I've been looking for an LCARS home screen replacement for Android. I've seen similar programs for Windows Mobile, and iOS, but nothing really for Android.
A few themes here and there, but nothing that truly provides the feel of an LCARS PADD.
With the growing number of Android tablet devices, and 4"+ screens on cell phones, an LCARS launcher could reach a greater number of people (and make money!).
I did some research, and found (pocketLCARS.com) which does a decent job, but I honestly think it can be done better, and for android.
Even the iOS version of "LCARS Star Trek" doesn't really do much, and is more of a novelty than a real functioning launcher/skin. (http://www.businessinsider.com/star-trek-padd-app-2011-7)
I found a Microsoft Windows exe and shell of LCARS that does a decent job, but it's no where near finished, and it looks as though the developer has run out of steam and stopped working on it. (http://www.lcarsx32.com/lcars/index.php)
Is there an interest in such a home screen replacement? I know I would pay $5-$10 myself for such a launcher.
I've been trying to re-verse myself on Java, and playing around with emulators and testing APK's on my phone, but it appears as though home screen replacement apps are on the higher end of difficult spectrum when it comes to programming, and no where close to the "Hello World" apps in which I'm currently making.
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Anyone out there interested in a LCARS Android phone/tablet Launcher/Home Screen Replacement? If so, anyone know how to program? Willing to pay money for said app?
Yes, no, yes. I would love to have a LCARS lauchner, not for the daily use, but for home automatisation on the tablet.
There is a ADW skin, but it sucks. The most important thing would be a clean look like borders around every widget. Not sure if that's possible.
yeahbert said:
Yes, no, yes. I would love to have a LCARS lauchner, not for the daily use, but for home automatisation on the tablet.
There is a ADW skin, but it sucks. The most important thing would be a clean look like borders around every widget. Not sure if that's possible.
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I have a few concept design artwork ideas in my head. I will draw them later tonight or tomorrow.
Is it possible to launch android apps in windowed mode? Just an idea. There will be menu-bars to the top and left that can be "swyped" out and back in, giving more room for the screen. There would be a built in file-browser, in LCARS.
Skanndelus did an Enterprise skin for Go SMS and is working for one for Go Launcher Ex look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193763
I saw that. It doesn't look bad at all! But it doesn't look like "TRUE LCARS". It's a "theme" not an interface. But still, Grade A+ theme.
If I used GO SMS then I'd probably purchase it.
Still, it's the closest thing on Android that looks high-quality LCARS.
Apparently there's a launcher called SweeterHome that has an LCARs theme here: http://www.sweeterhome.com/ .. EDIT: actually looks like *several* LCARs themes available because of the way sweeterhome works.
EDIT 2: Wow, now that I have it installed... there are DOZENS of LCARs themes, all in varying states of completion. And many are more than just wallpapers. Unfortunately, it looks like nobody knows how to FINISH a theme for this launcher LOL.... they're all incomplete. Looks like the most usable one is Rusty_Trek... you have to set up all the shortcuts and widgets on your own, but other than that it lacks the blurry "wallpaper" look all the others have.
EDIT 3: Here's a quick video showing what it looks like in action. The logs screen is fully functional, btw, as is everything else. I just didn't activate them on the video:
https://plus.google.com/111926082870071972680/posts/dRjNGthNVBZ
lotherius said:
Apparently there's a launcher called SweeterHome that has an LCARs theme here: http://www.sweeterhome.com/ .. EDIT: actually looks like *several* LCARs themes available because of the way sweeterhome works.
EDIT 2: Wow, now that I have it installed... there are DOZENS of LCARs themes, all in varying states of completion. And many are more than just wallpapers. Unfortunately, it looks like nobody knows how to FINISH a theme for this launcher LOL.... they're all incomplete. Looks like the most usable one is Rusty_Trek... you have to set up all the shortcuts and widgets on your own, but other than that it lacks the blurry "wallpaper" look all the others have.
EDIT 3: Here's a quick video showing what it looks like in action. The logs screen is fully functional, btw, as is everything else. I just didn't activate them on the video:
https://plus.google.com/111926082870071972680/posts/dRjNGthNVBZ
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i just tried this and i like it, now just a question, how do you change the apps launched from the theme buttons? For example i want to change the email app it launches. I tried to edit the theme and i unlocked this box. Now when i tap on it it says add an app, and when i scroll through the list that pops up the launcher crashes.
Same happens with the app bar below.
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i just tried this and i like it, now just a question, how do you change the apps launched from the theme buttons? For example i want to change the email app it launches. I tried to edit the theme and i unlocked this box. Now when i tap on it it says add an app, and when i scroll through the list that pops up the launcher crashes.
Same happens with the app bar below.
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Hmm, mine doesn't crash. It took a little while to figure out how to unlock some of the buttons, but I was able to switch everything and it was fine once I figured it out. It's been rock solid for me.
I'm on Froyo right now, I'm wondering if maybe it has issues with GingerBread? What are you running it on?
I posted my homescreen for the htc legend some time ago here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10928474&postcount=275
Basically I used Launcher Pro and edited the Dock and some icons to make it look like the lcars interface... But there are no lcars animations or behavior...
i have the lcars go launcher theme mostly designed, but i wasn't able to export the apk due to not setting up the jdk properly. if anyone has any experience with this, let me know!
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I would give a hefty donation for a cm7 based lcars rom. That way it could be easier to port to other devices.
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Anyone out there interested in a LCARS Android phone/tablet Launcher/Home Screen Replacement? If so, anyone know how to program? Willing to pay money for said app?
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I would be willing to shell out some bucks for a finished LCARS theme applied whatever existing launcher programs are out there currently. I bought Go Launcher solely so I could use "Skanndelus's" SMS / Contact List LCARS theme/skin. Does not have to be "Go" it could be ADW, MIUI, SPB, or whatever.... as long as it looks like LCARS and works on my phone ill pay for it.
LCARS Theme
Any new info or the apk for the LCARS Go Launcher Theme?
Hi,
are there any news on LCARS?
I recently got a Samsung Galaxy S2 and really would love to have something like an LCARS interface...
but, for me, the video posted on #6 doesn't really look like LCARS (wrong colors).
I tried pocketLCARS.com on my old HTC TytnII years ago, it really didn't look bad, but it was WM6.x, and touchscreen behaviour of that smartphone generation wasn't really meant for something like that.
Now, with devices like the SGS2 I imagine it could be just great...
Just goooooogling a bit, I found a boot animation, that IMHO already would look great as a startup:
http://androidforums.com/ascend-all-things-root/347609-new-lcars-boot-animation.html
So, just to answer the questions of the first post: yes, no and yes as well I would spent some money on a working LCARS interface, preferably working with a good custom ROM like Cyanogen, or for SGS2 users, VillainROM...
I'd like an LCARS home replacement, not just a theme....
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... maybe someone is interested in testing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963077
GreeZ,
Freezy1982
I like this theme
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I once did a LCARS bootanimation for the X10 Mini Pro (240x320)
LCARS Bootanimation
I'll see if I can resize it for other resolutions
lcars for tabets
Hi, i've been searchingfor a lcars theme for my xoom, anyone point me in the direction of one or a video tutorial of how to make one.
Thanks
I just finished the first version of this:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omnicorp.lcarui.launcher&hl=en
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I'm going to go ahead and call this dead...I can't find anyone willing to work on this, and those I did find are out of contact, or cannot work on the theme...so yea, I'm going to reach out to some people, but the future of this theme isn't looking good...sorry guys...anyone who wants to pick up this theme let me know via gtalk ([email protected]) or email (same email)
MARKET FORCECLOSE FIX (I personally haven't had this issue at all but it is known to have fixed the issue for others)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673870
UPDATE 5/11/2010 ADDED MODIFIED CHOMPSMS 3.9 APP
Thank you britoso for the Twitter widget font fix.
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latest updated version coming soon (Statusbar and statusbar icons)
UPDATE 4/30/2010 ADDED MODIFIED CHOMPSMS 3.8 APP AND MODIFIED OFFICIAL TWITTER APP AS ATTACHMENTS
From David1171
This is the first public release and there is still a lot we plan to do with it, so bear with us.
Minimalistic Beta
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Minimalistic_Beta.zip
Alternate Widgets
These are widgets that were made during the testing phases, and are the ones shown in the current screen shots in the OP. The widgets in the above file are about 40% transparent (vs. 50%) for the black ones, and have a slight shadow underneath them. The calendar widget is also only at 25% transparency and has a black border around it.
http://android-theme-minus.googlecode.com/files/Minimalistic-Flat-Widgets.zip
Since we have yet to do the status bar icons (just had other things we were working on first), I recommend that you install the desire notification bar for your ROM from here, so that you can have a decent looking status bar, and a proper working services.jar.
Once the theme gets large enough, or enough is done with, then we will start releasing the bulk of it as flashable updates, and leave morphs to smaller parts of it.
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For More Icons to use with Bettercut you may need to resize the icons yourself to 72x72 if you are using an app on the dock as it may cause distortion in its fullsize (no clue if the 72x72 icons from better cut don't distort)
i used the ecqlipse icons on Deviant art...search for those and use bettercut to apply...especially since all of those will be in data/app and thusly not useable by Metamorph anyways.
here are two sets I know off hand...
http://chrfb.deviantart.com/art/quot-ecqlipse-2-quot-PNG-59941546
http://linkz57.deviantart.com/art/Syzygy-A-work-in-progress-129297185
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THANKS TO ~chrfb @ Deviant art for his Ecqlipse 2 icons
I really like the look of this and would like to try and help bring this to a reality. If you don't mind working with me, then send me a pm and I will give you my email so we can communicate easier.
Wow, very nice look !!!***
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I really like the look of this and would like to try and help bring this to a reality. If you don't mind working with me, then send me a pm and I will give you my email so we can communicate easier.
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aiight, PMs don't notify unless you activate it in settings so I'm sending this to let you know I sent you a PM
I love minimalistic themes too, please make this into a reality!
zeroONEex said:
I love minimalistic themes too, please make this into a reality!
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I'll do my best...I hope me and David can work something out...due to its lack of overall complexity (with most things being a shadeless, transparent black white or grey) it should be relatively easy...if I knew anything about .9pngs and XML etc, I'd prob do it all myself...
I love the look of this! Would very much appreciate if this became reality, good luck!
Seems like it could be a great theme.
I know currently there is a closed beta of a minimalism theme for the Droid, which should be available to the public around the beginning of May.
I'm sure it will take little to no time for someone to port it over to the Nexus when it does become live.
Here is a link:
http://alldroid.org/threads/15440-Dark-Minimalism-WIP-IMPORTANT-STATUS-BAR-POLL
seems like your pretty good with photoshop yourself. why dont you make your own theme?
frostman89 said:
Seems like it could be a great theme.
I know currently there is a closed beta of a minimalism theme for the Droid, which should be available to the public around the beginning of May.
I'm sure it will take little to no time for someone to port it over to the Nexus when it does become live.
Here is a link:
http://alldroid.org/threads/15440-Dark-Minimalism-WIP-IMPORTANT-STATUS-BAR-POLL
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WOW...looks nice, perhaps I'll take SOME things from it design wise (not style wise)
xxmonsterx said:
seems like your pretty good with photoshop yourself. why dont you make your own theme?
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I'm trying.
That theme from alldroid is absolutely fantastic.
KnightMAREcrow said:
That theme from alldroid is absolutely fantastic.
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i know, how deep it goes is absolutely fantastic, they themed things I didn't even know were theme-able. lol
Yea the coder for the theme is a beast. Xeudoxus has edited so much of the xml's in order to get the theme to where it is now.
Also I made an icon pack beta for that theme last weekend on saturday. Spent about half a a day vectoring icons. I will redo them with lowered opacity on the black so it will look nicer, but this is just a sample:
I can upload them if anyone needs them.
very nice...me and david1171 are working on a version of the mockup i presented here...well it feels like he's doing all the work, I don't really know much on how to theme and whatnot...need help on an accent color to complement the white/grey/black...any suggestions?
If your theme is as thorough as the one on alldroid, you got a person who will theme right away.
Also as a side note, will that theme ever make it to our nexus one, seeing as how its for the motorola droid at the moment
KnightMAREcrow said:
If your theme is as thorough as the one on alldroid, you got a person who will theme right away.
Also as a side note, will that theme ever make it to our nexus one, seeing as how its for the motorola droid at the moment
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I hope so...that'd be a nice option to have.
no offense to any themers, but with the exception of a few themers a lot of themes have seemed very chaotic.
Exactly, some are too unorganized. One I seen "minimalistic" in your theme header I was sold, I feel the more subtle a theme, the better. Good luck to the both of you.
"If you've done things right, people won't be sure if you've done anything at all"
- Futurama lol
If donations are needed to make the theme as great as the alldroid one, show a link
You could take the statusbar icons from my theme, seems like it would fit your minimalistic look.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=665451
It's still undergoing extensive work, but this is a small update (well actually first update)
looks good so far, me and David are sitll working on the details and minor things, and are attempting to make this a systemwide theme so yea, don't overhype it and PLEASE don't bump often or whatnot...it'll get done, and it'll be marvelous.
It'll prob be realeased as a series of morphs...
icon test
widget test
a lot of work to do here...but I figured I'd update you guys.
going to mirror this in the OP if I can.
Just wanted to chime in and say that the status bar is going to be like the widgets as it is in the mock up in the OP, so that people wouldn't think the desire bar is part of it, that part of the screen shots are from me running my full theme while testing the small things already done, and from the previous things AbsoluteDesignz was/is running.
If people would like a morph of the widgets, I see no reason we can't put that out.
The battery icon in the screen shots is the current battery icon in its current phase though it may change.
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Did a good job on this one, look forward to what's coming.
bought!....great work keep it up!!
A version for us who can't pay would be cool
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Im interested in buying this for my Legend to solve a problem.
Basically I love spotify but its main shortcoming is it doesnt have lockscreen controls.
Ive looked all over for some kind of hold down volume +- to change current media track but no joy.
Would it be possible to have some kind of overall media controls to add as a widget? What I mean is if anything is using the media output (could be any program) then skipping forward and back would work on whatever it is thats playing but not in focus.
There must be a way to do this ;(
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hey guys check this out and let me know if u experience the same thing .. i am working with the developer ...
if u experience the same thing ... what phone and OS are u running
why cant i find this in the market. even with the barcode. i dont want an apk either i want to buy this
b33zy682 said:
why cant i find this in the market. even with the barcode. i dont want an apk either i want to buy this
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Here's a link. Also search on WidgetLocker...no spaces.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
b33zy682 said:
why cant i find this in the market. even with the barcode. i dont want an apk either i want to buy this
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I assume you are in a country that allows paid apps?
And are running Android 2.1 or 2.2?
If those are both true then what phone are you on? I can't think of any other reason WidgetLocker wouldn't be visible. It does not employe the "copy protection" that sometimes blocks market visibility.
i heard people on the 2.2 roms ... leaked and beta versions sometimes have issues seeing apps in the market
iTouch24 said:
WidgetLock Lag when unlockign to launcher pro test
hey guys check this out and let me know if u experience the same thing .. i am working with the developer ...
if u experience the same thing ... what phone and OS are u running
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Using ADW here, and the ONLY time I see lag is when ADW has clearly gotten killed for whatever reason. Otherwise it comes up immediately.
iTouch24 said:
i heard people on the 2.2 roms ... leaked and beta versions sometimes have issues seeing apps in the market
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I believe this is only when the app has the copy-protection option enabled on the market. I don't have that enabled for WidgetLocker (mainly because I want it visible to people on leaked roms)
khaytsus said:
Using ADW here, and the ONLY time I see lag is when ADW has clearly gotten killed for whatever reason. Otherwise it comes up immediately.
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iTouch24 and I identified the LauncherPro problem as an animation being run by LauncherPro whenever it is activated (and the animation is still run even if it's suppossed to be disabled. It just runs much faster.). I'm going to talk to Fredrico about seeing if WidgetLocker can bypass this animation and also suggest he add options to disable them in general as not all users want them. Also note that this LauncherPro delay is very minor (the length of a quick animation), not a serious lag issue.
[email protected] said:
iTouch24 and I identified the LauncherPro problem as an animation being run by LauncherPro whenever it is activated (and the animation is still run even if it's suppossed to be disabled. It just runs much faster.). I'm going to talk to Fredrico about seeing if WidgetLocker can bypass this animation and also suggest he add options to disable them in general as not all users want them. Also note that this LauncherPro delay is very minor (the length of a quick animation), not a serious lag issue.
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Aha, 'splains that then. I haven't really used LauncherPro since trying ADW
I just found this app today after hearing about it on the last Android Atlas podcast. I love it as is but what I'm truly looking for is a pattern-based lock screen where the pattern points are invisible.
I love being able to customize my lock screen with all of the options that you have included with this app. But nothing would please me more than being able to to away with the slider all together in lieu a pattern lock where the points of contact are not seen.
I would love the added security while maintaining the aesthetics of the unlock screen options that you have included. Perhaps something to consider in any potential updates. Either way your app is quite nice.
sorta off topic but any of you guys have a suggestion for a missed call widget?
keep up the great work!
iTouch24 said:
i heard people on the 2.2 roms ... leaked and beta versions sometimes have issues seeing apps in the market
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There is now a fix for this which works beautifully... find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7323601&postcount=4489
and just a little shout out to Kevin...
AWESOME APP!!! Thanks so much!
ogrenator said:
sorta off topic but any of you guys have a suggestion for a missed call widget?
keep up the great work!
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http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.jackyvirtu.appwidget.message
yeah i know about that widget but its not really the right thing at all i just want a simple widget that is like a phone icon or something with the # of missed calls attached to it...kinda like when you have mail...its an envelope with a # by it...thx tho man
hi [email protected]
Thank you very much for this amazing application.
I use launcherpro and the live wallpaper don't work really good with.
Can you add in alternative wallpaper, an option to choose live wallpaper???
It's will be great if we can used LW ownskined.
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@Eric_Murtaugh so are the tile pics for another screen? are you sticking to the zune homescreen and using those for something else?
@crackedvenom hoping someone would ask, ive implimented a way for the user to do text based or tile based pages, best of both worlds. and those customizations can be applied to any page, say like the main page is text but the folder view is tiles
View post below for screenshots!
Zune home is available in the market now. Its the old version that will soon be replaced by Faded Home. Those who already bought Zune Home will get this upgrade for free.
***I am not the developer. Just a huge fan of the launcher because i love the UI.
bout to gie it a try but im diggin your taskbar... would love to find it in a metamorph theme if you know of a place to get one.
leadfoot9281 said:
bout to gie it a try but im diggin your taskbar... would love to find it in a metamorph theme if you know of a place to get one.
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i can give you the battery which is a MM theme file. the battery icon is Liquid the theme itself is WatermarkD
You forgot to have all of the text clip on the right side of the screen........
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You forgot to have all of the text clip on the right side of the screen........
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what text? i havent had a zune hd in awhile so im not sure what you mean?
also this isnt mine, im just getting it out there for people to see
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You forgot to have all of the text clip on the right side of the screen........
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Yes, I noticed that too. Not true Metro UI quite yet, but its nice and maybe it'll get there some day.
Nice UI. Hopefully it gets better with some polishing.
prjkthack said:
Yes, I noticed that too. Not true Metro UI quite yet, but its nice and maybe it'll get there some day.
Nice UI. Hopefully it gets better with some polishing.
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can i ask what you two are talking about? im looking at pics of the zune trying to remember what youre talking about but im not seeing it?
if youre talking about WP7, this is mostly based on the Zune UI
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can i ask what you two are talking about? im looking at pics of the zune trying to remember what youre talking about but im not seeing it?
if youre talking about WP7, this is mostly based on the Zune UI
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Go to the Zune's home screen, and look at the 'marketplace' link, the text clips to the right and does not completely display the whole word. This is part of the Metro UI design guidelines, part of how the Metro UI works.
It appears as if this launcher replacement doesn't yet do that, instead opting to show the full word itself.
ohh okay, got ya now. well we shall see where he takes this
Cool. Im gonna check that out tonight. Appreciate it.
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Well no luck. I'm using a HTC hero and that'd for the Droid. But I found a theme that changed a few things. Still not as cool as yours lol.
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Great Find Today
I'm partial to other platforms....
(just finished installing Bing~weird finds today)
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I really like my Zune HD...so no your not the only one that has one lol.
Keep up the good work on this launcher. I am really excited about it. Not sure if I am at the point where I can purchase it, I prefer to try an app out before buying it even if it is only .99
I have a friend that is a HUGE Microsoft fan and loooooooooooooooooooooooooves his Zune HD....I bet he would go insane if I showed him the Zune HD running on an android device lol
Do you plan on continued support for this launcher and if so what further enhancements are planned?
It looks like a good UI but I'm not able to download it from the Market so could somebody upload the apk somewhere?
Thank you!
Tried it on Mytouch slide.. the words were big but i love the concept!
kemimarie said:
Tried it on Mytouch slide.. the words were big but i love the concept!
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thats how the zune device is if you didnt know,
also new update,,,,
"Settings menu is half way done as im revamping it. Im also making it have the user choose the apps for the buttons upon first install so they dont get confused thinking no buttons work"
guy just recently moved so he was busy and couldnt get working on it until now. hes hoping to get the update in by morning, so check back
I really really like this and hope the developer continues their work . Works very nice with the album art live wallpaper on my DX. I would love to see a lock screen similar to the zune hd.
I love a nice,clean, sleek look, and this is well on its way. Would like to see the actual list of apps when you click "apps" to be in a larger font. One that matches the home screen preferably. Fantastic work thus far and cant wait to see where it ends up. Will continue to pay this dev for their work.
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I really really like this and hope the developer continues their work . Works very nice with the album art live wallpaper on my DX. I would love to see a lock screen similar to the zune hd.
I love a nice,clean, sleek look, and this is well on its way. Would like to see the actual list of apps when you click "apps" to be in a larger font. One that matches the home screen preferably. Fantastic work thus far and cant wait to see where it ends up. Will continue to pay this dev for their work.
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you should email the dev your ideas, he loves to hear them and would def think about it.
is this launcher availible to download? if its where can i get it ?
Love this launcher
Hey all,
I have a new home app MyLauncher. It is a lightweight(Only about 700k) home app which like LauncherPro,ADWLauncher. It is very fast ,and have more cool and applied function.
Here are some pic:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
download here:
or search in market by "morgoo"
om~I missed my email,[email protected]
will try
10 letters
sounds cool,headed to the market now
definitley has potential.unfortunately i was only on it for about 2 minutes b4 it made my whole screen go black,even the preset icons on the dock disappeared. even after reboot and selected MyLauncher the screen stays black while using that launcher.i kno its still in beta,like i said it has potential, from what i got to see there is some nice features.im still excited to see what the future holds for MyLauncher
Pics and mini are dead !
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Pics and mini are dead !
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Removed probably becoz of this.
Gmail counter displays wrong (1 when I have no emails), kinda laggy. But have potential, I'm gonna look forward for new versions!
hey Moonwalker1432:
Thank you. But what can u tell me your phone model and OS version?I just have been tested it only on Nexus one and I9000.
Nice Idea.
Just installed it and had a play.
Feedback:
I really like the cube effect. It's super smooth. Only thing that a bit strange is that the cube is made up of a grey tint cube and not the wallpaper.
It would be really cool if you could 'wrap' the wallpaper around every face of the cube so you see a different screen each time you flip. Or have the option to choose a wallpaper for every face of the cube.
Be good to have a Master wallpaper which appears behind everything and then as above for the cube etc..
It has a little trouble skipping transition midway through, so if you flip before the screen has finished it's transition, the animation to the next screen it jerky.
When going from Helicopter view to the selected screen, you get this elastic bounce of the grey tint, I don;t think that need to be there at all tbh, makes it look like it's doing something it shouldn't be.
When I selected Fly in/out for the app draw it threw a wobbly and went to black screen. with that setting set it seem to do all sorts of wired things.
Also when I selected fad in/out it kept taking me back to the app draw, stuck in a loop.
Hope feedback helps:
On a Galaxy S.
Nice to see a home screen with more animations, makes the phone look special, keep up the good work.
Logicalstep
I can't figure out how to get to the cube effect. I think its supposed to happen when I click apps on the dock. If so then it didn't work on an evo, an epic, or a nook color.
@Buff McBigstuff
It's desktop animations like ADW EX
So far it's potential but still a few things that could be changed... Gmail counter is a definite must No new emails and I've still got 4 unread even if under gmail I have non unread the animations could be used a little nicer having the option to set something instead of grey would be great
Hey
This needs a lot of improvement.
The idea is very good and has potential to be a great launcher.
It seems that when I have the App Drawer set to scale that it runs into an error. I open it up, and when I press home it jumps to the homescreen and back to app drawer. The only thing I found to get out off that loop is Force Stop or reboot.
The Gmail counter is off also, showing 8 when I had zero.
Other than that I really like. Your 3D wallpapers are really cool too.
Should this work on my rooted G1?
What are the requirements?
I really like how you can change the background of the apps so it looks like the touchwiz UI and how you can change the animations when you change screens like in GDE.
The whole launcher feels very smooth.
I noticed one bug. If you change the desktop animation to cube and then scroll around the pages it always changes the wallpaper back to this wallpaper.
Other than that one bug I don't think there are any.
You should probably make users be able to change the icons in the dock and/or change the background of the dock and the icons for the app shortcuts in the dock.
Great app so far,
ljbaumer
morgoo said:
hey Moonwalker1432:
Thank you. But what can u tell me your phone model and OS version?I just have been tested it only on Nexus one and I9000.
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i have a Vibrant,stock 2.1
this is a nice app though,i cant wait till its working on my Vibrant
ljbaumer said:
I really like how you can change the background of the apps so it looks like the touchwiz UI and how you can change the animations when you change screens like in GDE.
The whole launcher feels very smooth.
I noticed one bug. If you change the desktop animation to cube and then scroll around the pages it always changes the wallpaper back to this wallpaper.
Other than that one bug I don't think there are any.
You should probably make users be able to change the icons in the dock and/or change the background of the dock and the icons for the app shortcuts in the dock.
Great app so far,
ljbaumer
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Same bug here. Felt a little laggy compared to my current launcher (ZEAM).
Will keep on the device and continue to test as I like the idea of the cube transition animation.
Uninstalled and will never reinstall
I though your app had promise right up until it changed my desktop picture, to the ugle grey textured background. I will never...NEVER reinstall this app or any other of your apps. If you can not prevent it from doing something basic like that, you should not be developing Android apps.
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I though your app had promise right up until it changed my desktop picture, to the ugle grey textured background. I will never...NEVER reinstall this app or any other of your apps. If you can not prevent it from doing something basic like that, you should not be developing Android apps.
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Seriously? You are right! Changing the background is a real hard task and unforgivable! I mean, you paid a lot for this app! Wow!
Hey guys. Just wanted to share my home page. I have the ssLauncher locked to landscape mode. Then I have some shortcuts. You can change everything! Everything from fonts, to text size, pages, shortcuts, widgets, landscape or regular, the look of the app drawer ect ect.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I't really good! take a look. Cheers!
Looks more like a Zune HD with a PSP wallpaper
And the PSP's XMB is like 7 years old. I want the Vita's bubbles!
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Looks more like a Zune HD with a PSP wallpaper
And the PSP's XMB is like 7 years old. I want the Vita's bubbles!
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Yh defo not looking like PSP
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Doesn't look anything like a PSP....
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The ideia is good, but poorly acomplished.
This launcher is an window phone like launcher but very customable
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sslauncher is the best launcher that can costumize the appearance of your droid.
this is my:
hmmm.... sslauncher? never heard of it, im gonna have to check it out. Not sure if i like the windows phone look though, but i love that clock!... lol... i will try it out and see what i can come up with.
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but why start a new one when it's talking about the exact same thing? I just finished manipulating ssLauncher to make my Play look more similar to the PSP.
I left it on different setup for the Cover Page when using Landscape vs. Portrait so that I could make sure the icons would stay in the right places. That's why I have widgets in the lower corner portrait and not in landscape.
The camera, phone, and messaging icons take you directly to those apps, but the other icons link to other launcher pages. My camera app is 360Camera, the internet icon goes to a page of internet-based apps, the music leads to a media page with graphic and audio apps, phone and messaging are stock, then there's the game page, then instead of a settings menu, the last icon is for all the other apps.
Edit: I just hid the background on my weather app, and it looks even better!
That one looks good, nice job.
Circle launcher is better when doing this
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This launcher is really really great for customizing your Xperia Play, but it has a very very bad point: it doesn't have notifications (or at least I don't know how to enable them...).
I recently purchased a kirf device, the JXD S601, and it has an ui somewhat similar to what you all are aiming for. You have a interface designed around game and media access that works with the shoulder pads, at least on the kirf. Ill try installing it on my play and see how it fares.
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Sorry to resurrect this thread, but why start a new one when it's talking about the exact same thing? I just finished manipulating ssLauncher to make my Play look more similar to the PSP.
I left it on different setup for the Cover Page when using Landscape vs. Portrait so that I could make sure the icons would stay in the right places. That's why I have widgets in the lower corner portrait and not in landscape.
The camera, phone, and messaging icons take you directly to those apps, but the other icons link to other launcher pages. My camera app is 360Camera, the internet icon goes to a page of internet-based apps, the music leads to a media page with graphic and audio apps, phone and messaging are stock, then there's the game page, then instead of a settings menu, the last icon is for all the other apps.
Edit: I just hid the background on my weather app, and it looks even better!
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hei mate ,can you upload these icon ,i really need these
I edited psd's from this pack.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/50281920/PSP_XMB_All_Purpose_Icons_2_by_chrno00.rar
Credit for those go to chrno00 at deviantart.
For the phone and messaging icons, I edited some stock ICS icons.
lightningdude said:
I edited psd's from this pack.
http://www.deviantart.com/download/50281920/PSP_XMB_All_Purpose_Icons_2_by_chrno00.rar
Credit for those go to chrno00 at deviantart.
For the phone and messaging icons, I edited some stock ICS icons.
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oke thanks mate
lightningdude said:
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but why start a new one when it's talking about the exact same thing? I just finished manipulating ssLauncher to make my Play look more similar to the PSP.
I left it on different setup for the Cover Page when using Landscape vs. Portrait so that I could make sure the icons would stay in the right places. That's why I have widgets in the lower corner portrait and not in landscape.
The camera, phone, and messaging icons take you directly to those apps, but the other icons link to other launcher pages. My camera app is 360Camera, the internet icon goes to a page of internet-based apps, the music leads to a media page with graphic and audio apps, phone and messaging are stock, then there's the game page, then instead of a settings menu, the last icon is for all the other apps.
Edit: I just hid the background on my weather app, and it looks even better!
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release?
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lightningdude said:
Sorry to resurrect this thread, but why start a new one when it's talking about the exact same thing? I just finished manipulating ssLauncher to make my Play look more similar to the PSP.
I left it on different setup for the Cover Page when using Landscape vs. Portrait so that I could make sure the icons would stay in the right places. That's why I have widgets in the lower corner portrait and not in landscape.
The camera, phone, and messaging icons take you directly to those apps, but the other icons link to other launcher pages. My camera app is 360Camera, the internet icon goes to a page of internet-based apps, the music leads to a media page with graphic and audio apps, phone and messaging are stock, then there's the game page, then instead of a settings menu, the last icon is for all the other apps.
Edit: I just hid the background on my weather app, and it looks even better!
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I like it, you inspired me, I am doing a mod myself. Putting a LOT of work into it because I LOVE MY PSP and I stopped using it because of my Play, now I can feel better like I have it with me again! I'll throw up some pics once I get farther. I'm maybe 25% done but I'm still getting the hang of ssLauncher. Once I'm done though, it should look almost identical to my PSP!
EDIT: I uploaded the Original PSP Font in TTF so you can use it with this awesome launcher!
This is the direct backup of my current setup. I don't know how well it will work, as I haven't actually tried to use other people's themes. I'm going to try the PSP font from the post above this one. This backup doesn't have that font, it has a Sony Sketch font found in Rom Toolbox.
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Sorry to resurrect this thread, but why start a new one when it's talking about the exact same thing? I just finished manipulating ssLauncher to make my Play look more similar to the PSP.
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Could you share the icons (phone, message, etc.) please?