Hi,
I was wondering if it's possible to modify the layout of every app that are using the official Android Holo theme to move the action bar that is located on the top of the screen to the bottom near the navigation bar. I think of this as a possible mod that could be flashed, but really I don't know if it is possible. I would find this more comfortable since our phones tend to size up and thereby, reaching the opposite corner of the screen with one hand makes me stretch it numerous times a day that I'm afraid of the possible evolution of mankind's hands(or maybe just one)
Thank you
No the positions of that is declared in each app. Doesn't matter what theme they use as that is all holo is. Just some images and color settings.
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I don't know where to put this.
I'm using Nova Launcher for ICS and I want to customize it using desktop visualizer (dvr). I have my grid set to 5 rows and 4 columns.
I'm going to create my own icons but need to know the screen real estate space in order to space everything out evenly.
The SGS2 screen resolution for one screen is 480w x 800w.
My question is how much pixel does the dock take up for Nova launcher? As well as the top status bar if it takes any at all. Or how much pixel does the persistant google search bar take? After I take those into consideration, I would have my actual usable screen real estate.
Hope some knowledgeable person can help me out.
Hi Guys,
Hope this is a valid question as the search function failed to bring up the answers.
I am now in the process of theming my phone and did lots of reading up. I wish to make my own custom wallpapers and embedded the icons/graphics on the wallpaper itself and use a transparent icon to launch the app. My main problem is with alignment. If I use Apex without margins, I can easily do simple calculations and place gridlines in my photoshop to aid in my design. However, I now wish to makes use of horizontal and vertical margins within Apex to better space my layout and this screws with alignment as I do not know the exact number of pixels to offset if I do use the margins in Apex.
So the question is: is there a certain number of pixels defined for the margins? If so, how much? 15p? 25p?
Thanks in advance...
I get that the developers/designers are only doing themes for specific screen resolutions right now, but why is the core tools for creating custom Themer widgets restricted by large grid settings?
Confused as to what I mean? Please let me explain.
I can create a custom widget, which starts with the background box. But, in order to line the background box up with my home page background, I have to set the color of the background widget to a solid color and then resize it since it doesn't visualize the snap-to grid element (which it does).
So, as I said above, why is this limitation there in the first place? On my Note 2 I can't create a widget that goes to the top of my screen because it is out of bounds of my screen and when I go to add elements to the widget, they don't line up correctly unless I resize the widget background box to snap to below the top of my screen (by a good amount).
So, is it at least possible to have the default grid snap distance greatly reduced or give us an option to set it ourselves in regards to setting the widget itself?
I've encountered zero issue with moving elements within a widget box other than the inability to lock items individually once placed (that would truly help in them designing).
Sorry for any confusion, I'm not aware of the standard labels for the various design elements of a widget or the like.
cgoodno said:
I get that the developers/designers are only doing themes for specific screen resolutions right now, but why is the core tools for creating custom Themer widgets restricted by large grid settings?
Confused as to what I mean? Please let me explain.
I can create a custom widget, which starts with the background box. But, in order to line the background box up with my home page background, I have to set the color of the background widget to a solid color and then resize it since it doesn't visualize the snap-to grid element (which it does).
So, as I said above, why is this limitation there in the first place? On my Note 2 I can't create a widget that goes to the top of my screen because it is out of bounds of my screen and when I go to add elements to the widget, they don't line up correctly unless I resize the widget background box to snap to below the top of my screen (by a good amount).
So, is it at least possible to have the default grid snap distance greatly reduced or give us an option to set it ourselves in regards to setting the widget itself?
I've encountered zero issue with moving elements within a widget box other than the inability to lock items individually once placed (that would truly help in them designing).
Sorry for any confusion, I'm not aware of the standard labels for the various design elements of a widget or the like.
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Hows it going? Im Bill from MCS.
Im a still a bit confused as to what you are asking and what tools it is that you are using in Themer that are giving you the issue.
Im sure you have already made sure that padding is turned OFF in the settings, but I have to say just to be safe.
IF you are getting spaced on the sides or top or your widget, you might want to check to see if you are using odd numbers for the Grid (rows and columns). Because of the way custom build widgets from WYSIWYG editors like Zooper and Everything widget render on the screen you might be a 1px gap if you are using odd numbered Rows or Columns in your grid.
This is the first thing I would check. I have seen an issue where for some reason I get a 2 or 4px padding on the top and bottom of the widgets. It only happens to me now and again. I can usually delete the widget and re-add it to get rid of the issue.
This might be the first notch phone I'm going to buy. I personally detest notch, I'm thinking of hiding it with the black bar altogether.
The thing is, would it be compatible with lower value DPI? I always find the normal DPI is too large for me. Would the status bar remain the same size if I change the DPI value?
I use 436dpi
Cryonics said:
This might be the first notch phone I'm going to buy. I personally detest notch, I'm thinking of hiding it with the black bar altogether.
The thing is, would it be compatible with lower value DPI? I always find the normal DPI is too large for me. Would the status bar remain the same size if I change the DPI value?
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I am using "small display" (which I suppose changes DPI) and "large font". It doesn't change the size of status bar.
I was a big notch hater as well, but in the end I don't find it disturbing. It is possible to "hide" notch with 3rd party apps, but they do not work correctly with lightly colored status bar - time and icons become invisible. You need to define a list of apps where notch won't be hidden (either in the app if it offers such a function or with Tasker). So you'll end up with notch "hidden" in half of the apps (where it's not that much visible anyway) and shown in the other half (where you want have it hidden in the first place). Also with black notch and navbar in a different color, you might find the display asymmetry annoying.
Long story short - you'll get used to the notch
Cryonics said:
This might be the first notch phone I'm going to buy. I personally detest notch, I'm thinking of hiding it with the black bar altogether.
The thing is, would it be compatible with lower value DPI? I always find the normal DPI is too large for me. Would the status bar remain the same size if I change the DPI value?
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You can try custom miui ROM, it's stable enough for daily use, (haven't found any major problem), and it has a really great notch hiding feature (makes the screen smaller, and blacks out the top of the screen).
Hello. I have serious vision challenges and hope someone can help.
Is there a way to adjust the status bar font size on the Samsung S22 plus? The settings for font size and screen zoom do nothing to the status bar or toggles icons text. (I know of and use the magnification feature. However, I simply want to be able to glance at the phone vs. magnifying every time.)
I am ditching my Pixel 6 Pro due to it's awful antenna/modem = sh*t connectivity. The one good thing about the P6P (other than the camera) is that the display size adjustment also scales the font and icon size on the status bar.
Any guidance or suggestions are welcomed. Preferably without rooting the device, I hope status bar size adjustment is possible.
Q: Do fonts downloaded and applied from the Theme Store also change the status bar fonts? Maybe I could find a larger font to install and use it instead? (BTW, Themes store filtering and search are total crap so if you know of one point me to it).
Thank you in advance.
You could try to change the dpi setting, but this will change the size of all. Afterwards you might re-adjust font size and screen zoom like you already did for the rest of the screen.
Go to "Developer options" (if already activated) in "Settings". Search for "Smallest width" note down the dp value and change it to your needs. If you change it to a higher value (e.g. from 411 to 490), everything on the screen will get smaller.
Not sure if you've worked it out yet, if not hopefully this should work for you ..
In Developer Options scroll down to 'Simulate display with cutout' and choose waterfall cutout. Reboot and go back to Simulate display with cutout and choose default Good luck..!
I can confirm that under Android 12 the waterfall cutout/dpi trick just about doubled the font size on my S22.
Since the Android 13 update this week, that hardly makes any difference in the size of the status bar font.
The text and icons in the status bar are literally the most omnipresent information bits on the phone, and they are not resizable? That is a key failure in recognizing customer needs - particularly accessibility needs.
Indeed. After the Android 13 update, the status bar is tiny with no tricks to change its size. The waterfall cutout trick no longer works. There has GOT to be a way to actually make the icons and text in the status bar actually fill that area and not be microscopically small.
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Indeed. After the Android 13 update, the status bar is tiny with no tricks to change its size. The waterfall cutout trick no longer works. There has GOT to be a way to actually make the icons and text in the status bar actually fill that area and not be microscopically small.
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Having the waterfall cutout setting just made the screen really narrow for me after the update. There no longer seems to be any good way to increase the font size in the status bar. I have tried some third party applications like Super Status Bar which do increase the font size, but they have limitations such as you can't have a transparent background, and you can't hide the status bar from the always-on display.
Do all S22 phones have the samll font in the status bar?
There are lots of complaints about this all over the internet. Surely it would be a simple matter for Samsung to provide adjustment of the Status Bar font size utilizing a Goodlock module. I live in hope because although it's not a deal breaker for me the small size in annoying.