Hello all,
I just watched a small video of the introduction of the Nexus 1 "Google phone":
http://www.nuvideo.nl/internet/34105/google-lanceert-supertelefoon.html
and saw a nice feature: the background shifts left and right as one swipes the screen left and right.
I'm thinking it would be some nice piece of eye candy to have a panoramic background picture that shifts left a bit when you scroll to the next tab in HTC's sense interface vice versa.
Anyone knows of an app or tweak that does this?
I saw this feature on spb shell 3.5
I suppose this would be a nice mod in conjunction with cookies home tab.
Lindenia said:
[...]I'm thinking it would be some nice piece of eye candy to have a panoramic background picture that shifts left a bit when you scroll to the next tab in HTC's sense interface vice versa.
Anyone knows of an app or tweak that does this?
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Not sure that sense would be able to produce the desired effect. When you press on the tab slider, a large icon overlay is displayed and obscures the background. Also, while sliding from left to right the previously selected tab remains visible (behind the overlay) until you release.
Ad-james said:
Not sure that sense would be able to produce the desired effect. When you press on the tab slider, a large icon overlay is displayed and obscures the background. Also, while sliding from left to right the previously selected tab remains visible (behind the overlay) until you release.
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Awww, you're right ofcourse
OK how about this idea: what if we could define a background picture per tab? Not the same effect as in the movie I linked but still pretty awesomecookies!
Lindenia said:
Awww, you're right ofcourse
OK how about this idea: what if we could define a background picture per tab? Not the same effect as in the movie I linked but still pretty awesomecookies!
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Try Max Manila: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551489. I've not used it but it does mention BG4all(Background for all tabs) and more interestingly, Panoramic wallpapers?
Or this BG4all only: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636887
I'm currently trying to theme the rounded lists found in apps like HTC Mail and People. From what I found, there's a transparent "mask" that makes up the top and bottom graphics -- it's basically what makes it round. The graphic is mostly transparent and only blocks out the corners to make them round. What I want to know is if the part that sits under that (meaning in actual use when the app is running) a simple white graphic file or a color setting found somewhere in some XML file.
It's weird because items towards the middle of a rounded list do have a graphic file (it's just a 1x1 white square) that makes up it's background. So I can make items in the middle of the list look good but that leaves the top and bottom (or if there's only 1-2 items on the list, the entire list) as simple white.
I really hope that theres a graphic I'm missing or else the lists are just gonna' have to stay simple and uninteresting.
I think I might know what you're talking about but I'm not sure. Can you post a screenshot to reference?
Check out THIS THREAD. The corners are square in the screenshot because he had the wrong png's in there, the 2.2 message boxes do have rounded corners. If that's what you're talking about then check rujelo's post.
I mean I know the resolution is 1280x800, but as you swipe between the homescreens the wallpaper moves in the background.
That suggests to me that its wider than 1280 pixels to fit over all screens.
So what would be a good resolution?
(I can start looking for pictures now, whilst i wait for the device )
The default_wallpaper.jpg file showing the tree and clouds is 2135 x 1408 pixels.
Roach2010 said:
The default_wallpaper.jpg file showing the tree and clouds is 2135 x 1408 pixels.
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Thanks, but does that mean it is being squeezed horizontally? Or do it crop it?
Now it suddenly sounds confusing.
I'd assume it should be the same as the default one 2135x1408 as it has to be for both landscape and portrait, as well as scrolling side to side.
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I'd assume it should be the same as the default one 2135x1408 as it has to be for both landscape and portrait, as well as scrolling side to side.
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Ah yes, good point - it has to work in both modes - it just makes it harder for the end user to get the focus of the picture in picture so to speak.
Oh well, I guess its a minor problem
Is it just me or when I try and take a picture from my Gallery and use it as a Wallpaper no matter how big I make the crop box it still kind of zooms in when its set as the wallpaper?
Also when you go to change the wallpaper you have a Wallpaper section but how do you put new wallpapers into this section as it doesn't come up when connected to the pc?
Depending on how its implemented...i would say its a 2:1 ration that being x:y respectively. so w/e that is with the stock res would be what u want. ... 1600x1200?
You could just do the largest of the screen res for both x and y. 1280 x 1280 would cover the background in either landscape or portrait.
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You could just do the largest of the screen res for both x and y. 1280 x 1280 would cover the background in either landscape or portrait.
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But you also want to scroll between your homescreens. And a 1280x1280 resolution would not make this any beautiful experience
if the app wallpaper set and save works then use that and take a native resolution wallpaper (same as stock). I use this app on my galaxy s and sets the picture perfectly where as the galaxy s makes a right hash of it
I have a picture where I want to show most of the picture as the bit I want to show on the homesecreen is in the middle right of the picture, but no matter how I crop it always zooms in too much and cuts off half the detail I want. I was thinking of adding some black bars to the top and bottom of the pic, as hopefully it would zoom out a bit then and the only time you'd see the black bars is when the wallpaper scrolls 'up' like when you press and hold the desktop to get to the widget menu.
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I have a picture where I want to show most of the picture as the bit I want to show on the homesecreen is in the middle right of the picture, but no matter how I crop it always zooms in too much and cuts off half the detail I want. I was thinking of adding some black bars to the top and bottom of the pic, as hopefully it would zoom out a bit then and the only time you'd see the black bars is when the wallpaper scrolls 'up' like when you press and hold the desktop to get to the widget menu.
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If that works, perhaps you could make a short of template of that and share it with us
Sometimes wallpapers differ on each device due to screen Resolution
So i would suggest that you find your devices resolution by taking a Screenshot and checking the Screenshot.png dimensions
Suppose its 720x1280 , now multiply the width x 3 (depending on number of homescreens) , the new dimensions are2160x1280
So now you can have an idea of what size of wallpaper you should be looking for, for being precise you can calculate the ratio also .
Well, let me graphically explain this for better understanding: see attached screenshot.
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Well, the picture shows how CM Browser implements “full screen” mode, hiding the @#$% status bar but not the navigation one, the freaking buttons.
Let me tell you, I really love this! In landscape orientation, the navigation bar stays vertically by the side (96 pixels wide), turning my useable screen resolution into 1184×720 pixels (16:9,72972972973 aspect ratio). Now if the aforementioned web browser does that easily, how is that I've already review squashed a couple of “hide status bar” (as search string) apps off the Play Store because it seems all of these stupid mountains of dungcode seem to think it's mandatory to hide the navigation bar along the status one? Buggers!
What about locking the status bar by the side (rotation locked)? Now THAT would rock! (16:10+ aspect ratio).
Bring it on!
Regards,
Salvador
Full wide "notch" emulation to make the phone symmetrical in horizontal view.
Android P has a developer feature to emulate the notch. Maybe it would be possible to somehow enable a fullwide black line (statusbar) where notification icons, time, etc. can go and make the top of the phone symmetrical with the bottom border in some apps like games, videos?
I don't think the feature emulates the notch. It allows you to run selected apps fullscreen and ignore the notch instead of keeping the status bar visible on either side of the notch.