Hey all! :thumbup:
I've been messing with 'Simple Text' trying to get the look I want here...
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As you can see the text icons are quite small and hard to read. Underneath them are folders obviously. The larger text you can see is a widget created also by Simple Text, but there is no way of linking the widget to folders? Only Apps and Shortcuts...
Anyone know of a better app etc that will allow linking to folders?
Cheers,
Matt.
Edit: I guess I should also mention that I am using Nova Launcher Prime.
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did you think about drawing icons by yourself and set them in your homescreen?
Yes I have. But the same problem persists. The icons have a set size, no matter what image is used. I also don't want to change the global icon size via a launcher etc.
The best alternative would be to set custom widgets to folders.
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I managed to work it out by using Desktop Visualizer combined with Folder Organizer pro. I used Simple Text to create the text, and save it as a .png image.
Hold the home screen and select widget. Then hit DV and select your widget size. Then it opens the settings for the widget. Set up your icon from whatever you want to use (image etc). Then hit 'Action' and select 'Other' then 'FO Folder Link'.
The rest is pretty straight forward after this.
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Last night I was looking through some themes and found a theme with your normal text, sms, phone etc icons on the home screen. But what was cool is that the icons were written in what appeared to be graffiti fonts. I tried locating the pic of the screen this morning but couldn't. There is 1000's of pages and don't remember what page it was on. I tried searching but no success. Anyway can somebody point me in the right direction of how to create such icons. I know its hard with out having pic but it appeared very simple. I looked on a web site light dafont.com but can not seem to figure it out but I did locate the font. Right now I am using simple text but I want custom fonts with different sizes.
And yes I searched for something that you really dont know what it is.
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This is my present home page, I simply want to be able to change my font style to graffiti fonts.
Do you want to change the entire font system on your phone or simply the dock?
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I want to change the fonts on my dock icons or any other icon font. I am reading post that members are going to different font web sites and downloading different fonts and applying them to their home screen etc..
Goto the inspire 4g general forum. Search for Font Changer. Grab the font.zips.
Extract them. Use minimalistic text and under fonts in global settings - point it to that folder on your sdcard.
Then when you set up your custom text... you can choose from all those fonts.
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Ok got it, followed your lead and ended up downloading several font packages and loading into simple text app styles folder on SD. Now I have hundreds of styles to choose from when using simple text.
Thanks
In my quest in finding a 4x1 battery widget wich looks cool on my phone and tablet, i could'nt find any.
So i've developed a beautifull 4x1 battery widget wich has a nice and adjustable gradient.
The app comes in two flavours: The free version only includes one widget where the (not so expensive) payed version includes alot more...even a full working binary widget.
The widget runs from android 1.5 up to 3.2 so its very suitable for Tablets too
https://market.android.com/details?id=avs.android.bigbattery&feature=search_result
Please use this topic for any questions and/or requests.
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Great app! But would love to know what launcher and theme u are using?
My theme is not really what makes that homescreen
I'm using ADWlauncherEX with a custom dock image at the bottom.
All teksticons are created with "TextIconCreator for ADW" (you'll find it on the market by that name).
The clock is from "beautifull widgets" and the toggles below the battery are from "Widgetsoid".
all together you can build this kind of screen regardless of wich theme you are using.
Check out Battery XL Pro
DiamondJinx what clock/date widget is that? It is awesome!!
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Its called "WP Clock 2.0" I love it
Hey, do you plan to include other widgets or the ability to add my own widget? I love the battery, but would want to try other graphics.
Another one, can you add a third color for the gradient? I have things in mind like moving from black through green to white or something like this.
Cheers
Oggy
I am using ADWLauncher Ex.
Is it possible to change the appearance of the folders? I want to remove the white border and change the alpha/color of the background.
I've downloaded and tried a few themes and none of them change the folder's appearance.
If it's definitely not possible with ADWLauncher EX, is there another launcher app that does it?
Thanks in advance.
Here's a picture of what I am talking about.
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if you go through the res folder of the .apk you should be able to find the .png's which control the folder colours/edges
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if you go through the res folder of the .apk you should be able to find the .png's which control the folder colours/edges
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Are you sure?
I just looked through everything in the res folder and there is no png for the folders.
Damn I can't even google this cuz the search results are just FILLED with retards asking how to change the folder icon. ffs.
If you have twitter, you can ask Ander webbs directly @anderwebs. It might be quicker than all the search.
I use Folder Organizer.
You can completely customize the skin used for the app folders:
title bar, border, background colors with alpha and gradient, and title and body text colors.
Probably the best $1.49 I ever spent on an app; there's also a free lite version.
Regards,
Eric
ebsebs said:
I use Folder Organizer.
You can completely customize the skin used for the app folders:
title bar, border, background colors with alpha and gradient, and title and body text colors.
Probably the best $1.49 I ever spent on an app; there's also a free lite version.
Regards,
Eric
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It looks like those icons are in the dock area, FO can't go in to the dock as it is a widget.
Looking for a decent weather widget. But before we go any further, I have tried beautiful widgets and HD widgets. I am looking for something like beautiful widgets 1x1 weather widget, but one that only shows a weather Icon, I don't need the text, current temp, ie, all that other stuff. It doesn't fit well with my themeing and skinning. Any ideas? Thanks!
UCCW.
I think you can pretty much design it yourself with this, or use and/or modify someone else's skin...
See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386987
And here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1387518
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Thanks, I will definantly give that a go.
This is the app I use, though its a paid app, it has more weather information than I would ever need (or completely understand!). I like the widgets too, they look great, and the radar widget is super cool...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Elecont.WeatherClock&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5FbGVjb250LldlYXRoZXJDbG9jayJd
This is the app I use. You can customize and make all the clock, battery and weather widgets you desire. Mine is the paid version, but there is a free version as well. You can see mine below:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hubalek.android.makeyourclock.pro
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If you're into weather more than the average person (like me)! Got a whole page on my launcher set aside for the elecont HD weather app. I likes it.
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Go weather seems to be light and free.
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i also like this
i also like this
I really like Aviate Launcher's collection feature where you can add certain apps to certain categories. Like so:
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Anyone know of an app that allows me to do something similar on my homepage?
I can use folders but that extra click to open the folder is something I dont want. Also, Aviate collections show multiple app icons (5) right away and a button to expand for more.
Any suggestions?
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I really like Aviate Launcher's collection feature where you can add certain apps to certain categories. Like so:
Anyone know of an app that allows me to do something similar on my homepage?
I can use folders but that extra click to open the folder is something I dont want. Also, Aviate collections show multiple app icons (5) right away and a button to expand for more.
Any suggestions?
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Everything.me is actually a lot like that in that it categorizes almost everything. Basically, as you build folders it figures out what "category" those apps fit into and starts including weblinks and app suggestions into the folders. It's pretty effective, but I'm not really a fan. Definitely excited to get my hands on a code for Aviate though...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.everything.launcher&hl=en
signup for the aviate beta & they will send you an invite sometime
I'm using it now, pretty cool actually
At night it offers different options automatically
Great stuff!