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[Q] Custom Icons on ADW Questions

Trying out ADW, coming from Launcherpro, how can I find and/or then use icons on the web to customize only my DOCK at the bottom? Where would I save the BIT icon files then put them in my ADW dock?
We all know the stock UI is sluggish. Is anyone using Launcherpro or ADW? I have supported both, all DEVS deserve support. Thanks guys...

Are you asking where to find icons or how to set sortxuta with custom icons?
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I have found hundreds of icons in bmp format. How can I put them to use in the adw dock?
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xxsicpuppyxx said:
I have found hundreds of icons in bmp format. How can I put them to use in the adw dock?
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you need to use bettercut to replace, then you can drag and drop into dock

all you have to do dude, is add a new app to the bar, then pick CUSTOM ICON, and then use the phone to browse to the BMP you downloaded
easy as pie

Dope stuff... Thanks guys.
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I've managed to change the lab and rab to whatever icons I want on ADW. How can I get the ab (app button) change to whatever icon I want?
ADW seems a lot more stable than launcher pro... For me at least...
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grdm said:
all you have to do dude, is add a new app to the bar, then pick CUSTOM ICON, and then use the phone to browse to the BMP you downloaded
easy as pie
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can you elaborate on the "pick CUSTOM ICON" part?

grdm said:
all you have to do dude, is add a new app to the bar, then pick CUSTOM ICON, and then use the phone to browse to the e bar, then pick CUSTOM ICON, and then use the phone to browse to the BMP you downloaded
easy as pie
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can you elaborate on the "pick CUSTOM ICON" part?

pattherat said:
can you elaborate on the "pick CUSTOM ICON" part?
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i was curious myself, the only way i can do it is with better cut and then drag and drop
would you mind posting step by step?

nemesis000000 said:
i was curious myself, the only way i can do it is with better cut and then drag and drop
would you mind posting step by step?
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I think this may be a Launcher Pro function?
I don't think anything like this exists with ADW. At least not that I've seen.

Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
I think this may be a Launcher Pro function?
I don't think anything like this exists with ADW. At least not that I've seen.
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thats what i thought
just wanted to make sure i wasn't missing a feature/fuction

Yeah just Launcherpro at the time....
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Zaphod-Beeblebrox said:
I think this may be a Launcher Pro function?
I don't think anything like this exists with ADW. At least not that I've seen.
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ON the CM6 Version of ADW, perhaps not the stand-alone, there is the option to create a custom shortcut by doing the following:
Menu @ home screen
Add
Custom Shortcut
Pick Your Activity
Select the image you want as the icon.
Voila.
(LOL Droid X forum! Anyhow, this is on the Evo)

garekinokami said:
ON the CM6 Version of ADW, perhaps not the stand-alone, there is the option to create a custom shortcut by doing the following:
Menu @ home screen
Add
Custom Shortcut
Pick Your Activity
Select the image you want as the icon.
Voila.
(LOL Droid X forum! Anyhow, this is on the Evo)
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That's how it works on ADW that comes packaged with BigDXSerenity.
I have to say that while ADW alone without LP+ installed also is VERY snappy. But I miss my LP+ widgets WAAAY too much, esp. the twitter widget.

ADW runs too smoothly for me to go back to LPP. I do miss those icons though.....

garekinokami said:
ON the CM6 Version of ADW, perhaps not the stand-alone, there is the option to create a custom shortcut by doing the following:
Menu @ home screen
Add
Custom Shortcut
Pick Your Activity
Select the image you want as the icon.
Voila.
(LOL Droid X forum! Anyhow, this is on the Evo)
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I think this was added in the latest build of ADW (1.5). I don't think it was there at the time of the original discussion.

garekinokami said:
ON the CM6 Version of ADW, perhaps not the stand-alone, there is the option to create a custom shortcut by doing the following:
Menu @ home screen
Add
Custom Shortcut
Pick Your Activity
Select the image you want as the icon.
Voila.
(LOL Droid X forum! Anyhow, this is on the Evo)
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Excellent. However, I can't do the same for the app drawer icon, as it becomes the trash can when you drag your custom shortcut near it.

ChairmanPlow said:
Excellent. However, I can't do the same for the app drawer icon, as it becomes the trash can when you drag your custom shortcut near it.
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You'll need to make an ADW theme for that. You can get started here:
http://github.com/AnderWeb/ADW.Theme-Template
Be sure to share your work!

ADWLaucher launcher Actions icons

How do I add more icons to the above?
and yes, I did do a search in here and did a google search too. any help will be appreciated.

Ltilt2 said:
How do I add more icons to the above?
and yes, I did do a search in here and did a google search too. any help will be appreciated.
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It's in the ADW launcher settings, look for the dock icons option, then just drag and drop you apps you want in the new spots.

xIC-MACIx said:
It's in the ADW launcher settings, look for the dock icons option, then just drag and drop you apps you want in the new spots.
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I'm talking about the Launcher actions. Are you talking about that too?
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Ltilt2 said:
How do I add more icons to the above?
and yes, I did do a search in here and did a google search too. any help will be appreciated.
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If you want more icons to choose from, download new themes from the market or from within dock settings under themes
If you want more icons on the dock it self (eg 5 instead of 3) then you hit the soft menu key, go to more. Click adw settings. Its in there somewhere under dock icon as stated above.

Jahallah said:
If you want more icons to choose from, download new themes from the market or from within dock settings under themes
If you want more icons on the dock it self (eg 5 instead of 3) then you hit the soft menu key, go to more. Click adw settings. Its in there somewhere under dock icon as stated above.
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No, u don't understand my question. I want to switch out the Launcher Actions with other ones.

Settings/General Behavior/System Preferences/Customize MenuMenu
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1koolcat said:
Settings/General Behavior/System Preferences/Customize MenuMenu
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So I went to ADW settings, General Behavior and this is all I see. SENSE PREVIEWS, CLOSING FOLDER, SHOW NOTIFICATION, BUBBLE FONT SIZE, HOME BUTTON BINDING, SWIPE DOWN ACTIONS, SWIPE UP ACTIONS AND DOUBLE TAP ACTIONS.
This is really frustrating.

Do you mean as a shortcut icon, lets say if you click the icon the app drawer is launched?

The instructions I gave were for ADW Launcher EX. Sorry about that. Should've asked which version.
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[Q] Can I make a widget invisible?

Hi,
I'm running CM7 and I've got widgetlocker as my lockscreen, and I'd like to add the torch widget to the lockscreen. It doesn't really fit in though so I'd like to make it invisible; i.e you can't see the widget but if you press in the right place (where it is) it will still function as normal.
Can this be done?
Thanks

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Tamen said:
Hi,
I'm running CM7 and I've got widgetlocker as my lockscreen, and I'd like to add the torch widget to the lockscreen. It doesn't really fit in though so I'd like to make it invisible; i.e you can't see the widget but if you press in the right place (where it is) it will still function as normal.
Can this be done?
Thanks
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Invisible Widget
masque3000 said:
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I recently discovered how to make an invisible widget that has been incredibly useful in customizing my screens. For instance, my weather app is Snowstorm because I like how the widget looks. But, I like Weatherbug for functionality, weather radar, etc. So, I've got the snowstorm widget on my screen with an invisible widget overlayed and set to front so when i click on it, it sends me to Weatherbug.
This is done my creating an icon using Simple Text. The text in the icon is just a couple of spacebar taps. It saves to your gallery. Then I used Desktop VisualizeR to create a widget that is assigned to the Weatherbug app. Assign the invisible icon you created to the widget and you are ready to go. Very useful to have a visual of one app and the functionality of another. You can even create it so you just tap on a blank portion of your screen to activate whatever app or function you want. It's fun!
Good luck. :good:

Maybe use gimp and just make it transparent
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[Q] Any way to add shortcuts to the status bar?

There is a lot of empty space between the task switcher icon on the left and the clock on the right. Would be a perfect location for shortcuts to running apps etc.

That's a pretty good idea but as far as I know there is no way to do it unless some clever person has worked it out.
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samsung has something like that on their SGT 10.1-roms... Maybe its possible to port that?
I don't find it THAT useful though...

there is a .app, something like quicklaunch, I use it with HC but can't remember the name... u should search in the market... but it's only quicklaunch, can't put shortcuts in bar

matheprat said:
There is a lot of empty space between the task switcher icon on the left and the clock on the right. Would be a perfect location for shortcuts to running apps etc.
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There was an application called Wizz Bar, you might be able to find it somewhere online. It allows you to press in the open space in the middle and it would open a little box over any application which you could launch from. That might work?
Here it is: Wizz Bar

I will look into Quick Launch, thanks.
It looks like Wizz Bar no longer works on ICS

matheprat said:
I will look into Quick Launch, thanks.
It looks like Wizz Bar no longer works on ICS
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Oh damn... Sorry man
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Also try Elixir. cant remember if you can customise complicated shortcuts, but i know you can add toggle switches as well as quick launch apps

TheDifference said:
Also try Elixir. cant remember if you can customise complicated shortcuts, but i know you can add toggle switches as well as quick launch apps
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To the status bar?

matheprat said:
To the status bar?
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an "E" icon sits on the bottom right http://i.imgur.com/LwzlA.jpg
tapping that pops up a mini toolbar which you can customise with all sorts of toggles and switches.

Changing the icons in the app drawer?

Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone knows of an app which can change the icons in the app drawer? I've tried many apps but all they do is change the home screen icons. Any help on how to do this would be very much appreciated.
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This function may be possible by switching to a different launcher, but I do not know which launcher would be capable of doing this. Usually the images in the drawer are read directly from the apk, and the apps which change the icons on the home screen can get around this by making a widget with the specified icon, which points to the application.
If there are only a few applications you want changed, it is possible to change them the hard way, by extracting the apk, changing the icon in the "/res/drawable-?dpi" folder, and then installing the new application by hand. (It will no longer be signed, so you will have to go to allow this in Settings > Applications > Unknown sources)

I don't think any launchers are capable of changing app drawer icons. Looks like I may have to do it the hard way
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m also waiting
m also waiting for such app

Winston O'Boogie said:
I don't think any launchers are capable of changing app drawer icons. Looks like I may have to do it the hard way
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You can use go launcher which has option to change icons.. All U need is an icon pack..
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Launcher pro can change app drawer icons,as can adw launcher. Just get an icon pack...or better still, make one. It's easier with launcher pro.
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I'm using adw launcher and it can't change the icons. I have a really cool icon pack, and it changes the icons... but not all of them.. so everything doesn't match. On adw you can't manually change the icons of an individual app. I'll give launcher pro a go
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Winston O'Boogie said:
I'm using adw launcher and it can't change the icons. I have a really cool icon pack, and it changes the icons... but not all of them.. so everything doesn't match. On adw you can't manually change the icons of an individual app. I'll give launcher pro a go
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Best of luck,get back to us with how it goes.
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Try LiveHome
Winston O'Boogie said:
Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone knows of an app which can change the icons in the app drawer? I've tried many apps but all they do is change the home screen icons. Any help on how to do this would be very much appreciated.
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Try LiveHome. With this launcher, you can manually change the icon and also label name of any app in appdrawer.

Cheers man. It won't recognise my icon pack though, but still, it's the first launcher I've seen that can change the app drawer icons
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Going to try it now
Thanks ALOT. Ive been looking for a few days to find a way to change labels in the app drawer. I could find ways to password lock certain ones, but nothing to change the labels. I finally posted in 2 forums last night, asking if anyone knew ANYway to, but still no answers at 1 &was told that only thing possible is there are some apps that change icons &let u change labels on Home screens only, at the other. I'm gonna try this right now. Thanks ALOT!!!

gdownloads said:
Thanks ALOT. Ive been looking for a few days to find a way to change labels in the app drawer. I could find ways to password lock certain ones, but nothing to change the labels. I finally posted in 2 forums last night, asking if anyone knew ANYway to, but still no answers at 1 &was told that only thing possible is there are some apps that change icons &let u change labels on Home screens only, at the other. I'm gonna try this right now. Thanks ALOT!!!
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hey for anyone wanting to know sslauncer allows for u to change app icons and labels in app drawer

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I installed apex launcher and that applied its icon pack to my app drawer. Now any app with the same name has the same icon... any way to change this?

Can it? Without using a Launcher?

Wrong topic

i'm using holo laucher and it can change the icons in the app drawer, desktop, and folders. just long press on the icon to edit it and you can choose icons from market downloadable theme packs or even use gallery pics :beer:
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its not an app for ur phone but heres a program on th computer that might change the icons for ya.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=890876

mrichiem said:
i'm using holo laucher and it can change the icons in the app drawer, desktop, and folders. just long press on the icon to edit it and you can choose icons from market downloadable theme packs or even use gallery pics :beer:
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When i press long a Icon in the Drawer this comes direct on my Desktop, no Options , the Options are only at the Desktop!
Why ??

Nova launcher just got an update, now to change an app drawer icon (to a picture from gallery and hence a uzip, or from an apk) long press on the app icon in the draw. Drag it to the edit symbol. Click the app icon in the edit popup. Choose icon as desired!
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