I uninstalled world clock, Calender, Pen Memo and Calculator with Titanium. By doing that, they vanished from the taskbar!
Why is this in dev?
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Why is this in dev?
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I second this, let us know when you figure out how to put new apps in there.
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Did you figure out how to add any new apps to this task bar?
inkyadrian said:
I uninstalled world clock, Calender, Pen Memo and Calculator with Titanium. By doing that, they vanished from the taskbar!
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Found this to hide taskbar in Market: TaskBar Hider.
This does work in landscape mode-ideal for games and videos etc.
inkyadrian said:
I uninstalled world clock, Calender, Pen Memo and Calculator with Titanium. By doing that, they vanished from the taskbar!
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To each his own, it took me a few days to get used to the task bar but eventually I came to appreciate the value of these mini applications which unlike others will run on top of most open applications. Having access to your calendar, a NotePad or a calculator without jumping fully out of another application comes in handy.
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Did you figure out how to add any new apps to this task bar?
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From what I've read those are special TW mini-apps written by Samsung. They have never released the specs to developers to write their own and be able to add or replace the ones already there.
Jay Evans said:
From what I've read those are special TW mini-apps written by Samsung. They have never released the specs to developers to write their own and be able to add or replace the ones already there.
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Kinda pissed samsung doesn't. They seem super awesome. We did not buy the tab for their touchWiz update, but for the hardware (but the touchwhiz update does do some nice extras) but fi they would release the code it would make ALL of android even better. like if they licensed or even sold how they did the apps in the taskbar and even how they modified and added the screenshot and notification toggles (as android should have this already included as its so handy).
Did anybody find a way to replace apps? Maybe renaming apps like the stock apps and the taskbar will fetch their links and icons thinking they are stock?
Until someone figures out how to modify the stock pop-up tray, there is a way to add a second pop-up task bar using an app called "Wizz Bar". I think that the Tab has to be rooted to run this app. It works quite well.
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Did anybody find a way to replace apps? Maybe renaming apps like the stock apps and the taskbar will fetch their links and icons thinking they are stock?
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I think you'll find the apps are specifically made to address some proprietary Samsung addition to the taskbar framework which, as you mentioned, Samsung don't release the source to.
Renaming the apk won't do anything, they're just programs that run. You could rename all your system apps to kang1.apk, kang2.apk, etc and you'd probably notice no difference.
Of all the irritating rubbish in TouchWiz, they come up with one potentially useful feature but don't give us the source to extend it. Ironically frustrating.
I can't seem to figure out how to design my own ...is there a tutorial somewhere?
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To use Themer like a designer, watch the below video. If you're interested in being on the Themer design team, email [email protected].
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To use Themer like a designer, watch the below video. If you're interested in being on the Themer design team, email [email protected].
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I don't think he is looking for a job in Themer's team mate...He is just looking for tutorials.....Best solution is subscribe to Mycolorscreen channel in youtube.
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I don't think he is looking for a job in Themer's team mate...He is just looking for tutorials.....Best solution is subscribe to Mycolorscreen channel in youtube.
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lol... he just copy/pasta from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474039
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lol... he just copy/pasta from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474039
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lol... very strange ppl doesn't even want to read what someone is requesting for.
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lol... very strange ppl doesn't even want to read what someone is requesting for.
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If you really understand that words, there is nothing to be issue here.
I don't understand which part of nategold's request you didn't understand but you are everywhere in the themer forum in the name of so called helping ppl...I ain't even gonna start arguing about my comprehensive skills..
Seems kegit
I don't think I am qualified to be on a design team. I was just wondering if their is a way to design my own theme from scratch or at least learn how to modify a current theme. I will check out the videos...
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Yeah, i also read the entire tutorial, but seems too work for me apply a theme, delete all elements, and start create something from scratch. But it seems the only way to normal people like me to create new themes.
thanks time to make my own themes
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Yeah, i also read the entire tutorial, but seems too work for me apply a theme, delete all elements, and start create something from scratch. But it seems the only way to normal people like me to create new themes.
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We're working on a function that lets you start with a fresh blank screen, but for now you'll have manually remove the widgets etc. We apologize for the inconvenience.
the ability to start from blank screen would be very good,but to be honest I haven't seen the video but find it more fun to see how others have worked a theme then edit etc to suit my own needs,by adding or removing items.One feature I would like however is the ability to switch styles without having to go into settings and applying an exported style a bit long winded for me,a quicker solution would be great.
nice one!
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add a blank empty theme into the gallery???
are there any templates or do i just pick the resolution i want in PS and overlay the grid according to the themer settings? (9x9 for example?)
already use a blank template but would be good to start from scratch within the launcher
As in a blanl photoshop template? Would it be alright to grab a copy please?
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As in a blanl photoshop template? Would it be alright to grab a copy please?
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What we meant is an option to select "Apply a blank setup", that will include something along the lines of a single blank white page with now icons or widgets. For now though you can still achieve this, simply remove all the pages on your current theme as well as all the icons and widgets and then export the theme to use it later.
To export/save a theme: Themer Settings > Advanced > Export Theme. This theme will now be saved in the Exported section of the My Themes tab.
Hope this helps!
Hi team,
Stumbled across this on the xda homepage and must say I love it, I just have a few questions, I know it's still in beta so a few of these may already be in the works anyway.
How do I back up my settings? If they are stored in the cloud any plans of being able to back up to my device? I'm not a fan of clouds, I like to be responsible for as much as my own data as possible
Will you be adding the ability to import settings/catagories/folders etc from other launchers such as nova?
Is it or will it be possible to have folders within categories? Lazy question I know lol
Would it be possible to make it so you can hide apps from the main apps tab but show in a selected category? I understand this may not be possible or too awkward to implement
Any chance of adding a feature that allows you to have a hidden category that could be accessed by say a gesture? This would be really cool
Can home screens be reordered? I know I can just drag everything to another page and set it as default but an option to reorder would be more convenient
I had a few more questions but they elude me right now so will ask if or when I remember haha
Anyway keep up the good work, this is already better than most other launchers and I'm sure in the future this will blow all others out the water
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Hi team,
Stumbled across this on the xda homepage and must say I love it, I just have a few questions, I know it's still in beta so a few of these may already be in the works anyway.
How do I back up my settings? If they are stored in the cloud any plans of being able to back up to my device? I'm not a fan of clouds, I like to be responsible for as much as my own data as possible
Will you be adding the ability to import settings/catagories/folders etc from other launchers such as nova?
Is it or will it be possible to have folders within categories? Lazy question I know lol
Would it be possible to make it so you can hide apps from the main apps tab but show in a selected category? I understand this may not be possible or too awkward to implement
Any chance of adding a feature that allows you to have a hidden category that could be accessed by say a gesture? This would be really cool
Can home screens be reordered? I know I can just drag everything to another page and set it as default but an option to reorder would be more convenient
I had a few more questions but they elude me right now so will ask if or when I remember haha
Anyway keep up the good work, this is already better than most other launchers and I'm sure in the future this will blow all others out the water
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Hi!
Settings can't be backed up just yet, we might look into this in the future.
You can import favorite apps from another launcher by going into your favorites and selecting - Import from launcher.
Folders within categories, probably not, but we'll speak to the team
Hiding apps from the app drawer and only shown in certain categories - good idea - we'll also pass this onto the team.
For hidden categories, you can always create a custom category, then just deselect it in the categories list. However adding a gesture might be very tricky.
Homescreen reordering will arrive soon
Thanks for your contributions, if you think of any more just ask
Great thanks for that
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Are the widgets in themer created from Zooper?
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Are the widgets in themer created from Zooper?
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Almost of the new themes are created in a Zooper hybrid (Themer Zooper Widget). It works/looks exactly the same, however Play Store themes as yet can't be loaded. Older themes and some new themes use Everything Widget, which also has its pro's and con's.
How does a person create a theme and then use it? I'd like to have very specific things on my theme but other than adding to an existing theme, i can't seem to take away from an existing theme, how do I create a new one from scratch?
I know they say watch the vid but if you are like me you need to see it in writing,it makes more sense to me that way.Anyway the easiest way is to grab a theme and change it around/edit,get a feel for the program then create your own by changing wallpapers,icons,weather etc.A lot of themes now won't let you edit them I have found,however download any of mine and edit away they are all editable,as are a few more posted here but names don't spring to mind,none in my opinion are any better or worse than each other they just have their own little attributes that makes them unique in their own way.So go on and play around m8,it will be fun.
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I know they say watch the vid but if you are like me you need to see it in writing,it makes more sense to me that way.Anyway the easiest way is to grab a theme and change it around/edit,get a feel for the program then create your own by changing wallpapers,icons,weather etc.A lot of themes now won't let you edit them I have found,however download any of mine and edit away they are all editable,as are a few more posted here but names don't spring to mind,none in my opinion are any better or worse than each other they just have their own little attributes that makes them unique in their own way.So go on and play around m8,it will be fun.
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Thanks, I cannot stand those youtube videos that "show" you how to do things. I find them tedious and unusable. I'd rather just get some instructions, an application and let me do it. Yet, so many seem to post "youtube instructions" i write this stuff for a living and have never found a video more useful than written instructions. However, that's my bias.
I'll go check out some of yours.
I agree with your assessment that NONE of the themes I've downloaded have been editable. I don't want to ADD more widgets and icons to a theme. I just want to start with a blank canvas and let me do it.
Yet, if all these themes exist, HOW were they created? I'm really not going to watch a youtube video. There has to be a building application somewhere. Not re-engineer something already there.
One question, when you say "download mine" where do I find yours. None of the ones I've seen through the application say who created them.
mine and others are in the screenshots and themes forum beneath the general discussion.I agree fully with the video and much prefer to read it as I find it more followable,but again I suppose that is my bias too.You can start almost fresh,grab a theme as posted earlier,then delete everything,if the theme uses everything widget this is simple to do,just press screen and choose remove,then change the wallpaper by selecting your own then simply add you own widgets etc via the inbuilt everything widget (although this isn't as stable as it could be) or download widgets from playstore etc then add them,hope this helps apologies if I seem to waffle on.
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mine and others are in the screenshots and themes forum beneath the general discussion.I agree fully with the video and much prefer to read it as I find it more followable,but again I suppose that is my bias too.You can start almost fresh,grab a theme as posted earlier,then delete everything,if the theme uses everything widget this is simple to do,just press screen and choose remove,then change the wallpaper by selecting your own then simply add you own widgets etc via the inbuilt everything widget (although this isn't as stable as it could be) or download widgets from playstore etc then add them,hope this helps apologies if I seem to waffle on.
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Got it, will go over there and check them out.
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Got it, will go over there and check them out.
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Hi sanjsrik,
I'm the one who made the YouTube tutorial videos, so I apologize if they weren't that informative. Those were created in the beginning just to give people a basic understanding of what Themer was about.
Alldroid is correct in saying that starting with a fresh blank theme is the best, then just seeing what works and what doesn't. My advice would be learn more about Zooper Widget, as a lot of the newer themes use it, and it's brilliant. That's all Themer is essentially, a wallpaper, some widgets, and maybe some icons if you're feeling brave. We do recommend making the grid size quite large, in order to make the widget resizing easier. you might also notice that the new themes include incredibly detailed icons, these are in fact Zooper fonts, so as mentioned play around with the Zooper widgets found in the new themes.
If you need help/ideas feel free to ask, I'm always here to help!
- Marco
It isn't that the video isn't informative,it probably is but some people including myself prefer to read it via a text file or maybe a pdf file
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It isn't that the video isn't informative,it probably is but some people including myself prefer to read it via a text file or maybe a pdf file
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Would you like us to create in-depth text tutorials on our site?
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Would you like us to create in-depth text tutorials on our site?
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Marco,
I would definitely go for it... though I am more of a "hands on" student and for learning I need to hear the stuff (that's how I learned all the stuff during college - my wife reading the material and me laying down and just listening - damn, she was so furious when I got the same grades as she did... ;o]]]), the text might help you gain more audience among those "give-me-a-manual-and-shut-up" types.
You have created a superb product for the tinkerers so a step further in the direction of a superb customer/user support would be a definitive nod in the right direction.
I personally would like more short video tutorials on specific features, how they work, what is their purpose and the mechanics (Yeah, you guessed it, I am not that familiar with design and graphics;o]) and maybe a tut on the 'codes' for custom formats of zooper widget.
well and maybe few more videos with theme designers like the one you guys did with GeriArts would also be inspiring... ;o]]]
another definate yes here too thanks,would make it a more better product in my opinion.
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Hi sanjsrik,
I'm the one who made the YouTube tutorial videos, so I apologize if they weren't that informative. Those were created in the beginning just to give people a basic understanding of what Themer was about.
Alldroid is correct in saying that starting with a fresh blank theme is the best, then just seeing what works and what doesn't. My advice would be learn more about Zooper Widget, as a lot of the newer themes use it, and it's brilliant. That's all Themer is essentially, a wallpaper, some widgets, and maybe some icons if you're feeling brave. We do recommend making the grid size quite large, in order to make the widget resizing easier. you might also notice that the new themes include incredibly detailed icons, these are in fact Zooper fonts, so as mentioned play around with the Zooper widgets found in the new themes.
If you need help/ideas feel free to ask, I'm always here to help!
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I promise I am NOT complaining. I promise I am NOT criticizing. I am just asking the question, WHAT is Themer?
from everything I understand, it's not a true "application", it's a wallpaper that then people can add widgets that "do" things.
if this is the case, HOW are these widgets "locked" where they can't be changed in a lot of the wallpapers I've downloaded.
THAT is my only question.
Oh, and how come there's not a "builder" application for Themer?
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I promise I am NOT complaining. I promise I am NOT criticizing. I am just asking the question, WHAT is Themer?
from everything I understand, it's not a true "application", it's a wallpaper that then people can add widgets that "do" things.
if this is the case, HOW are these widgets "locked" where they can't be changed in a lot of the wallpapers I've downloaded.
THAT is my only question.
Oh, and how come there's not a "builder" application for Themer?
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No worries we weren't offended by your comments, we're just trying to make everyone's theming experience as easy possible.
Themer is a launcher. Just like TouchWiz, Nova, Apex, ssLauncher, etc. It's a link between the hardware and software, you could think of it as the body/shell of a car. The car can have a different shell, and with Themer, it's shell can be customized in seconds.
Calling it a wallpaper with widgets doesn't really do it justice, as a launcher incorporates your app drawer as well, and maybe some more features arriving soon.
One thing to remember is that Themer, once stripped to its core, it a launcher, just like the rest. By that we mean you're able to edit/add/remove widgets, change wallpapers, change the icons (icon pack support arriving soon), etc. To unlock widgets, hold down on the homescreen - Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Repeat the process to lock them, or alternatively you can go into the main Themer settings - Advanced - Desktop - enable Lock Desktop Widgets.
Whenever the widgets/icons are unlocked, this can be called the "builder" mode, as you can add/remove/edit widgets and icons.
Hope this helps!
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I promise I am NOT complaining. I promise I am NOT criticizing. I am just asking the question, WHAT is Themer?
from everything I understand, it's not a true "application", it's a wallpaper that then people can add widgets that "do" things.
if this is the case, HOW are these widgets "locked" where they can't be changed in a lot of the wallpapers I've downloaded.
THAT is my only question.
Oh, and how come there's not a "builder" application for Themer?
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I am always critizising m8 it's what makes it a better program,constructive critisizm always helps,your post didn't seem offensive to me m8
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No worries we weren't offended by your comments, we're just trying to make everyone's theming experience as easy possible.
Themer is a launcher. Just like TouchWiz, Nova, Apex, ssLauncher, etc. It's a link between the hardware and software, you could think of it as the body/shell of a car. The car can have a different shell, and with Themer, it's shell can be customized in seconds.
Calling it a wallpaper with widgets doesn't really do it justice, as a launcher incorporates your app drawer as well, and maybe some more features arriving soon.
One thing to remember is that Themer, once stripped to its core, it a launcher, just like the rest. By that we mean you're able to edit/add/remove widgets, change wallpapers, change the icons (icon pack support arriving soon), etc. To unlock widgets, hold down on the homescreen - Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Repeat the process to lock them, or alternatively you can go into the main Themer settings - Advanced - Desktop - enable Lock Desktop Widgets.
Whenever the widgets/icons are unlocked, this can be called the "builder" mode, as you can add/remove/edit widgets and icons.
Hope this helps!
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Thank you for the constructive email.
I think the biggest confusion anyone has with your "application" is that it doesn't seem like an application. It really does sound like a wallpaper with widgets. For example:
* Is there the ability to add groups for grouping together like kinds of applications?
* Can I add my own icons for applications?
Think GoLauncher or some other such "launcher" application that exists.
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Thank you for the constructive email.
I think the biggest confusion anyone has with your "application" is that it doesn't seem like an application. It really does sound like a wallpaper with widgets. For example:
* Is there the ability to add groups for grouping together like kinds of applications?
* Can I add my own icons for applications?
Think GoLauncher or some other such "launcher" application that exists.
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1. With Themer, you can add in Smart Category folders. For example the Games Category, when you install a new game, it will show up in this category and then whichever theme has a games folder, this new game will automatically appear. This saves a lot of time, but you can also manually add in your own categories or manually add in your own apps to a category.
2. Icon pack support is still limited. If you have icons on the homescreen, these can be edited manually. Some icon packs are supported, but you can also set them to other images in your gallery.
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YES! I watched many of the videos and I'm still very much confused. I have specific ideas for what I want, and although I can figure some things out on my own by trial and error, reinventing the wheel is both time-intensive and tiresome.
Also, I am glad to hear that icon pack support is on the list. Although my plans include heavy use off the app drawer, I'd like to have the icons in there be pleasing to my eye as well as the ones on my home screen.
It's a great product, one that I've already suggested to several friends. I just am more demanding than the "average bear".
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YES! I watched many of the videos and I'm still very much confused. I have specific ideas for what I want, and although I can figure some things out on my own by trial and error, reinventing the wheel is both time-intensive and tiresome.
Also, I am glad to hear that icon pack support is on the list. Although my plans include heavy use off the app drawer, I'd like to have the icons in there be pleasing to my eye as well as the ones on my home screen.
It's a great product, one that I've already suggested to several friends. I just am more demanding than the "average bear".
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Great to hear! Stay tuned for text-tutorials!
Hi.
I would like to have as well an written tutorial. Seems very interesting. I start now to play around with the themer myself from downloading a theme then deleting all a add my stuff.
Can i use all icon packs ? what format they have to be ?
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I would like to have as well an written tutorial. Seems very interesting. I start now to play around with the themer myself from downloading a theme then deleting all a add my stuff.
Can i use all icon packs ? what format they have to be ?
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most icon packs by default don't work with themer,but there is a way round this although you will need to manually change the icons you want to use.
Download apk extractor from Playstore
download the icon packs you want to your device
using apk extractor extract the apk of the icon pack you downloaded,this file will be stored on your device main storage in the apk extrat folder.
Attach your device to your laptop etc,then drag the extracted apk icon pack to it
rename the icon.apk and change the apk extension to zip
open with your favourite zip program
then simply extract the icon file images
this thread helped a lot
Hi,
There are some themes I love and I would like to use, but some details doesn't seem good to me, such as shortcuts. Is there any way to modify those shortcuts in order to make mine, but keep using the particular theme ? I didn't find anything about this...
Thanks for your help
AutruiP said:
Hi,
There are some themes I love and I would like to use, but some details doesn't seem good to me, such as shortcuts. Is there any way to modify those shortcuts in order to make mine, but keep using the particular theme ? I didn't find anything about this...
Thanks for your help
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Editing a theme is easy - simply long press on the homescreen - select Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Now you can add/remove widgets and shortcuts till your hearts content. Then when you are satisfied with your theme repeat the process to lock the items into place
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Hi,
Editing a theme is easy - simply long press on the homescreen - select Advanced - Unlock Widgets. Now you can add/remove widgets and shortcuts till your hearts content. Then when you are satisfied with your theme repeat the process to lock the items into place
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Awesome, thanks ! I was looking for this during hours... Didn't find anything on the Themer website :/
Another question, I have sometimes a pop-up with "crash data failed to send, retry later", but I can't find where to send it, and the pop-up doesn't disappear... I have to uninstall-reinstall the app in order to fix that... I have a One Plus One on CyanogenMod 11 38R
Semi related question, is there anywhere I can download images of the standard icons you use for smart categories? I like a lot of themes but would like to change the categories on them and to do that need the images to match the theme.
Thanks
chickengrease said:
Semi related question, is there anywhere I can download images of the standard icons you use for smart categories? I like a lot of themes but would like to change the categories on them and to do that need the images to match the theme.
Thanks
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Hi,
We're still working on this feature, hopefully it will be added soon!
Thanks for the info