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[4.0+][05/16] Tile Launcher Beta 1.31 | Sliding drawer | Total customization

Smooth, multidirectional, widget-compatible tile-based launcher for Android 4.0+.
Scroll Direction - Select horizontal (left to right) or vertical (top to bottom)
Tile Customization - Select your own title, icon, background colors or images
Scroll Settings - Configure your scrolling speed, direction, and overscroll effect
Sliding Drawer - Swipe horizontally or vertically from the home screen
Snap Effect - Perform an action, switch screens or open the drawer when overscrolling
Homescreen Dimensions - Select # of rows, columns, and margins, or increase your screen size
Toolbar - Choose font, colors, icon, even show a Jellybean-styled date widget - or hide it if you don't want it
Lock/Unlock Desktop - Lock your desktop to prevent accidental changes
Icon Packs - Icon pack support for most launchers (Work in progress)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Download:
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Downloading now , will let you know :thumbup:
Edit; nice launcher, has potential. An option to hide the launcher icon in top right and long press on screen to bring up list of apps to choose from. Hide status bar would be great to. Just some suggestions. Thanks for the launcher
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda app-developers app

I really like to include this in my ROM. Is it, or is it ever going to be, open source?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium

I'd suggest option for different layouts for portrait and landscape

fc when replacing app icon from gallery.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda app-developers app

Beautiful!
You should add some custom fonts.. or use the new Roboto slim.
Good job!
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add some bounce-back scroll effect option to homescreen..
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How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

merhans said:
How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Also add stacking / folder feature in a tile shape. Overall looks amazing.. I'll be taking screenshots & maybe make a video when you release new updates. I'm here if you need help! Tester/Graphic Design, ect.

Oh god you are the same dev that used to make those really nice notification drawer additions plus AOKP toggles to cm.*instant downloads the app*

Hey guys, here's a much improved alpha 2: Play Store Link
I am currently on a trip so will reply to comments and update main post when I get a chance
Small easter egg in this version: long click drawer to change to a 2nd home screen for your enjoyment. More coming soon!
EDIT: updated first post and switched to Play store link

It looks like the play store link hasn't updated yet..if its not active by tonight I'll upload a version elsewhere.
edit: Link has been updated

henslo said:
Downloading now , will let you know :thumbup:
Edit; nice launcher, has potential. An option to hide the launcher icon in top right and long press on screen to bring up list of apps to choose from. Hide status bar would be great to. Just some suggestions. Thanks for the launcher
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda app-developers app
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Hiding the drawer icon is definitely something I'm considering However I have a few ideas to improve it as well, perhaps a sort of "quick launch bar" in a row where the icon is currently located.
SMillerNL said:
I really like to include this in my ROM. Is it, or is it ever going to be, open source?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
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Feel free to include this in any ROM At this point it will not be open source.
imjustafq said:
fc when replacing app icon from gallery.
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Let me know if this is still happening with Alpha 2. Thanks!
Iloveyouandroid said:
Beautiful!
You should add some custom fonts.. or use the new Roboto slim.
Good job!
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Thanks for the suggestion!
imjustafq said:
add some bounce-back scroll effect option to homescreen..
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Scroll effects are definitely coming, however I'm focused on squishing some bugs at the moment Thanks for the suggestion!
merhans said:
How about gesture controle for open app drawer, something like swype up. So we wont lost that many space for app drawer icon.
Add possibility to create folder tiles^^
Great work until now.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Folders are coming back, I already have some stuff planned but it's not yet ready. Stay tuned!
SystemErrorOne said:
Also add stacking / folder feature in a tile shape. Overall looks amazing.. I'll be taking screenshots & maybe make a video when you release new updates. I'm here if you need help! Tester/Graphic Design, ect.
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Thanks man! Saw your review on Play Store as well, appreciate it

rob43 said:
Thanks man! Saw your review on Play Store as well, appreciate it
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No problem buddy! Im trying to find more bugs and ways to make it better...Last night when I downloaded the APK and tried to install it my phone wouldn't let me cuz it said "App not installed. An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed." The way I tried to install it was using Root Explorer and just over writing the app by installing the new APK but i guess something is going wrong with the signature cuz ive never seen this happen...so I just went to the playstore and uninstalled it from there and re-installed the new copy from there....But i still have one more issue. Whenever you install a new launcher from the play store and immediately after you click the home button the OS prompts you which launcher do you want to use..i have 3 launchers installed (Nova, Chameleon, & Tile) But the OS never prompts me which launcher do I wanna use...
UPDATE: Alright so I got it working now. Android now prompts for the launcher >>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvZDNKY21yV282TGM
But one more bug I found is that whenver you go to the widgets in the app drawer and you drag for example Airdroid 4x1 Widget Tile Launcher crashes.

This is extremely promising... Keep this up, if you play you're cards right, you may just have the most "innovative" launcher out there

SystemErrorOne said:
No problem buddy! Im trying to find more bugs and ways to make it better...Last night when I downloaded the APK and tried to install it my phone wouldn't let me cuz it said "App not installed. An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed." The way I tried to install it was using Root Explorer and just over writing the app by installing the new APK but i guess something is going wrong with the signature cuz ive never seen this happen...so I just went to the playstore and uninstalled it from there and re-installed the new copy from there....But i still have one more issue. Whenever you install a new launcher from the play store and immediately after you click the home button the OS prompts you which launcher do you want to use..i have 3 launchers installed (Nova, Chameleon, & Tile) But the OS never prompts me which launcher do I wanna use...
UPDATE: Alright so I got it working now. Android now prompts for the launcher >>> https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOvZDNKY21yV282TGM
But one more bug I found is that whenver you go to the widgets in the app drawer and you drag for example Airdroid 4x1 Widget Tile Launcher crashes.
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Hmm ok. Are you on ICS? Dropping widgets is still being worked on, added it to the known issues list now.
As for prompting for the launcher, it should prompt you every time you install a new launcher, strange if it didn't. It's possible to go to Apps -> Your current home launcher -> Clear defaults to make it prompt if that happens again.
I'll be returning home this weekend, hope to get a new build out soon Cheers

rob43 said:
Hmm ok. Are you on ICS? Dropping widgets is still being worked on, added it to the known issues list now.
As for prompting for the launcher, it should prompt you every time you install a new launcher, strange if it didn't. It's possible to go to Apps -> Your current home launcher -> Clear defaults to make it prompt if that happens again.
I'll be returning home this weekend, hope to get a new build out soon Cheers
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Well im on PA 4.1.2 Based Rom.. (2.54) & Thanks thats good too know ill do that next time it doesnt prompt me.
& Be safe on your trip..I know how it feels too be away from home and not have all of your equipment on hand. Good luck and well Ill be here to help ya! Looking forward to this launcher

New Icon Concept
I got bored so I was playing around and came up with this. Didn't take me much time but if you like it let me know and ill put more details into it
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Byxlw5J4qbOveEFNdElEWjEwdWM

i love this launcher!!
here some ideas:
- make it more flexible (the user no more needs to sets numbers of colums and rows)
then:
- option to choose min tile size (width and height)
- option to choose from horizontal scrolling or vertical scrolling in home
- option to choose paginated scrolling (regardless scrolling orientation) in home
- drawer categories
- option to enable google search bar near the app drawer button
- option to replace the launcher menu in app drawer with google play shortcut (or another app)
- fix custom color (can't set a custom hex color on nexus s cm10)
add these features even in a paid version and i'll buy it
keep it on!!

[Q] DashClock Widget

Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.

Crap Username said:
Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
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So there's a couple things about this question:
First, any widgets that you have in your first lockscreen by default are minimized to make room for your lock circle. If you just drag down on the widget, it will maximize your widget at the expense of your lock circle, which then has to be tapped to be brought up again. This is the behavior that you are seeing when you swipe away and then swipe back.
Second, if you want, some custom ROMs (namely cm and PA, but possibly others) have recently implemented an option to have your widget be expanded by default. So if that's what you're looking for, I would start there. Unfortunately, this feature is not available on stock so you will have to root your phone.
Hope that helps.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

remczar69 said:
I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.
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yoft1 said:
So there's a couple things about this question:
First, any widgets that you have in your first lockscreen by default are minimized to make room for your lock circle. If you just drag down on the widget, it will maximize your widget at the expense of your lock circle, which then has to be tapped to be brought up again. This is the behavior that you are seeing when you swipe away and then swipe back.
Second, if you want, some custom ROMs (namely cm and PA, but possibly others) have recently implemented an option to have your widget be expanded by default. So if that's what you're looking for, I would start there. Unfortunately, this feature is not available on stock so you will have to root your phone.
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for the replies. It's a shame I have to root and rom to add that setting. I guess I'll have to do without.

Crap Username said:
Thanks for the replies. It's a shame I have to root and rom to add that setting. I guess I'll have to do without.
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An alternative if you don't want to flash a custom ROM is to use WidgetLocker.

ohyeahar said:
An alternative if you don't want to flash a custom ROM is to use WidgetLocker.
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Will WidgetLocker allow me to use DashClock full size? Sorry for the nOObness

Crap Username said:
Will WidgetLocker allow me to use DashClock full size? Sorry for the nOObness
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Actually, my bad. I assumed that DashClock's lockscreen widget is the same as it's homescreen widget. Apparently they're different. If you use WidgetLocker, you'll only be able to see the full homescreen widget.
To see what I mean, add the DashClock widget to one of your homescreens and compare that to what you see on the lockscreen...

ohyeahar said:
Actually, my bad. I assumed that DashClock's lockscreen widget is the same as it's homescreen widget. Apparently they're different. If you use WidgetLocker, you'll only be able to see the full homescreen widget.
To see what I mean, add the DashClock widget to one of your homescreens and compare that to what you see on the lockscreen...
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I'll do without.

I’m going to contradict myself here. I just realized that if the homescreen version of the DashClock widget is resized to be larger, it becomes identical to the lockscreen version of the widget.
Unfortunately, for some weird reason, if you try the same with WidgetLocker, the widget still looks like the compact version.
So, WidgetLocker is not the way to go for this. Sorry!

just for the record it is aokp's feature. very nice idea indeed.

remczar69 said:
I'm afraid you need root to do this. I am running Paranoid's latest build and there is the option to make widgets go full screen in lockscreen.
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Thank for this info I was also having that same problem. running Paranoid's 3.0 latest build and sure enough this fix the dash clock widget not showing up in full lock screen size.. Thank you .

Before you go rooting and installing all sorts of weird stuff, try swiping Down on the Dashclock widget on the lockscreen, that might give you the results you want
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

i LOVE DashClock but i have some problems with whatsapp extensions ...

chrisrozon said:
Before you go rooting and installing all sorts of weird stuff, try swiping Down on the Dashclock widget on the lockscreen, that might give you the results you want
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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Nope, doesn't work for me.

Its a shame that stock Android doesn't have the option to maximize the lock screen widgets. I won't root and add a custom rom so it's a no go area for me unfortunately. Google if you're reading this please add that option!

Crap Username said:
Hey all
Hope you can help. I'm running stock Android 4.2.2 unrooted. I downloaded DashClock and added it to my lock screen, however when I press the power button to look at the lock screen the widgets are really small next to the clock rather than full screen. If I swipe to the left and then back to the lock screen, the widgets go full screen. Any idea on how to make the widgets permanently full size like the picture below.
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This is how dashclock was designed and unfortunately you have to pull down the screen to get full access. Not sure the developer will change this or at least make an option to change this in future versions. You could always try and contact the developer and ask him to include this as an option, his Google+ account would be a good place to start.

kzoodroid said:
This is how dashclock was designed and unfortunately you have to pull down the screen to get full access. Not sure the developer will change this or at least make an option to change this in future versions. You could always try and contact the developer and ask him to include this as an option, his Google+ account would be a good place to start.
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I don't have G+ or twitter account and don't want to create one. I'll just wait and see if this is implemented in future.

If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.

muks11 said:
If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.
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I was able to get the widget to display full mode with two rows of info perfectly using the following settings on PA:
250 DPI lockscreen (turn on expert mode)
260 DPI dashclock widget
Keeps the overall size reasonable for both pattern unlock and widget size.

muks11 said:
If you are running PA (15th feb) go to hybrid properties -> swipe right -> tools -> turn on expert mode. Now go to interface and reduce lockscreen down to something like 190dpi. This should enable you to see the widget in full screen on the lockscreen. At least this is what worked for me.
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halluci293 said:
I was able to get the widget to display full mode with two rows of info perfectly using the following settings on PA:
250 DPI lockscreen (turn on expert mode)
260 DPI dashclock widget
Keeps the overall size reasonable for both pattern unlock and widget size.
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Thanks guys, no need to rub it in.

Sense 5.0 - missing cool stuff from prev. versions

until now i had the Sensation XE.
and now in the One i am missing some basic things that were so great before !
1. weather widget. was so cool before.
2. calendar widget. used to be full screen, now 4X1 only
3. Mail - i have multiple accounts. each had different color.
its still the same in sense 5.0 but now they use the color to tell you if its an unread mail. after you read it - you lose the color.
now i have a list of emails and cannot know which email came from which account.
4. Mail - Delete email. used to navigate to the next one. now it just returns to the list of emails. very annoying.
5. clock widget - used to show my current location. now just says "Current Location"
i am sure i will find some more annoying stuff, and i dont like it one bit.
anyway to sort the above problems ?

yea, they removed a lot of good features. You listed most, but they also left out the SMS widget.
They really just have no idea.....

my most important widget was the people widget, if that was gone, i have no reason to get sense, but yes i do miss the others like sms

Can somebody post the people & sms widget from sense 4.5? Sense 5 still has m10 libraries so we might be able to port it with minor tweaking.

It still has sense 4's clock and weather widget. It doesn't have the bloaty one from sense 3 though
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There already is a people widget in Sense 5.

may_east said:
until now i had the Sensation XE.
and now in the One i am missing some basic things that were so great before !
1. weather widget. was so cool before.
2. calendar widget. used to be full screen, now 4X1 only
3. Mail - i have multiple accounts. each had different color.
its still the same in sense 5.0 but now they use the color to tell you if its an unread mail. after you read it - you lose the color.
now i have a list of emails and cannot know which email came from which account.
4. Mail - Delete email. used to navigate to the next one. now it just returns to the list of emails. very annoying.
5. clock widget - used to show my current location. now just says "Current Location"
i am sure i will find some more annoying stuff, and i dont like it one bit.
anyway to sort the above problems ?
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I like the new weather widget. It may not show full screen effects but I like it and on mine it actually shows the location I'm at
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And the mail widget isn't 4x1.. it's 4x3.
I wish the screen was 5x4 instead of 4x4.
\(^_^\) note 2 (/^_^)/

notown775 said:
I like the new weather widget. It may not show full screen effects but I like it and on mine it actually shows the location I'm at
And the mail widget isn't 4x1.. it's 4x3.
I wish the screen was 5x4 instead of 4x4.
\(^_^\) note 2 (/^_^)/
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He means the agenda calendar widget. There's no 4x4 widget any more.

Not sure where else to ask this, but something that is annoying me about the (otherwise excellent) Sense 5 stock mail app is that when you receive a notification about a new message arrival and you respond to the notification, it simultaneously switches focus to the mail app *and* opens and displays the first unread message.
I think I'd rather see the list of messages in my inbox and decide for myself if I want to open one or which one to open.
I'm pretty sure Sense 2.1 did not do this.
I have looked for a setting that controls this but could not find it.
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I have extracted the "Calendar Widget.apk" Sense 4+ edition from my HTC One X.
But when I want to install it on my HTC One, I get the following message: "An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed".
Somebody knows how to solve this?

koen-ronse said:
I have extracted the "Calendar Widget.apk" Sense 4+ edition from my HTC One X.
But when I want to install it on my HTC One, I get the following message: "An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed".
Somebody knows how to solve this?
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I'm sure u can't get it working by this way... U can try to repleace it with root explorer but I think its not working then also.. but try and let us know...
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htc watch, not that I used or that is is missing from sense 5 but the service will be terminated in Holland but now that I got a medialink it finally became useful
the weather graph
locate my phone/ring phone etc (long gone already from sense 3 or something) but I still miss it

And isn't it possible to change the name and signature of the extracted apk? So the original one can stay installed...

Slightly OT, but was the Sense Mail app any good in last versions of Sense? I keep seeing people praising the Sense 5 version when I just find it really awful. It doesn't have pinch to zoom, the checkboxes in the list view have a smaller area to hit than the AOSP one, and every email I get I have to click download images--it doesn't give an option to always download images from this sender like the stock one does.

Only missing the sms widget :/

koen-ronse said:
I have extracted the "Calendar Widget.apk" Sense 4+ edition from my HTC One X.
But when I want to install it on my HTC One, I get the following message: "An existing package by the same name with a conflicting signature is already installed".
Somebody knows how to solve this?
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Sense apk's won't install. You'll just have to replace the apk in /system/app.

What about location/footprints app? I could understand it's not there (in Sense 5) any more!

From the first preview to 1.29 somewhere in between they removed the ability to EDIT effects individualy in the gallery app, removed the option to hold back button for menu, boomsound is somehow not as loud, but camera have better color management. Seriously what the F, HTC, they seems to take 1 step forward and then 2 step backward, this is like with the old One X when all beats profiles has been removed as the software gets updated

Wait 2 more weeks for Sense 5.1 with JB 4.2.2.
The way I see it, people were bugging HTC to de-bloat their Sense and they did just that.
And I can tell from history that they change Sense every time.
Adding and removing parts of it. Perfecting it.

may_east said:
until now i had the Sensation XE.
and now in the One i am missing some basic things that were so great before !
1. weather widget. was so cool before.
2. calendar widget. used to be full screen, now 4X1 only
3. Mail - i have multiple accounts. each had different color.
its still the same in sense 5.0 but now they use the color to tell you if its an unread mail. after you read it - you lose the color.
now i have a list of emails and cannot know which email came from which account.
4. Mail - Delete email. used to navigate to the next one. now it just returns to the list of emails. very annoying.
5. clock widget - used to show my current location. now just says "Current Location"
i am sure i will find some more annoying stuff, and i dont like it one bit.
anyway to sort the above problems ?
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Hi dude,
I disagre with points 2 & 5
2, you are able to add a calendar 2*3 and modify its size.
5, Which clock are you using? mine is : weather clock 4*2 and I get my location and not: current location.
But yeah I miss an other point!
Scrolling Wallpaper is missing a lot! and 4*5 grid for the homescreen too!

[CUSTOMIZATION] kwerdenker's Widgets and Screen Setups [Updated: 11.09.14]

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
A collection of my work with Zooper Widget Pro.
I hope you like my work and if you have any questions or problems, just post them and I'll try to help you out
You can also check out my collected work on mycolorscreen.com/kwerdenker
BlackUiInspirant
BlackUiInspirant
Black & White City
Black & White City
CondensedBlackBar
CondensedBlackBar
FlatBlue
FlatBlue
ClockFrame
ClockFrame
Brittle
Brittle
Flipp
Flipp
Serenity
Serenity
Airy
Airy Music Widget
Vertique
Vertique
InspiredByBeats
InspiredByBeats
WolfieMinimal
WolfieMinimal
Floating
Floating
Dash
Dash
SideLined
SideLined
ChangingLine
ChangingLine
GradientLine
GradientLine
KWER001
KWER001
Elysian Fields
Elysian Fields
KWER003
KWER003
ThreeCards
ThreeCards
GlassShade
GlassShade

BlackUiInspirant
On mycolorscreen
Preamble:
This was designed for the full screen of the Nexus 4, so it works best with a ROM that supports full-screen mode a.k.a. PIE. It should look ok with the status- and navbar but everything might get a bit small .
Requirements:
- A custom launcher like Apex, Nova, etc. For this tutorial I'll be using Apex
- Zooper Widget Pro
- Media Utilities
- BalckUiInspirant_by_kwerdenker_2_40.zip
- Tasker, if you want the settings panel
Step 0:
Install all necessary apps (if you haven't already). Enter Media Utilities after you have installed it, go into settings and check Zooper under the "Application integration" category and Make coverart available under "Experimental features at the bottom.
Step 1:
Download the zip to your phone, extract the content and put the *.zw files into /sdcard/ZooperWidget/Templates/.
Step 2:
Go into the settings of your custom launcher. Set the grid of your homescreen to 10x6 (10 rows, 6 columns). If it's supported by your launcher, you should also hide the dock. (Bonus: In Apex under "Dock settings", check "Dock as overlay" and under "Behavior Settings" set some gesture do "Toggle dock. This way you can put your app shortcuts into the dock and show/hide it via gesture)
Step 3:
On your homescreen, long press to bring up the menu and select Wallpapers, then choose Gallery and navigate to where you've extracted the zip file to. There select the wallpaper and resize the box to cover the whole screen. Finish with "Ok".
Step 4:
Long press again to bring up the menu, select Widgets->Zooper Widget Pro->7x2. Tap on the resulting widget, select "SD card" and then choose BlackUI_Clock. If you want, you can select "Widget OnTap Action" in the next screen and choose something you want launched when the widget is tapped. Your alarm app for instance. If you are done, just exit the setup screen by pressing the back key. The clock widget should now be on your screen. If not, wait a second and it should pop up. Now position the widget where you want it to be on your screen. On my screen, it sits right in middle
Step 5:
Add another widget, this time choose BlackUI_Music. Nothing to setup here, just exit the setup screen again and put it where you want it.
Step 6:
Another widget, this time choose BlackUI_Weather. Again, not much to setup. So back to the homescreen and position it.
Step 7:
Can you guess it? Right, another widget, BlackUI_Calendar this time. Before you exit this one though, you should select "Calendar to display" and check the calendars you want to display on this widget. You can also setup an OnTap action to open your calendar application if you want.
For everyone without tasker, this is as far as you gonna get. Sorry but Zooper currently does not support changing system settings by itself. For everyone else, here are the steps for the setting panel.
Step 8:
Put the ZW_Tasks.prj.xml in /sdcard/Tasker/projects/. Open Tasker, press the home icon, tap "Import" and then select the ZW_Tasks file. This should be all you have to do in Tasker.
If you can't see the file when trying to import it, make sure you have "Beginner Mode" unchecked in the settings of Tasker. Thanks to haelmchen for finding this.
Step 9:
Add a Zooper widget (7x2, like the others), select BlackUi_Settings and exit back to your homescreen. Try the WIFI toggle and see if it works.
And that's about it. Enjoy your new homescreen and if you have any questions (or just want to show off your setup), feel free to post to this thread

Your .zip file is missing a bitmaps from ZooperWidget/bitmaps folder, so it's impossible to apply but on screenshots it looks nica
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gallardo5 said:
Your .zip file is missing a bitmaps from ZooperWidget/bitmaps folder, so it's impossible to apply but on screenshots it looks nica
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I just checked and everything needed (bitmaps, fonts, icons, etc) is in fact in the Zooper template files (.zw). You can only import those with the Pro version of Zooper though.

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I just checked and everything needed (bitmaps, fonts, icons, etc) is in fact in the Zooper template files (.zw). You can only import those with the Pro version of Zooper though.
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I have Pro and on Beta Zooper and have folder icons in the music one.
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paulpoco said:
I have Pro and on Beta Zooper and have folder icons in the music one.
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On the music one?... Ah, damn. I missed a step in the tutorial! Sorry, my bad I will update it immediately. The missing step is:
Enter Media Utilities after you have installed it, go into settings and check Zooper under the "Application integration" category and Make coverart available under "Experimental features at the bottom.
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After that the folder icon should be replaced by the actual album art and the music info should be updated when a song is played.
Again, sorry for missing that step. I'm probably just to just to used to this setup

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I just checked and everything needed (bitmaps, fonts, icons, etc) is in fact in the Zooper template files (.zw). You can only import those with the Pro version of Zooper though.
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I am also getting the bitmap folder missing error...
Just paid for tasker and the zooper pro JUST to get the toggles.... any ideas ??
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TrOjAnUK said:
I am also getting the bitmap folder missing error...
Just paid for tasker and the zooper pro JUST to get the toggles.... any ideas ??
TrOjAn
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Is it on the settings panel or the music panel?
For the music panel I forgot a step in the tutorial:
Enter Media Utilities after you have installed it, go into settings and check Zooper under the "Application integration" category and Make coverart available under "Experimental features at the bottom.
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Also you have to be part of the Zooper beta program for the album art to correctly work. The public release with that feature is expect for this weekend.

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Is it on the settings panel or the music panel?
For the music panel I forgot a step in the tutorial: Also you have to be part of the Zooper beta program for the album art to correctly work. The public release with that feature is expect for this weekend.
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The music panel is not right either but I dont mind that as Im not planning on using it..
The settings panel is the one, I can add it but the icons are folders, when I toggle a setting the folder is there - ON or missing - OFF
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TrOjAnUK said:
The music panel is not right either but I dont mind that as Im not planning on using it..
The settings panel is the one, I can add it but the icons are folders, when I toggle a setting the folder is there - ON or missing - OFF
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Ok this is really strange. I double-checked and the needed resources are in the .zw files. Let me re-export and re-upload everything. First time I worked with Zooper, might have done something wrong on my end.

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Ok this is really strange. I double-checked and the needed resources are in the .zw files. Let me re-export and re-upload everything. First time I worked with Zooper, might have done something wrong on my end.
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OK mate, dont stress, Im not too bothered
TrOjAn

TrOjAnUK said:
OK mate, dont stress, Im not too bothered
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I checked the beta group for pointers and it seems I didn't read an important bullet-point on the last beta version announcement Basically because of some changes in handling of bitmaps, *all* templates created with the beta version are not compatible with the current market version. You'll have to wait until version 2.40 is released in the next two days.
I'll put a note next to the download until that happens. Sorry for the inconvenience.

You can´t add a 7x2 widget on a screen with only 6 columns.
How do I import this data into Tasker? Ok I fond the import button. But then i cant find the xml file. The folder where it should be, is empty

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You can´t add a 7x2 widget on a screen with only 6 columns.
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On launchers like Apex or Nova that should work. Alternatively, since these widgets cover the whole width anyway you could just increase the column count to 7. Makes no difference for the widgets
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How do I import this data into Tasker? Ok I fond the import button. But then i cant find the xml file. The folder where it should be, is empty
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Did you copy it to the folder mentioned in the step? I sometimes had problems importing stuff in Tasker from other folders than it's own.

Did everything like you said in OP.

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Did everything like you said in OP.
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Hmm... then I'm currently out of ideas to be honest. When I long-press the home icon in the lower-left corner and choose import, the file is there like it's supposed to. Does the file still has the .prj.xml file extension?

I managed it now. All I had to do was turning of the Beginners Mode. Then instantly it found the xml file

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I managed it now. All I had to do was turning of the Beginners Mode. Then instantly it found the xml file
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Great find! Will add this to the tutorial :good:

When the settings widget is finished, will it be possible to change some switches, e.g. sync to bluetooth?
edit: in your mycolorscreen profile you wrote you were using PA 3.96. Just to get any confusion out of the way, i´m sure you meant 3.69

Good Morning
Can this also work on a SGS 3? i tried to copy the BlackUiInspirant zip on the sd card but the b***ch wont let me also on my phone. Any Ideas?

[Guide] Setup Your Phone with Style

In Pakistan people have this weird habit to see your phone and I love to customize my phone as much as possible so when people see my phone and by see I mean thoroughly check my phone they usually say “this feature is cool how can I get this on my android” or “how can I make my android look as awesome as yours” okay I’m exaggerating but still they usually say something similar. So I thought lets put the entire setup of my android here. Before we start you need to have your android rooted and bootloader unlocked otherwise some of the things can even break your device. Most of the things will work on any android by any manufacture though some of the things I’m going to include require stock android or near stock android operating system. If you are using a nexus device or Moto X, G or E or some other device running stock or near stock android then you don’t have to worry about anything. So lets start:
Lockscreen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I like to customize every element I can of my android phone. Changings start from the lockscreen. Here on the lockscreen I’m using an Ultimate Custom Clock Widget called Peek instead of normal android clock. Doing this is possible even without root. You just need a device running android 4.2+. However if you have an android below that version you can use Widget Locker and get the same look.
You can use any clock widget I usually use the widgets made by different developers for UCCW and Zooper.
Ultimate Custom Clock Widget: http://bit.ly/13zxcgY
Peek UCCW: http://bit.ly/WKTIaE
Wallpaper: Reddit.
You can also use an app called “Android L Lock Screen” It gives notifications on the lockscreen though I don’t use it because it doesn’t allow changing the clock widget but still it’s a pretty good app.
Navigation Bar
The reason why I like onscreen buttons more than capacitive buttons is because you can mess around with onscreen buttons. The main icons of the navbar have been changed. You can use SoftkeyZ though I’m not using softkeyZ here these icons were inside a theme pack called Flux. If you swipe the navbar to the right you can access toggles and the music player on the left this is done by an xposed module called Xtended Nav Bar this is so handy I hardly ever have to access the quick toggle page in the notification panel.
Xtended Nav Bar: http://bit.ly/WKV0Ch
Flux Theme: http://bit.ly/WKV1Gn
Home Screen
I like to keep the home screen as simple as possible. Just a few icons, a clock and the rest of the space empty to enjoy the wallpaper. The clock widget is another UCCW widget called “Bebas Clock”. Notice how the navigation and status bar are not visible? That’s because immersive mode is on. Immersive mode or Expanded Desktop hides the status bar and the navbar so the apps can take the center stage. The status bar is not entirely gone you can still swipe down to open it and with Paranoid’s Hover and Halo you don’t really need to use the status bar at all. Hover gives you heads up notifications and halo can store the notifications. To get hover and halo you will need to flash a custom rom, which has those features. Or instead of hover you can use Android’s own heads up notification system. Android 4.4 had heads up notifications officially but at the last second they removed it out, although they kept the code alive in the framework. Cyanogen Team actually found this and well the developers turned it on. You don’t really need cyanogen rom to get heads up notifications you just need android 4.4x. Just install the Xposed Module “Heads up notifications” to get it working.
This is actually Google Now Launcher the default one which comes on all stock android phones. The annoying thing about Google Now Launcher is that you can’t remove the search bar and you don’t have much control over the settings. The solution comes by some very amazing developers. There’s an Xposed Module called Xposed Gel Settings and that allows you to change almost everything in Google Now Launcher including icons, removing the searchbar, hiding apps in the app drawing and even controlling the grid size of the app drawer and homescreen without losing Google Now screen.
Bebas Clock: http://bit.ly/1zp29WH
Heads up notifications: http://bit.ly/1zp2mZZ
Xposed Gel Settings: http://bit.ly/1zp2xo1
Icon Pack: http://bit.ly/1zp2R6m
Wallpaper: Reddit.
Notification Panel
You might have noticed the different Icons of Toggles they are from the theme “Flux” and doesn’t that blurred notification bar look awesome? That is done by an xposed module called “Serajr Blurred System UI” and I used another xposed module called “Xblast Tools” to get the notification header translucent.
Serajr Blurred System UI: http://bit.ly/1zp4TDw
Xblast Tools: http://bit.ly/1zp5pkZ
Multitasking
It was sort of annoying to me that every time I wanted to open an app I would have to minimize the app I’m using, go in to the app drawer and then open the other app that’s such a long process. The app sidebar you can see in the screenshot is available everywhere in the system. Whenever I want to open a new app I just quickly swipe from the left choose the app and done. I’m actually using here an app called Glovebox though if you are using a custom rom then see in settings a similar system called “App Bar” will be there. You can use an xposed module “Xblast Tools” to get the app bar aswell.
On the other screenshot there’s android L multitasking or recents panel. That’s actually not the same one from Android L this one is built by Paranoid Android its available on Paranoid Android 4.5. If Paranoid Android team officially supports your device then if not already your device will get Paranoid Android 4.5 with Android L recents in a few weeks.
Glovebox: http://bit.ly/1zp7FJ0
Xblast Tools: http://bit.ly/1zp5pkZ
Paranoid Android: http://bit.ly/1zp8664
Acdisplay
Acdisplay is one of my favorite apps of all time. When you get a new notification it shows them on a beautiful minimalistic screen its like notification peek from Paranoid and Active display from Moto X. The good thing about this is that its completely free and I haven’t faced a bug yet. Its completely awesome you have to try it.
Acdisplay: http://bit.ly/1zpa2eT
That pretty much sums up my whole phone. Some of my favorite apps are Pocket, Reddit Now, Sound Cloud, Link Bubble and Google Keep. If you have any questions or want to suggest an app please comment down below.
I usually post things like this on my blog here: http://geekmyday.wordpress.com/
And i post things I'm testing on my facebook you can follow me here: https://www.facebook.com/talhaambidextrous

Nice! Thanks for the tips.

wallpaper
Elrom said:
Nice! Thanks for the tips.
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can u pls post the wallpaper from the first pic?

Nice post man. Your setup is minimal and clean.

Very nice

lifetimes said:
Very nice
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thanks but please unquote

Elrom said:
Nice! Thanks for the tips.
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your welcome

Saphire007 said:
can u pls post the wallpaper from the first pic?
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sure here you go https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97664160/B2OwCLp.jpg

nirmalbalaji said:
Nice post man. Your setup is minimal and clean.
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hahahha thanks

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.net.grumpyweather
You will also like this app i think.
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Beautiful.

Thank you so much for this thread! Really helped me find the right xposed modules for the customization I need. Also can you tell us where exactly on reddit you get your wallpapers from? Or if you can post your wallpaper collection? We seems to have similar visual preferences.

Link for the wallpaper ?

hottu_doggu said:
Thank you so much for this thread! Really helped me find the right xposed modules for the customization I need. Also can you tell us where exactly on reddit you get your wallpapers from? Or if you can post your wallpaper collection? We seems to have similar visual preferences.
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thankyou so much i didn't really expect that so many people would like it i usually use wallpaper section of reddit to find wallpapers but i can give you the link to these ones too
lockscreen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97664160/B2OwCLp.jpg
homescreen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97664160/zDM1fiR.jpg

ThunderZeus said:
Link for the wallpaper ?
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here you go
lockscreen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...60/B2OwCLp.jpg
homescreen: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...60/zDM1fiR.jpg