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I'm New to Android - How to Theme

Hello everybody!
I recently left my "Apple Bubble" and caved in and bought the Galaxy Note 8.0. Now, i've had an Iphone for years, and i would consider myself to be accustomed to jailbreaking. However, ever since i picked up the Note 8.0 and researched on rooting, I've come to notice that not only does it seem more technical and risky, but also the bar for learning at a grass root levels is high! i've looked through forums and youtube videos of people to explain it in the most layman terms, and even though i learned enough to get started, its like walking through a forest trying to find a direct answer for a topic.
So, here is my general question to the community:
1.) How do you add custom themes made by people for the Galaxy Note 8.0? A step-by-step process would be much appreciated.
2.) If i need to root my device, can you recommend a root for the Note 8.0 that wont disable my S-Pen features?
3.)How do i change the system sound and boot logo of my device? Does that require rooting? If possible, can you provide a link to where i can download some?
4.) Any suggestions for must-have apps for a new android user like myself?
I really want to learn how to use android devices, just so i can trick my tablet out with the most slickest looking themes. Any advice or arrows in the right direction is much appreciated!

1.) How do you add custom themes made by people for the Galaxy Note 8.0? A step-by-step process would be much appreciated.
You don't need to root for that. Basically you replace the default launcher with a third party one that supports themeing etc and there are many available on play store free as well as paid. for starters you can try go launcher or buzz launcher and try few themes etc to get hang of how it all goes.
2) If i need to root my device, can you recommend a root for the Note 8.0 that wont disable my S-Pen features?
Root won't disable your s-pen features, what you do after that can. like installing a different rom etc.
I have not rooted my device yet, but read and look about cf-autoroot as that is most used and high success rate, make sure it's applicable for your device model.
3.)How do i change the system sound and boot logo of my device? Does that require rooting? If possible, can you provide a link to where i can download some?
System Sounds, perhaps you can select different sound files for notifications and stuff. but anything more you'll need to be rooted for this.
4.) Any suggestions for must-have apps for a new android user like myself?
its a very subjective and objective thing as many apps exist to accomplish same tasks.
but here are a few I can't work without (on this device) :
1.ES-File explorer. (complete file management with lan/ ftp access. share files/folder among devices on same wifi network.
2. A Third party Music player (I have purchased both poweramp (very good for most) and neutronMP (for audiophile quality and Network mounts)).
3. Google keep (notes and reminders)
4. Pocket (read later)
5. Diskusage
6. Antivirus (I use avg)
7. Sketchbook pro
These along with what already comes installed is the bare minimum (along with book/pdf readers) for my needs from the device.
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I really want to learn how to use android devices, just so i can trick my tablet out with the most slickest looking themes. Any advice or arrows in the right direction is much appreciated!
Already partially answered in 1, look into different widgets etc and combination of a theme and widgets should get you there.

intelliriffer said:
1.) How do you add custom themes made by people for the Galaxy Note 8.0? A step-by-step process would be much appreciated.
You don't need to root for that. Basically you replace the default launcher with a third party one that supports themeing etc and there are many available on play store free as well as paid. for starters you can try go launcher or buzz launcher and try few themes etc to get hang of how it all goes.
2) If i need to root my device, can you recommend a root for the Note 8.0 that wont disable my S-Pen features?
Root won't disable your s-pen features, what you do after that can. like installing a different rom etc.
I have not rooted my device yet, but read and look about cf-autoroot as that is most used and high success rate, make sure it's applicable for your device model.
3.)How do i change the system sound and boot logo of my device? Does that require rooting? If possible, can you provide a link to where i can download some?
System Sounds, perhaps you can select different sound files for notifications and stuff. but anything more you'll need to be rooted for this.
4.) Any suggestions for must-have apps for a new android user like myself?
its a very subjective and objective thing as many apps exist to accomplish same tasks.
but here are a few I can't work without (on this device) :
1.ES-File explorer. (complete file management with lan/ ftp access. share files/folder among devices on same wifi network.
2. A Third party Music player (I have purchased both poweramp (very good for most) and neutronMP (for audiophile quality and Network mounts)).
3. Google keep (notes and reminders)
4. Pocket (read later)
5. Diskusage
6. Antivirus (I use avg)
7. Sketchbook pro
These along with what already comes installed is the bare minimum (along with book/pdf readers) for my needs from the device.
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I really want to learn how to use android devices, just so i can trick my tablet out with the most slickest looking themes. Any advice or arrows in the right direction is much appreciated!
Already partially answered in 1, look into different widgets etc and combination of a theme and widgets should get you there.
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Thanks for the suggestions! I've checked out both launchers, and to my surprise, they work just like Dreamboard for the iphone. But if you dont mind, there's some more questions I would like to ask...
1.) Are there any themes for Android that changes the UI for the tablet?
2.) Any suggestions for some kool looking or productive widgets?

Tha_Pimpfather said:
Thanks for the suggestions! I've checked out both launchers, and to my surprise, they work just like Dreamboard for the iphone. But if you dont mind, there's some more questions I would like to ask...
1.) Are there any themes for Android that changes the UI for the tablet?
2.) Any suggestions for some kool looking or productive widgets?
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1.) Are there any themes for Android that changes the UI for the tablet?
If by changing the UI you mean chaning the internals look of menus , settings etc,
then i don't think there are any apps that would do it.
You would have to root and either change to a another ROM that allows some tweaks in there or would have to edit / flash resources into system which depending on how much and what they affect can cause issues with s-pen or other things,if touchwiz (samsung's skin and rom) specific options are not accounted for.
2.) Most of the widgets I have are come with their respective apps themselves. The only widgets I use for looks are
1: GIGANTICON, allows for different sized icons for apps on home screen.
2. Dashclock which has large amount of plugins, based on needs.

Dude if you want to theme... Wanam is the go to hands down, simply install xposed from xda and get wanam from The play store. Wanam offers literally everything you can imagine for customizing your stock 4.2.2 and higher touchwiz. I've themed with other methods, but wanam is not only the easiest, most strait forward method, but also the most stable method I've ever seen. I've pretty much quit flashing roms after I discovered wanam and only flash custom kernels now, since I can do everything a rom could offer with one simple app.
Mega

megalomanic14 said:
Dude if you want to theme... Wanam is the go to hands down, simply install xposed from xda and get wanam from The play store. Wanam offers literally everything you can imagine for customizing your stock 4.2.2 and higher touchwiz. I've themed with other methods, but wanam is not only the easiest, most strait forward method, but also the most stable method I've ever seen. I've pretty much quit flashing roms after I discovered wanam and only flash custom kernels now, since I can do everything a rom could offer with one simple app.
Mega
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Yeah, I just started using Wanam. and it's pretty good, but I wish there was a way to implement a complete theme on my GN8. Nova and Wanam get me part of the way there, but thene are still artifacts that take away from the complete aesthetic experience. For example, I can't get the items indicated by the yellow arrows below to take the changes I've made in Wanam (Notification Title text and background), and there seems to be no way to change the separator lines between Quick Settings tiles. If anyone has a solution, I'd LOVE to hear it!
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TIA!
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Also, is there any way to change the system font for Touchwiz? Xblast tools allows you to change the font for toast notifications and the status bar clock, but that's it. I would like to be able to use Roboto light system wide.

usn.mustanger said:
Yeah, I just started using Wanam. and it's pretty good, but I wish there was a way to implement a complete theme on my GN8. Nova and Wanam get me part of the way there, but thene are still artifacts that take away from the complete aesthetic experience. For example, I can't get the items indicated by the yellow arrows below to take the changes I've made in Wanam (Notification Title text and background), and there seems to be no way to change the separator lines between Quick Settings tiles. If anyone has a solution, I'd LOVE to hear it!
TIA!
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Also, is there any way to change the system font for Touchwiz? Xblast tools allows you to change the font for toast notifications and the status bar clock, but that's it. I would like to be able to use Roboto light system wide.
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Yes download a text pack, and side load it in the system with root explorer.
You can theme the panel your pointing at... its notification title bar in wanam theme setting.
You can also change the black background of notification panel and settings background in wanam with soothe pictures or colors, by using system holo dark theme, and notification panel.
You can theme nearly 100% of your device wroth wanam and 100% between wanam and xblast
Mega

megalomanic14 said:
Yes download a text pack, and side load it in the system with root explorer.
You can theme the panel your pointing at... its notification title bar in wanam theme setting.
You can also change the black background of notification panel and settings background in wanam with soothe pictures or colors, by using system holo dark theme, and notification panel.
You can theme nearly 100% of your device wroth wanam and 100% between wanam and xblast
Mega
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Like this is an example of my note 3 theme...

megalomanic14 said:
Yes download a text pack, and side load it in the system with root explorer.
You can theme the panel your pointing at... its notification title bar in wanam theme setting.
You can also change the black background of notification panel and settings background in wanam with soothe pictures or colors, by using system holo dark theme, and notification panel.
You can theme nearly 100% of your device wroth wanam and 100% between wanam and xblast
Mega
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Yeah, I saw the notification title stuff in Wanam, but as I said in my post, any changes I make to those particular items don't take. I've changed them in Wanam several times, and rebooted after each change, to no avail. As you can see, everything else does. Might be due to the ROM I'm using (Civato's Flex-Beam).
In search of this elusive "near 100%" theming you mention, can you please tell me what you use to theme the rest of the Touchwiz UI, such as Settings pages (which I see you did), progress bars, pop-up dialogs (modal or otherwise) keyboard suggestion text, ui controls, quick settings divider bars, etc? These all go towards that 100% theming I'm going for, but I couldn't find any of these items in either Wanam or xblast tools. I'd be very appreciative to you if you could please point out what I'm missing. TIA again!
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Also, can you please enlighten me on the procedure for changing the system font? I found an apk for the Roboto light font, but I don't know how to change the system font. Thanks again!

usn.mustanger said:
Yeah, I saw the notification title stuff in Wanam, but as I said in my post, any changes I make to those particular items don't take. I've changed them in Wanam several times, and rebooted after each change, to no avail. As you can see, everything else does. Might be due to the ROM I'm using (Civato's Flex-Beam).
In search of this elusive "near 100%" theming you mention, can you please tell me what you use to theme the rest of the Touchwiz UI, such as Settings pages (which I see you did), progress bars, pop-up dialogs (modal or otherwise) keyboard suggestion text, ui controls, quick settings divider bars, etc? These all go towards that 100% theming I'm going for, but I couldn't find any of these items in either Wanam or xblast tools. I'd be very appreciative to you if you could please point out what I'm missing. TIA again!
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Also, can you please enlighten me on the procedure for changing the system font? I found an apk for the Roboto light font, but I don't know how to change the system font. Thanks again!
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Dude you can see how heavily themed my setup is right. Here's the thing, there's no trick I've told you already...I only used wanam. There's no secret or anything to it I simply did all the selection, making sure you switch the on toggle at the top and hit aapply for each different part you theme. Don't do 50 at a time, change a few, reboot change a few..There is no grand secret I'm hiding from you lol just trial and error and you'll figure it out.
As for font change...use the search man there's prolly 15 different guides on xda alone..
Mega

Hey,
I liked your post. In fact I am not perfect with the questions you asked but the third one I can answers. More specifically the apps that I prefer to be in the android devices are as follows;-
1 - watsapp
2 - youtube
3 - facebook
4 - linkedin
5 - twitter
6 - templerun
7 - subwaysurfer
8 - traveling app
9 - time tracking app
10 - money management app
Leslie!!!

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I've been waiting for this thread. Awesome app!!

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I really like this app but coming from zooper, i found some most needed features missing like SMS, missed calls, gmail etc. I hope you include these along with whatsapp, facebook and twitter.

classna said:
I really like this app but coming from zooper, i found some most needed features missing like SMS, missed calls, gmail etc. I hope you include these along with whatsapp, facebook and twitter.
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So unread counts are planned, for SMS missed calls and Gmail i will add a plugin if you are running android < 6.0. Whatsapp / FB and Twitter have no way to get unread counts BUT i will add notifications support so you will be able to count unread notifications. Stay tuned

frankmonza said:
So unread counts are planned, for SMS missed calls and Gmail i will add a plugin if you are running android < 6.0. Whatsapp / FB and Twitter have no way to get unread counts BUT i will add notifications support so you will be able to count unread notifications. Stay tuned
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Great! it will be great to have most of zooper's customization features. Is there anyway to change the weather iconset? I liked zooper's resizable vector icons with option to change its color and alpha opacity.

classna said:
Great! it will be great to have most of zooper's customization features. Is there anyway to change the weather iconset? I liked zooper's resizable vector icons with option to change its color and alpha opacity.
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Yeah sure, in KWGT you can even use SVG files for that and distribute them as Komponents, please check the "featured" section when adding a Komponent you will see many for download or search for Weather Komponents around, there are also some tutorials on the official page

Taking Zooper looks like abandonware, tryed this app. Look good, but placing text is a crime. Using Zooper you can give an area a destiny of text and regulate the max amount of lines, etc. Within KWGT I don't have real control over text items. This is a must have
Great potential....but not there yet (no buy yet). Hope it will (Love tweaking my homescreens!)

peebeenl said:
Taking Zooper looks like abandonware, tryed this app. Look good, but placing text is a crime. Using Zooper you can give an area a destiny of text and regulate the max amount of lines, etc. Within KWGT I don't have real control over text items. This is a must have
Great potential....but not there yet (no buy yet). Hope it will (Love tweaking my homescreens!)
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I can add the max number of lines on next release, very easy, i do not however understand the "etc", what else is missing? Also did you check the list of things that Zooper cannot do compared to KWGT? Its here. I know i am biased but i think KWGT is years ahead.

I don't doubt that Already seen some nice extra's
I also see a lot of similarites with Zooper, which makes me think it is based on in a new iteration (which makes me doubt for buying before I know it fits). It also could be a new app which uses Zooper and takes it a level further. (Seen a reaction in another thread, other people are doubting because of this). My goal: Getting the right app to do the things I want with my home screen And yours looks promising
My main problem is the widget size, compared to the text control. I understand you translate 720 to all other devices. But if I edit "my widget", it only gets a width which is maxed for a halve or third of the screen (On my Galaxy S6 using nova launcher). This makes editing harder to do. Scaling is one option, but it does not yet works practical for me (PEBKAC ?)
Also changing orientation looks like it is missing a correct scaling (widget gets wider, but it looks like it is smaller). But it changes, instead of zooper . There is also a lag when changing orientation (default redraw timer, not reacting to orientation switch).
What I like would be a text region on my canvas, which I can position and give a height (or max height) and width.
Dimensions are now based on
- Fixed width, which does not give me enough control to position multiline text (control is lost especially in the vertical)
- Fixed Font height, which results in text running out of the screen
- Fit width, which does not use the amount of space in the vertical
My suggestion would be to separate the text and text region (settings).
- Setting the dimensions: (width fixed or relative E.g. 100%, height), give the postion (fixed or relative)
- Setting the font info: How to use the region e.g. fixed font size, fill, vertical/horizontal alignment, max amount of lines/single line, (max amount of characters ?)
The etc is/was a lazy way of saying the above

peebeenl said:
I don't doubt that Already seen some nice extra's
I also see a lot of similarites with Zooper, which makes me think it is based on in a new iteration (which makes me doubt for buying before I know it fits). It also could be a new app which uses Zooper and takes it a level further. (Seen a reaction in another thread, other people are doubting because of this). My goal: Getting the right app to do the things I want with my home screen And yours looks promising
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This has nothing to do with Zooper, i started KLWP (and then KWGT) because i felt options on the store were really too bad in terms of resources and features and UI, so this is inspired by other widget makers (and wallpaper makers too) but completely on its own, so, you should avoid thinking about Zooper when using KWGT as its quite different on some fundamentals.
Anyway you do not actually need to buy KWGT since all features are available in the free version, but if you buy it and you feel you want a refund in, say, 1 month from now, just drop me an email, will refund.
peebeenl said:
My main problem is the widget size, compared to the text control. I understand you translate 720 to all other devices. But if I edit "my widget", it only gets a width which is maxed for a halve or third of the screen (On my Galaxy S6 using nova launcher). This makes editing harder to do. Scaling is one option, but it does not yet works practical for me (PEBKAC ?)
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The widget is different from the live wallpaper, in the widget with no scaling "720" means the shortest side of the widget (so the height on a 4x2 or the width in a 2x4), but you should not care about that since there is no limit on that anywhere and scaling just changes how that size is interpreted (so with scaling set to 200 720 will become 360), not sure why is impractical, it just works and scales correctly (Zooper does not even scale, if you change the widget size you have to relayout manually...). If you scale a KWGT it will redraw and adapt based on its size automatically.
peebeenl said:
Also changing orientation looks like it is missing a correct scaling (widget gets wider, but it looks like it is smaller). But it changes, instead of zooper . There is also a lag when changing orientation (default redraw timer, not reacting to orientation switch).
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You need to set Orientation to "AUTO" in the Widget settings, by default KWGT expects that your launcher orientation is locked. If you set it to AUTO it will draw properly in both orientation rearranging everything based on size, it will still have some lag, like 100/200ms depending on the complexity because KWGT will redraw everything (this is different from Zooper / UCCW they always draw both the landscape and portrait so there is no lag but they are much less efficient because you end up drawing something that you do not need most of the times doubling the resources required like RAM and CPU / Battery).
peebeenl said:
What I like would be a text region on my canvas, which I can position and give a height (or max height) and width.
Dimensions are now based on
- Fixed width, which does not give me enough control to position multiline text (control is lost especially in the vertical)
- Fixed Font height, which results in text running out of the screen
- Fit width, which does not use the amount of space in the vertical
My suggestion would be to separate the text and text region (settings).
- Setting the dimensions: (width fixed or relative E.g. 100%, height), give the postion (fixed or relative)
- Setting the font info: How to use the region e.g. fixed font size, fill, vertical/horizontal alignment, max amount of lines/single line, (max amount of characters ?)
The etc is/was a lazy way of saying the above
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You can do max amount of characters or even ellipsize using $tc(ell, text, 10)$ for example, that will cut and if larger add "..." at the end. For everything else i think having the max number of lines combined with the fit width will do exactly what you want.

I was a zooper user for many years, and like others I began to realize that it appears to be an abandon product - certainly there were no updates for a long time.
I was looking to where to go in the future, and looked at all the similar products. KWLP (KWGT was not available at the time) appeared to be the most sophisticated of the alternatives.
I discovered that I was able to replicate all of my zooper widgets in KWLP - and it gave me even more capabilities. The only personal downside was that I prefered widgets (and the ease of placement on a page) to the live wallpaper. Then KWGT - gave me everything. In a very short time, I took all of my zooper, now kwlp items to kwgt. I now consider kwgt a complete (and then some) replacement to zooper. Bottom line, there was a small learning curve, but once past that I have everything I had with zooper and then some. On top of that, kwlp/kwgt is under constant development and super support from the developer. You can see from the responses above that he takes customer support and product quality/development very seriously. Zooper has no active development and I question if there is a future at all.
kwlp/kwgt has a very active user community on g+ (frankly I like xda forums better) - but there is alot of community and developer support.
Basically I made the switch and am very happy to have done so.

ew said:
kwlp/kwgt has a very active user community on g+ (frankly I like xda forums better) - but there is alot of community and developer support.
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Thanks!! Happy to support on XDA too, just mention me if needed and i will try to answer ))
And welcome to Kustom!

Is it possible to backup (not export) my widget config and reapply it to a new widget?
PS, the config utility is very heavy, sometimes it loads up to 5 minutes. WTF?
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One more question. Can the progressbars use a formula as a parameter? Or only fixed parameters? And can a standard progressbar (battery) use a custom number of sections?

Not bad, I try

The latest version has a strange bug. $nc(csiga)$ often freezes and constantly displays 9 (not 99!) until I lock the screen. I never had this bug on Zooper, so it's not hardware or firmware.

siealex said:
Is it possible to backup (not export) my widget config and reapply it to a new widget?
PS, the config utility is very heavy, sometimes it loads up to 5 minutes. WTF?
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This loading issue has been reported by more than one user, i cannot reproduce it on my device and it does not happen on the live wallpaper version (KLWP) so i can't really understand what its going on, can you create a full bug report as explained here: http://kustom.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/615645-send-debug-data (follow the android bug report section), that will be very useful
To copy a widget into another you have 3 options:
Open the first, select all items press "copy" and then open the second and press paste
Export and then Import
Use Komponents (and export them as well)
siealex said:
One more question. Can the progressbars use a formula as a parameter? Or only fixed parameters? And can a standard progressbar (battery) use a custom number of sections?
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Yeah sure, to create a formula based progress bar just do the following:
Set progress to "Custom", a new option will show called "Progress"
Select the option called "Level" and turn it into a formula
Use a formula that returns a value between 0 and 100 ($bi(level)$ for example)
Select the sections you need
siealex said:
The latest version has a strange bug. $nc(csiga)$ often freezes and constantly displays 9 (not 99!) until I lock the screen. I never had this bug on Zooper, so it's not hardware or firmware.
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This is strange, will look into it (and thanks for reporting also in the G+ community)

Hi Frank,
I am creating an IOS style status bar and it is coming up nicely but i ran into a few issues. I am using a formula to set the visibility to ALWAYS or NEVER when bluetooth, airplane mode, wifi, carrier bars etc are turned on/off. It works perfectly for airplane mode, wifi, 3G/4G etc but there is a delay of say 5-10 seconds when i turn bluetooth and alarm on/off. Is there a way to speed up the refresh rate?

classna said:
Hi Frank,
I am creating an IOS style status bar and it is coming up nicely but i ran into a few issues. I am using a formula to set the visibility to ALWAYS or NEVER when bluetooth, airplane mode, wifi, carrier bars etc are turned on/off. It works perfectly for airplane mode, wifi, 3G/4G etc but there is a delay of say 5-10 seconds when i turn bluetooth and alarm on/off. Is there a way to speed up the refresh rate?
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So for Alarm its not currently because android does not actually "broadcast" the change, i am working on a better approach on Android 5.x or better but i am not sure that will entirely fix this.
For bluetooth it will be fixed in next release (just forgot to register a listener for that)

frankmonza said:
So for Alarm its not currently because android does not actually "broadcast" the change, i am working on a better approach on Android 5.x or better but i am not sure that will entirely fix this.
For bluetooth it will be fixed in next release (just forgot to register a listener for that)
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Great! I look forward to next release. I forgot to mention that 3G/4G [ nc(dtypes) ] also takes a while although it is usually less than 5 seconds but delay is still there.
Question: Suppose we have 3 items like shape1, shape2 and shape3. They are horizontally or vertically displayed inside a stacked group. If i set the visibility of shape2 (middle one) to "NEVER" it disappears but it still takes that space and there is a big gap between shape1 and shape3. Is there a way to snap shape3 to shape1 so there will be no gape if the visibility of shape2 is set to NEVER? This is currently causing some design issues and i can't find a way to fix this.
Cheers.

[APP][Beta] [4.4+]OF Launcher - Designed for Large Phone Screen with One Finger Use

Hi Guys,
I've doing an open beta testing of my first launcher app. The APK is attached at the end of the post.
Please cilck Google Play to check and download it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=oflauncher.onefinger.androidfree
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I'm creating this thread to invite anyone that have interest in using Android launcher app to get some user experience feedback and post it here for me. Please also test if it has some bugs, the phone manufacturer/model and which ROM you're running are all needed very much for me to fix them.
Sorry, for now is English only, soon I'll put back the other languages.
People always need to use smart phone with one hand while driving, working, drinking coffee or eating something, and the large screen smart-phone made you very difficult to use at that time.
OF Launcher used newly design with longitudinal slide, one finger will touch things easily. Users can slide to open multiply drawer with customized wallpapers which will get an unprecedented visual experience.
OF Launcher shows your apps at the bottom where you can touch them easily, without icons and widgets cluttered your beautiful desktop. Then, an amazing thing will happen. You can set your own pictures or even stars’ posters as app folders’ wallpapers, which will be shown on your phone screen totally, and these personalized wallpapers will make your phone stylish.
Rather than spending a long time in other old launchers with all your 10 fingers, just swipe and slide to manage your Android with one finger will be a better choice. The quick access app drawer let you get where you need to go comfortably. 10+ desktop gestures allows convenient access to your favorite apps, system settings, switches and all your phone widget with just one hand. You can add more folders and arrange your favorite apps to always be within your reach.
APK is available here:
www.oflauncher.com/oflauncher.apk
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Two years ago, the company was able to get a seed fundings $70000 as a startup. However, it’s too difficult to have someone believing in launching something amazing and win lots of fan’s love from Google Play. So this program was stopped many times. However, with many people’s help, OF Launcher come out finally.
One finger control features:
- Hold wallpaper to edit your current folder’s name, apps and wallpapers
- Slide left/right to open drawer, slide again to enter manage page
- Create new folders in manage page, click folder name to delete or hide it from prying eyes
- Sometimes when the folder name keeps bouncing, it means there are more apps in the folder
- Drag icon right/left to open drawer
- Drag icon into Create Folder to create a new folder
- Drag icon up/down then hold and wait, you’ ll be sent there
- Long tap icon-> move -> hold for 0.7 sec to launch floating slider!
- Long tap an application to rename, delete or uninstall it
- Widget: Weather forecast widget, Music widget, shortcut widget, settings and more

DavidZhay said:
Hi Guys,
I've doing an open beta testing of my first launcher app.
Please cilck Google Play to check and download it.
I just begin to refactor most of the code and maybe not very smooth or stable now.
So I'm creating this thread to invite anyone that have interest in using Android launcher app to get some user experience feedback and post it here for me. Please also test if it has some bugs, the phone manufacturer/model and which ROM you're running are all needed very much for me to fix them.
Sorry, for now is English only, soon I'll put back the other languages.
Have fun!
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It's an awesome concept for a launcher...I know it's in early stage but still I would say it need a lot more refinement.I am running it on a Redmi Note 3 with official MIUI Dev ROM version 6.12.15.
Some suggestions from me
1. Please add icon pack support for the launcher
2. Support for system animations
3. Try not to use in-built music player, make it as a controller for the player that's running.
4. Make the side menu on both sides work by edge swipe. Feels better
5. Option for custom app groups
6. You may provide widgets in the wallpaper area which are related to the current app menu/app group eg. On home group it may show weather and time or something (news feeds maybe) in the same way music shows music control social may show social feed (I guess you get it now )
7. If the above request is done, the menu on the right will be free for your awesome imagination.
8. Provide option for live wallpapers in even though it's in the area where wallpaper is, as KLWP+OF launcher will do wonders.

considering bots? like google asistant

Consider not using Google for only download. Till then I cannot use willingly

Njaiker said:
It's an awesome concept for a launcher...I know it's in early stage but still I would say it need a lot more refinement.I am running it on a Redmi Note 3 with official MIUI Dev ROM version 6.12.15.
Some suggestions from me
1. Please add icon pack support for the launcher
2. Support for system animations
3. Try not to use in-built music player, make it as a controller for the player that's running.
4. Make the side menu on both sides work by edge swipe. Feels better
5. Option for custom app groups
6. You may provide widgets in the wallpaper area which are related to the current app menu/app group eg. On home group it may show weather and time or something (news feeds maybe) in the same way music shows music control social may show social feed (I guess you get it now )
7. If the above request is done, the menu on the right will be free for your awesome imagination.
8. Provide option for live wallpapers in even though it's in the area where wallpaper is, as KLWP+OF launcher will do wonders.
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Thank you so much. You can long tap every folder's picture to get custom settings for apps folder(groups)
Can you keep in touch with me via facebook? I wanna discuss more problems with you.

DavidZhay said:
Thank you so much. You can long tap every folder's picture to get custom settings for apps folder(groups)
Can you keep in touch with me via facebook? I wanna discuss more problems with you.
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Sure, you are welcome for that..But I don't use Facebook
You can PM me here

APK update.
Hi
Here is OF Launcher APK shared on my google drive.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9ysdhkEPKVKU1pPTXNZdmdmSUE

Sony M2 Aqua - EagleXperience (based on 5.1.1) with locked bootloader & xposed
So far I LOVE this! It's perfect in terms of being customizable but not overwhelming. (I often waste lot of time planning out a homescreen only to tell myself I'll get to finishing it eventually.)
I pretty much agree with the above comment (icon packs would be cool; more widgets, though I like the way they look on the hidden side menu, etc.)
1. I like the wallpaper that shows up when the launcher first starts up, the black/orange space one, but can't find it in the folder wallpaper picker. Can you make that one available?
2. Other than the home folder, the app drawer isn't functional. I tap on any app and it says "unknown" (screenshot won't attach). They do open from the home folder, though. (Also can you make the "trending" and pandora box fully hideable?)
3. It takes a while for newly-downloaded apps to show up in the launcher.
4. Allow non-google engines in the search widget. Connect the music widget to the media player app.
5. It seems to use a lot of space, especially for how simple it is, but I haven't scrutinized every other launcher to compare, so maybe it's normal.
I'm not on Facebook, so I can't join the group. But I'm happy to continue giving feedback/usage statistics to help you out.

xperia3mat said:
Sony M2 Aqua - EagleXperience (based on 5.1.1) with locked bootloader & xposed
So far I LOVE this! It's perfect in terms of being customizable but not overwhelming. (I often waste lot of time planning out a homescreen only to tell myself I'll get to finishing it eventually.)
I pretty much agree with the above comment (icon packs would be cool; more widgets, though I like the way they look on the hidden side menu, etc.)
1. I like the wallpaper that shows up when the launcher first starts up, the black/orange space one, but can't find it in the folder wallpaper picker. Can you make that one available?
2. Other than the home folder, the app drawer isn't functional. I tap on any app and it says "unknown" (screenshot won't attach). They do open from the home folder, though. (Also can you make the "trending" and pandora box fully hideable?)
3. It takes a while for newly-downloaded apps to show up in the launcher.
4. Allow non-google engines in the search widget. Connect the music widget to the media player app.
5. It seems to use a lot of space, especially for how simple it is, but I haven't scrutinized every other launcher to compare, so maybe it's normal.
I'm not on Facebook, so I can't join the group. But I'm happy to continue giving feedback/usage statistics to help you out.
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The features you guys need will be considered seriously by me. (icon packs would be cool; more widgets, though I like the way they look on the hidden side menu, etc.)
1. I will.
2. It's a bug, a new APK sloved this problem will update here.
3. It's a bug, I will solve it next week.
4.I will.
5.I will improve the whole code.

A last beta version, official version will be released this month
Hi all,
Here is a last beta APK you can download
http://www.oflauncher.com/oflauncher.apk
What we need you help to test this time before official version launch:
1. Is there any other problems when you are updating?
2.Will it make your phone crash or slow?
Let me know the problems’ details, so that I can check it and improve OF Launcher in the next 10 work days. I will focus on solving this kind of problems. Thank you in advance.

no longer can find app in google play. Am I missing the updates? Also is it possible to maybe group apps in a small folder that could be placed on picture area on top of each app folder. An if so can it be an optional to show same said mini folders on top of all main folder pic rather than have to make same mini folder for on pic on each main folder.Also maybe instead of making it compatible with icon packs. You could just make an option to change Icon picture to a personal gallery pic you can resize.Love your launcher. Willing to pay up to 20$ just to keep add free. Also not sure if it's been mentioned. But on samsung s7 edge you can't put same app in different folders.Automatically removes from previous folder once added to a new one.I think you may of fixed this but also notice when switching from hd,to fhd,or wqhd apps start disappearing.Once said resolution switched and kept on for a day said appsdo eventually return.Thank you again for hard work. Sould be top ten launcher 2017.

Good job!

lepb said:
no longer can find app in google play. Am I missing the updates? Also is it possible to maybe group apps in a small folder that could be placed on picture area on top of each app folder. An if so can it be an optional to show same said mini folders on top of all main folder pic rather than have to make same mini folder for on pic on each main folder.Also maybe instead of making it compatible with icon packs. You could just make an option to change Icon picture to a personal gallery pic you can resize.Love your launcher. Willing to pay up to 20$ just to keep add free. Also not sure if it's been mentioned. But on samsung s7 edge you can't put same app in different folders.Automatically removes from previous folder once added to a new one.I think you may of fixed this but also notice when switching from hd,to fhd,or wqhd apps start disappearing.Once said resolution switched and kept on for a day said appsdo eventually return.Thank you again for hard work. Sould be top ten launcher 2017.
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Thank you for your feedback. You can find OF Launcher in Google play now.
I will update a new APK here tomorrow.

Hi all,
A new version with smaller APK package, official version will be released this month
You can download in attachment.

evgeniy vinogradniy said:
Good job!
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Hey, I've update a new version. Please have a try and give me some feedback.

Launcher settings backup ?
Would you be able to add backup option for launcher settings. Whenever the app crashes, i ll have to redo all the settings. Instead it would be easier to restore from backup
Thanks

aravindsuriaraj said:
Would you be able to add backup option for launcher settings. Whenever the app crashes, i ll have to redo all the settings. Instead it would be easier to restore from backup
Thanks
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Sounds a good idea.
I will try

@lepb Hey! your work have been feature here! Nice job!
http://www.droidviews.com/three-early-access-apps-keep-eye/

Just installed. I must say it's a very fluid launcher. Keeping a clean home screen with the draws sliding out is real nice. Great job! Looking forward to the future updates.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using XDA-Developers Legacy app

geraldalcos said:
@lepb Hey! your work have been feature here! Nice job!
http://www.droidviews.com/three-early-access-apps-keep-eye/
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Thank you so much.
Are you the editor gave the feature article?

MBTD - G7 Premium Themes. Feedback, communication

Rain​
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This is Rain, an LG Home+ theme for your LG G7 running Android 9. This theme is a premium quality theme like no other Home theme+. What you see is what you get and that is quality and attention to details! Rain is a dark theme with some bright gradient accents throughout. The Dark Notifications compliment the ui and battery life! The app icons have a slight gradient to them, with some more noticeable than others. This theme does not support adaptive icons as some of the key features of this theme are blocked by enabling the adaptive icons. If you'd prefer adaptive you will need to use a third party launcher like Hyperion or Nova.
No need to run a third party theme system any more, just use the system theme chooser and you can enjoy all the benefits of an advanced theme system.
To apply the theme simply go into settings/display and select themes. From there select Rain, and push apply! then reboot and then reapply the theme again. It's a bit more in depth than other themes but given the complexity of this premium theme it is required for all elements to be themed properly.
That's it! Simple, easy and quick.
This theme is also meant to run at the highest resolution, with the lowest stock setting for the actual display size. Larger sizes may cause some elements to look slightly off. If this happens please lower the display sizes of the iconography.
Also for the power menu to be themed you have to reboot and reapply the theme. Sometimes you may have to reapply it more than once. This is something with LG's software and not within my control.
If you run into any issues please send me an email directly instead of leaving a poor rating. Often I am very quick to reply and great to solve any issues. The review system is not meant to be a support channel!
Thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy this theme. I've worked extremely hard on this and by far it was the most challenging and time consuming project I've ever made!
Now for the stuff people actually care about.... Screenshots!!!
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Pixel Experience
This is the Pixel Experience. For those who want to enjoy a lighter theme with minimal, subtle changes that want to be able to set it and forget it without having to worry about constant Google app updates and be able to enjoy the Pixel look. This is for you and you're gonna love it! Like Alpha this theme will be updated regularly and will continue to grow as time goes by. Enjoy the clean and refreshing look and experience the Pixel!!! #WhiteUiMustLive
Now you probably didn't bother to read that crap above so let's just post some screenshots shall we?
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Pixel Experience (Legacy Theme)
So since not everyone digs using substratum I decided that Pixel Experience should be a regular (Or as I call them "Legacy" LG Theme). No computers, no additional apps in order to use it... You can just set it and forget it! You will get all the features from the Substratum version and then some.
Here's a pic of how this theme looks!
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Pixel Experience Dark​
Welcome to the dark side. This is Pixel Experience Dark! Including dark notifications! I'm really proud of this and how it turned out! Please take the time to read the app description as there is some important information in there for your benefit which will help you get the best experience out of this theme! Also in the description are optional patches which are theme specific!
So go get it and please drop me a quick rating and if you'd also be so kind to give this a quick share too that would be great!
Screenshots!!!
Since this theme pushes the boundaries of the LG Theme system it retains adaptive and dynamic icons on stock launcher. Due to this you will have to select your navbar color in settings, display, home touch buttons. By default it may show you have selected the dark option, but the navbar may still be white. Simply select the white and then select the dar one again and you should be set. It's a bit odd but that's just how it has to work. Unfortunately there is one app that does not show the navbar as being dark which is the LG Music app. it demands to stay white due to this. I realize some people may not like this so I've also made another patch for users who want it to match. This however will kill the adaptive and dynamic icons so decide which option you prefer because unfortunately due to system limitations you simply cannot have both. Like the previous patch just install it, reapply the theme and reboot. If you use a third party launcher this patch should most definitely be used. link to patch:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tDOIM4dKssw3oOMm6clEBROlGEoOgGt3/view?usp=sharing
I've also included a patch for Light notifications because some people mention that they're having difficulties with some apps like whatsapp or telegram where the user name is black on a dark background or that they have a light shadow around said text to make it somewhat readable. If you wish you can install the patch and the entire theme will remain as is but the notifications will be light and you won't have any issues at all.
How to install the patch: First update the theme to the latest version. Then download the following apks (link below). Next change to stock theme. Then install the apk patches. Then after you've installed them apply Pixel Experience Dark. Next reboot and you'll be all set. If you experience some force closes that is because you didn't revert to stock theme and installed the patches while using Pixel Experience Dark
Patch links 1 of 3:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904028399
2 of 3: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904028400
*3 of 3: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904028427
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Twilight​
See bottom of description for Quick Settings Add-on Patches!!!
This is Twilight an LG Home+ theme for your LG V40 or LG G7 running Oreo only (Pie is not yet available on my devices and therefore not yet supported!!!) This theme is a premium quality theme like no other Home theme+. What you see is what you get and that is quality and attention to details! Twilight is a dark theme with bright gradient accents throughout. The app icons have a slight gradient to them, with some more noticeable than others. This theme does not support adaptive icons as some of the key features of this theme are blocked by enabling the adaptive icons. If you'd prefer adaptive you will need to use a third party launcher like Hyperion or Nova.
No need to run a third party theme system any more, just use the system theme chooser and you can enjoy all the benefits of an advanced theme system.
***Third party Quick Settings Icons:
Some apps allow the user to add a shortcut activity to the quick settings panel. This is not supported by this theme whatsoever. If you decided to add any icons to your quick settings panel they will not show up. They will be 100% transparent. They cannot be added. If this bothers you then in a future update I will make an add-on quick settings patch that will add usability back for them, however it will sacrifice the creativity of the current structure of both styles of available quick settings icons. It will be more minimal and all the icons will be the same color like how most themes are. Due to the complexity and advanced nature of this theme this is something that I am aware of and have embraced 100%.
To apply the theme simply go into settings/display and select themes. From there select Twilight, and push apply!
That's it! Simple, easy and quick.
Please note that refunds will not be given for installations on non LG V40 or G7 Oreo Devices. As the title of the theme clearly indicates which device this is for and this app description does specify which OS version is supported..
This theme is also meant to run at the highest resolution, with the lowest stock setting for the actual display size. Larger sizes may cause some elements to look slightly off. If this happens please lower the display sizes of the iconography.
If you run into any issues please send me an email directly instead of leaving a poor rating. Often I am very quick to reply (unless I'm sleeping and you're in a different time zone) and great to solve any issues. The review system is not meant to be a support channel!
Quick tip... Search and install the app "Quick Shortcut Maker" on google play. Install, then long press on your home screen and select the 1x1 quick shortcut maker widget and drag it on your home screen. Then in the activities tab, scroll down to"wallpaper & themes" and expand it. touch 1st option at the top of the list that doesn't have and upwards arrow. Hit Create" button at the bottom and now you have a themes app shortcut you can place on your desktop!!!
Thank you for your support and enjoy theme!!!
This theme as you can see from the screen previews shows two different styles of Quick Settings icons. This is because I designed both styles and had a tough time deciding on which ones to go with so I decided to make them both. The minimal icons are default. However if you wish to change them simply download the corresponding patch to the style that you want. After you've downloaded the patch, apply the default LG theme. Then install the patch, reboot and reapply the theme then reboot again. You will now see a different style. If you wish to change back the original style you can repeat the above process using the other patch. I've uploaded and clearly labeled both patches. They can be found here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=288986
For dark notifications it takes 5 add-ons patches.

G Theme 3​
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t's back!!! This is G Theme 3. Why G Theme you ask? Well I think you can figure that out when you use it what it's all about. This theme is a premium quality theme like no other Home theme+. What you see is what you get and that is quality and attention to details! G Theme 3 is a dark theme with beautiful colors and designs throughout it. The Dark Notifications compliment the ui and battery life! This theme supports adaptive icons and I recommended choosing circle which is unlocked as a feature and can be accessed from going into the settings application and then going into display, home and choose the icon shape. Due to this the music app does have a light overlay at the bottom which is a bug that LG should address!!! For real LG fix that will ya.
Now this is the important part. This theme is only for LG devices running UX 7, Android 9.0 pie. If you are running a different LG UX or android version this will not work and if you upgrade from the above this theme may not work properly. It is presented on an "as is basis". I do my best to try and update to allow for the theme to function on all devices as best I can and as soon as I can. However due to LG's interesting update cycle sometimes one device may update prior to others.
To apply the theme simply go into settings/display and select themes. From there select G Theme 3, and push apply! then reboot and then reapply the theme again. It's a bit more in depth than other themes but given the complexity of this premium theme it is required for all elements to be themed properly.
That's it! Simple, easy and quick.
The theme comes with a coral wallpaper but if you'd like to have it animated simply grab this add on and set it as a live wallpaper and you'll be all set. Since most Lg Devices don't support seamless wallpapers just download this and install it and set as your live wall and enjoy!
Live Wallpaper right Here!!!​
Please note that refunds will not be given for installations on non LG G7, V35 UX 7 (running Pie) Devices. As the title of the theme clearly indicates which device this is for and this app description does specify which OS version is supported..
This theme is also meant to run at the highest resolution, with the lowest stock setting for the actual display size. Larger sizes may cause some elements to look slightly off. If this happens please lower the display sizes of the iconography.
If you run into any issues please send me an email directly instead of leaving a poor rating. Often I am very quick to reply and great to solve any issues. The review system is not meant to be a support channel!
Thank you so much for your support and I hope you enjoy this theme. I've worked extremely hard on this and by far it was the most challenging and time consuming project I've ever made!

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Instructional video on how to apply Alpha, see below​
You will need ADB installed on your pc: Right here
You will also need the substratum app as well as the Andromeda app and the Desktop client for Andromeda
This thread is for support and feedback for my LG Substratum themes and legacy LG themes. with the update to 8.0 Oreo substratum is now supported without rooting your device. Due to the capabilities with Substratum all previous LG themes will be referred to as "Legacy themes" and the primary focus has shifted to Substratum. Since substratum can provide everything that an LG theme can provide and more it makes the most sense to evolve and transcend into the more advanced theming system.
So this is my first theme "Alpha". It has a double meaning and I feel is appropriate for this theme. Let's stop with the chit chat and post a few screenshots and if you're looking for a way to pass the time then keep reading! I promise you the literature doesn't get any better, but have at it!
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Oh hey everyone! Again, I didn't see ya there. You just snuck right up on me now didn't ya bud. Well it's that time again. Another new beautiful LG device is upon us and I had to get it. So it must mean it's time for another fun theme discussion and feedback thread. Now I must get this next bit out of the way to make it clear what the purpose of this thread is. 1: I am not here to sell my work whatsoever and that is not the purpose of this thread. Posts regarding updates, screenshots or other communication are strictly for the purposes of obtaining feedback on what I do. and to see if users are pleased with said changes. 2: I will never post a direct link to anything I make that is paid as that is not allowed and I expect that as users you will not post links either.
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Reserved for theme 8

Reserved for theme 9

That's right... I'm taking the whole page!

Nice. Didn't think you'd have XDA action but sweet. Alpha purchased. It's gonna be a day or so before I can do the Andromeda thing but I'll report bugs, etc on here man. Nice work as always @MARK Bencze

Thanks! Installed and working great!!!

co.ag.2005 said:
Thanks! Installed and working great!!!
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Looks like you need to sort out a few things still. That doesn't quite look right. Check the lg system resources option and settings overlays. Your icons are a bit off in settings. They should be centered
I have a feeling that when you get lg system resources that your 3 dot menu and search icon might have readability issues if you select the same accent color as the theme color. I'll check this too. If so I'll add it to a list and correct it. Normally the first version when adding a new device we find a few surprises so I'll probably wait a day or so and explore as well as get feedback from people here and then see what I can do.

markbencze said:
Looks like you need to sort out a few things still. That doesn't quite look right. Check the lg system resources option and settings overlays. Your icons are a bit off in settings. They should be centered
I have a feeling that when you get lg system resources that your 3 dot menu and search icon might have readability issues if you select the same accent color as the theme color. I'll check this too. If so I'll add it to a list and correct it. Normally the first version when adding a new device we find a few surprises so I'll probably wait a day or so and explore as well as get feedback from people here and then see what I can do.
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Thanks. I didn't notice. I'll check out a few things on my end tomorrow when I have the chance.

I will add then when I followed this instruction (in the play store description)
.....Then once all the overlay's are build go back and select them again and select "enable". I found 9 times out of 10 this is the best way to apply them and I experienced fewer issues. Do this from the "Themes" tab. The "Manager" tab really wasn't needed and caused me the most headaches......
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it didn't quite "take" for me, so I enabled from the "Manager" tab, and all was right with the world.
fwiw, I also read through your instructions posted here too before doing anything:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111385861061275979764/posts/hu6o6pop3w4?cfem=1
Nevertheless, awesome theme!!

Glad to see some mods coming along for the G7! I do have a question though: is it possible to change the statusbar icons to AOSP icons with your mod? I absolutely despise the fugly icons that Samsung/LG/every single OEM except for Google use on their devices. I also would love the option to be able to see p.m/a.m after the time on the statusbar too.
Sorry if the question sounds silly, I'm just not sure what you can do without root/unlocked bootloader on Android phones. Thank you!
Either way, thank you for your contributions

AhsanU said:
Glad to see some mods coming along for the G7! I do have a question though: is it possible to change the statusbar icons to AOSP icons with your mod? I absolutely despise the fugly icons that Samsung/LG/every single OEM except for Google use on their devices. I also would love the option to be able to see p.m/a.m after the time on the statusbar too.
Sorry if the question sounds silly, I'm just not sure what you can do without root/unlocked bootloader on Android phones. Thank you!
Either way, thank you for your contributions
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I do have pixel status signal icons which are nice and clean and probably what you're looking for! I'm constantly adding new things.

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Thanks. I didn't notice. I'll check out a few things on my end tomorrow when I have the chance.
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I re-applied everything and now the icons line up. Thanks again for the work. Excited to see the updates to this and future themes!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/SUc4G0q5XtdRwaIm1

dude, this theme works amazingly well. thank you so much for this. my eyeballs are in your debt!

markbencze said:
I do have pixel status signal icons which are nice and clean and probably what you're looking for! I'm constantly adding new things.
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Sold! I've been able to get the nav bar and the status icon to stock Pixel and am loving it! Just need to figure out how to reverse the settings since it seems a bit buggy. Don't really need a "dark" theme but I'm sure some people do.

[APP][TESTERS NEEDED] Notch Battery Bar - Live Wallpaper

Use your notch as a battery bar in this live wallpaper.
I need someone to test this app on the Essential Phone. So if you install the trial version on the phone, adjust the size and post a picture(not a screenshot), I will give away pro version codes for the first 3 people.
Trial - Play store link
Paid - customizable - Play store link

Looks pretty awful, since it's designed for wide notches and we only got a "drop" of a notch...
Width: 200
Height: 150

Used settings:
Width: 220
Height: 160

After applying size adjustments to app, nothing happens.. all I see is the wallpaper, and the app wants me to change 5he wallpaper as well?
This is a very creative app; appreciate the ongoing work for this ?

Please give me code too.
210x155

I tried your app with a bunch of different settings to try to get one that works well with this phone.
width 170
height 129
Seems to work best for me.
One issue I have with it is the angle of the slope.
Is there any way you could simply make the highlighting properly follow the curve of the notch for this phone, rather than spread out (thicker) at the top and around the bend (bottom). FYI: I could never see the color band below the notch (as shown in your video for other phones).
Also, there should be a way to visualize any changes you make rather than going pixel by pixel to try to get to the perfect setting for your phone. --> Hit apply. --> Hit back. --> Hit preview. --> Realizing you have to change it again and again. --> Hit back. --> Hit edit. Change #s. --> Repeat.
Simply too many steps.
My guess is that the average user takes 10-15 tries to get to the correct-ish numbers for their specific device.
Suggestion:
I know it's a lot of work with so many phones, but maybe a submission key / option so you can begin to collect preset ranges that people are using for the most common phones.
Question:
Is there any way to implement this so that it overlays when you are using another app. Right now, it only shows on the home screen (wallpaper only).
Because of this, I can't use muzei
If you can do this, I'll happily buy it.
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Feel free to PM a code if these suggestions are useful.

mazubo said:
After applying size adjustments to app, nothing happens.. all I see is the wallpaper, and the app wants me to change 5he wallpaper as well?
This is a very creative app; appreciate the ongoing work for this
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You have to hit preview to see the changes.

Interesting app. I just previewed the trial. I need to play a bit with the sizing though. I'm a little disappointed this is a live wallpaper though. I'd like to use a different live wallpaper. Is there no way to use this as an overlay or something, even with root?

If you buy the app it let's you change the wallpaper

martinezs89 said:
If you buy the app it let's you change the wallpaper
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But I don't think you can use 2 LIVE wallpapers at the same time.

gk1984 said:
Interesting app. I just previewed the trial. I need to play a bit with the sizing though. I'm a little disappointed this is a live wallpaper though. I'd like to use a different live wallpaper. Is there no way to use this as an overlay or something, even with root?
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Yes, we cannot use 2 live wallpapers at the same time. And the wallpaper needs to be live otherwise it wont be able to update itself.