Search Android Phone 7. I've never seen one with that app list sidebar. That may be a little hard to recreate but it isn't impossible.
Things you'd need: Icons, Desktop Visualizer, ADW EX or Launcher Pro Plus (Plus is needed for resizing widgets) Minimalistic Text, maybe Phantom Music Control. For the icons like "Games" or "Utilities" you may be able to link the DVR widget to an app called Folder Organizator. Or you could use a widget called SiMi Folder, which would make a shortcut on your homescreen that is like the iPhone's folder thing. You could make the icon of the SiMi Folder transparent.
This is going to take A LOT of resizing, which can get really boring. To avoid headaches, plan everything out before you start. If you want a widget above another widget, the widget you want on the bottom (background) needs to be placed BEFORE the widget you want in front (foreground). You are going to have to resize it over the other widget, not place it on top.
That's all I can think of for right now. The left side should be pretty easy. The right side on the other hand will be a little challenging. My best advice would be to start by making a big plain minimalistic text (MT) widget, then add each app name as a MT widget with a blank background (option is in the MT widget configuration menu) For some help, try the Hubs layout in the Asus Transformer Theme and App section. We have a nice thread there with a similar idea and people there will be more than willing to help. They are a lot better at home screen customization than me.
Anyways, awesome idea! If you make the icons, I'll be happy to help you recreate it!
Thanks for the reply. I've played around with Minimalistic Text and it looks promising, thanks. I had noticed it several times before, but it does not mention it can function to create normal shortcuts too.
Just buying ADW Launcher EX (first purchase, borrowing a debit card now), as I have been using the free version for a while. Will post an update when it goes through and I can play with resizing the widgets.
I am currently playing with Minimalistic Text and I have the text on the screen, but when I assigned the proper functions I found they overlap each other...
Anyone know how to avoid this? (They are created using 5x1 horizontal widgets)
BeaverusIV said:
I am currently playing with Minimalistic Text and I have the text on the screen, but when I assigned the proper functions I found they overlap each other...
Anyone know how to avoid this? (They are created using 5x1 horizontal widgets)
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Resize the widgets. I dont know how its done in ADW but i think you can do it by long pressing them.
I have, they are the smallest they can go. The resize outline box is 1 unit high, but when I push the 'button' it shows a 2 unit high selection box...
I'll see if I can get a s/s of each box...
Edit: Nope, too tricky to get the timing.
reminds me of wp7
if you wanna something like that try Launcher 7
https://market.android.com/details?id=info.tikuwarez.launcher3
else you can use desktop visualizer (like mentioned before)
i am using desktop visualizer,too.
but i noticed when you have to restart your phone it takes a while to reload the widgets
How ever it's still fine
I used to use DVR when I first got my phone. The tile layout on the left was an experiment, I don't think I'll use it. The main thing was the right hand side; the list of shortcuts.
Well I worked around the overlapping issue by reapplying them in a different order so they underlap instead.
Now I'll work on another layout I like for the rest of my icons, thanks guys
PS: @restarting phone: Who does that?
Edit: For anyone who cares:
Use MT to make a 5x1 widget, use the vertical top alignment and both horizontal ones right.
Don't show background.
Choose custom layout and remove the three existing sections and add a 'static text' one from under Misc.
I choose normal (not default) text and change it to 30dip (that fits my applications nicely on my 800x480px screen).
Choose launch another application and choose the application you want to launch.
Start from the bottom of the screen and work your way up, placing the background last.
BeaverusIV said:
I used to use DVR when I first got my phone. The tile layout on the left was an experiment, I don't think I'll use it. The main thing was the right hand side; the list of shortcuts.
Well I worked around the overlapping issue by reapplying them in a different order so they underlap instead.
Now I'll work on another layout I like for the rest of my icons, thanks guys
PS: @restarting phone: Who does that?
Edit: For anyone who cares:
Use MT to make a 5x1 widget, use the vertical top alignment and both horizontal ones right.
Don't show background.
Choose custom layout and remove the three existing sections and add a 'static text' one from under Misc.
I choose normal (not default) text and change it to 30dip (that fits my applications nicely on my 800x480px screen).
Choose launch another application and choose the application you want to launch.
Start from the bottom of the screen and work your way up, placing the background last.
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Click to collapse
OO thanks! I'll wait til you finish the whole thing to try it out but it looks like its going to be awesome.
I'll post a new thread when I've accomplished it
Hi
is there any progress on this topic? is the new thread already open?
It's 12:40am here. A new thread will be made tomorrow after I've finished the homescreen.
Hi guys.
I just wondered if I can make one of my homescreens an actual web page? What I want is to have all my apps on homescreen 3, but then swipe to homescreen 2 and have a specific webpage already open there in full screen.
Is this possible at all, please? Thanks in advance.
I can see this being very useful now you brought it up, espeically for business use on the go. Theoretically someone could easily code a widget like 8x4 size and display the webpage in it. I'd like to see someone implement that in one of the browser apps
It's technically possible with a widget that uses android.webkit.WebView, but I have found no apps on the market that do it.
So, this is probably a really simple issue to resolve, but after doing the ICS update last night, I don't seem to have an option to place new widgets on my homescreen. I do a long press as usual, but am only given an option to change wallpapers... help? lol
And of course, I find them after I create a post...
Where? If you find an answer to a question please post it for those searching.
to those that can't find them, open your apps drawer, and you can either swipe past your apps or at the top left you will see the widgets tab.
basically the app drawer and widgets are combined now, longpressing on the desktop only lets you change wallpaper.
personally i found the way it worked in HC to be more effecient, but this works i guess
as soon as I posted this found my answer, sorry!
Does anyone know of a widget that you can write directly onto on the homescreen, then choose to save, share, discard it etc?
All the widgets I've found require you to press something to open a new note first which then goes full screen etc. I just want to be able to write straight onto the widget, like a post-it stuck on the homescreen...
Thanks
Note Widget
Try
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.movinapp.easypad or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aerodroid.writenow or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=yong.app.notes
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tremeric.stickynotes
there is screen after clicking but its the closest i've found to what you want
Nice one thanks guys!
you can't actually type right on top of a widget because of some programming disabilities,
that's why all of the notes widgets opens new screen..
i like this one, because it looks less like new full screen window when you click on it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.symcoding.widget.stickynotes