Does anyone know of a way to get drop shadows on icons when using Nova Launcher? I know this can't be done within Nova, but is there any other way?
I'm using the Whicon icon pack with a black and white background, with KWGT widgets. All my white widgets in KWGT are using shadows so they stand out a lot better.
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I'm lookin for a hybrid between Helix & Launcher 2... I would like to see the the Launcher 2 5 app drawer with the helix extra buttons on the launcher... if possible also maintain a way to keep the window dots that show you the screen your on... basically the best of both launchers combined...
Sounds nice but doubt it will happen.
i agree, i'd be happy if helix had the 5 app condensed launcher
Or maybe a helix launcher with better sensitivity I.e. using nexus lwp touch is laggy and off center
Agreed. HelixLauncher/2 needs a 5-column portrait and 7-column landscape appdrawer to toggle to.
I'm nowhere near what could be called a themer or android developer but I gave my best shot at altering Helix with the 5 drawer launchers that exists with no luck.
So BuMP, so someone smarter than me can pick this up please!
Anyway to pull apart SpareParts to see what it affect to make the change in Launcher2?
+1 on this. I'm all about the little Android Helix Launcher and if he had a 5 row app drawer...wow!
In this thread, let's all show each other our homescreens, so we can all have a more pimpin' phone
Include a bit of information if you have a non-standard set-up, so as to minimize the amount of replys saying "WHAT IS THAT THEME YOU'RE RUNNING" etc. Thanks
I'll start.
I'm just running launcher pro, and the beautiful widgets theme is bullet droid.
LauncherPro with Icons I made for the dock...
Lockscreen (widgetlocker) with HoneyCombClock
Check my sig for my other info...
Here's my home screen and lock screen.
Using:
ADW Ex - Black Glass theme and icons
Beautiful Widgets Home - Obsidian Skin
BattStat widget
WidgetLocker for lock screen
My current setup, with Launcher Pro, Codex Icons and clockr for the time.
Too lazy to make a Flashlight icon for myself to fit the theme, heh.
Straight sweet. Love how I learned some new tricks trying to figure out how to get a screen capture and more interesting bits about the Android SDK and ADB functions.
Anyway .. Not very minimalistic but this would be mine.
LauncherPro Plus.
Beautiful Widgets (has tie ins for Calendar, Alarm, and Weather apps)
No Lock Widget (hate sliding to open)
AppBrain Widget (keeps my others stuff upto date)
ChompSMS widget (SMS)
NewsRob Pro Widget (rss feeds)
AudioManger Widget (quick and easy audiosettings)
Moov (great search utility. still learning all its functionality)
I have used and ADW EX but like the LPP Friends Widget way to much and have not found a replacement for it.
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my current homescreen setup
running launcher pro w/ custom icons and the NeonGT theme to help green it out
This is my home screen
Froyo midnight theme
ADWLauncher with York's blue theme and some of his white icons.
Widgets are
Fancy widget for clock and weather
Smooth calendar
Astrid tasks
Equotes
Swyped from my Mesmerize using XDA app
Here are my home and lock screens;
I'm running Blue Steel Midnight framework (I'm working on a port release)
Widget Locker (plan to try and add blue sliders)
Beautiful Widgets (On the home screen is home weather widget, on the lock screen is a super clock, both use the glowdroid weather icons. super clock skin is honeycomb.
Battstatt widget
ADW EX Launcher - With tron theme/icons
Font = bender (check eli's post in the theme forum)
On my main screen I use:
panoplanet lwp
clockr widget for clock
battstatt for batt widget
beautiful widgets weather widget
On my other screens I use these widgets:
youtube
vlingo (control)
phoneusage
appbrain
process manager
visual bookmarks
touchdown (email)
astrid
tesla led
cache mate
titanium backup
brilliant quotes
how do i do this? sorry im a noob. i heard im sapose to hold the home and back buttons but it wont work.
nick122590 said:
how do i do this? sorry im a noob. i heard im sapose to hold the home and back buttons but it wont work.
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you can use an app like shootme or drocap2 to take screenshots
Eb16 Pnp, launcherpro. I think this is morocco in the background lol
to screen shot: long pressed the back button and pressed power. Image saved under screen shots in my gallery.
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Kinda boring, I might switch to adw and have to get some of these fancy custom lock screens...
Edit: now with awesome puzzle lock, thanks to the tater!
I guess that method's resolution isn't as good with some of the apps. Anyone know how to adjust it? or is it just because I uploaded those images on a mobile device?
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ok here goes. All infor about what I'm running can be found in sig.
I'm somewhat of a minimalist, so my homescreen(center screen) is blank except for time and battery.
running launcher pro so most my icons are on the docs.
from left to right
Here's my work in progress.
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Beautiful widgets and launcher pro. I'm always changing the wallpaper and clock. Those microsoft-like tiles are pretty cool, how did you do that blue2107?
nick122590 said:
how do i do this? sorry im a noob. i heard im sapose to hold the home and back buttons but it wont work.
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From what I've gotten to work perfectly you hold down the "Back" soft key, then push the power button. Holding the back button shouldn't actually go back, at least until you release pressure.
The default one on Sense is 4x4, but it could be increased with the likes of ADW or Launcher Pro.
I was playing with different values, but widgets are always overlapping.
If we take 960×540 display and subtract notification and dock areas, what's left? Don't think it is going to be 540x540. So, if I want to get rectangular greed, I'd need more rows, then columns.
What would be the optimal grid settings for qHD resolution?
I use adw.launcher with 6*8 grid. It's perfect for me.
So, using 6x8 on qHD screen, what would be the size of 1x1 cell?
I was trying to measure it with Desktop Visualizer tool, but the resulting widgets still overlap. ((
hniu said:
So, using 6x8 on qHD screen, what would be the size of 1x1 cell?
I was trying to measure it with Desktop Visualizer tool, but the resulting widgets still overlap. ((
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Sure icon texts / labels are overlapping, but I don't keep them enabled.
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5x5 looks best with icon text
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Launcher pro 5*10
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5 x 4 is enough imo
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I use Elixir, and with the widgits, it is possible to get up to 7x7 icons on a screen.
I'm using Launcher Pro Plus and I think it looks great 6x4. It has an option to re-size widgets so that they don't overlap.
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I use Elixir, and with the widgits, it is possible to get up to 7x7 icons on a screen.
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I use Elixir also. Started using it for the monitor and toggle widgets but fell in love with the app launcher widgets. I actually have zero icons on my home screens (all widgets) since Elixir is a widget. 49 icons on one home screen!
I really wish Sense could do at least 5x5...
I use ADW EX. 5x7 Is the best for me. 6x8 is too cluttered and it makes the icon labels overlap. Btw if the widgets look out of proportion just long press on them, press edit and adjust them to your liking.
I am looking for a sort of ring launcher widget that I can dock into my Nova Launcher dock, so that I can group icons by category and clear up my homescreen a bit.
It has to be customizable in terms of the appliations I can add. Any suggestions?
Purple Ferret said:
I am looking for a sort of ring launcher widget that I can dock into my Nova Launcher dock, so that I can group icons by category and clear up my homescreen a bit.
It has to be customizable in terms of the appliations I can add. Any suggestions?
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you can try Circle launcher or Dock4droid or folder organizer
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sImRlLmRid2FyZS5jaXJjbGVsYXVuY2hlci5saWdodCJd
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS51cmJhbmRyb2lkLmRvY2siXQ..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...1bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hYmNPcmdhbml6ZXIubGl0ZSJd
When I am changing icon shape from round to square only few apps are changed not all of them why is this so how to change the shape of all icons in nova launcher?
I am on Android Pie beta 3.