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[LAUNCHER THEME]Nexus one themed Launcher.apk for 2.1 now with 5 screens 5x4 icons!!

I themed Launcher.apk to look like the Nexus Launcher. This is not Launcher2.apk, it's just a themed version of Launcher.apk. It has been done in the past but I wanted it for 2.1 so here you go.
KiNgxKxlicK Version:
5 screens
5x4 icons
[all I did was theme the Launcher.apk he already has on the ROM]
Download attachment for this version
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Credit for the launcher tab images go to Kron2. I used his for this launcher and added the black background.
Rename it Launcher.apk and push to /system/app
ADB:
Code:
adb push Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk
Terminal:
First copy the Launcher.apk to your SDcard [not in a folder]
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/Launcher.apk /system/app/Launcher.apk
Download links are in my signature. [FOR THE KiNgxKxlicK version download the attachment]

May be a dumb question, but does LWP still work with this launcher?

Che123 said:
May be a dumb question, but does LWP still work with this launcher?
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Just tested and working

Someone has tested this... Post some comments about it, to know how this are working.

taz2781 said:
Someone has tested this... Post some comments about it, to know how this are working.
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works like it should
flashed it this morning - working good so far. like the launcher icon

taz2781 said:
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I flashed it last night and it is working awesome. looks really nice.

just flashed and working on 2.0.1 ROMs

how do u add genie widget

PAChawaii said:
how do u add genie widget
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This is the wrong post for that but, I used Astro file manger.

I end up pushing the Launcher.apk to system/sd/app_s
cuz I was getting a bootloop when pushd to system/app
same with voicesearch----> I push it to system/sd/app_s
and it works good

Redoing this one for Kingxkxlicks 2.1 now. [Will have 5 screens and 5x4 icons in app drawer]

dumbestcrayon said:
Redoing this one for Kingxkxlicks 2.1 now. [Will have 5 screens and 5x4 icons in app drawer]
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I'm using it and it's really nice but i've got a FC when i want to apply a wallpaper from gallery : is there a fix ?
No problem with wallpapers from images and live wallpapers.

Edit. Nevermind. All i had to do was read some more. this was not a zip file that u flashed.
Got it working . Great work

jcdusse1981 said:
I'm using it and it's really nice but i've got a FC when i want to apply a wallpaper from gallery : is there a fix ?
No problem with wallpapers from images and live wallpapers.
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No news about this issue ?

Any chance to have this nice launcher for Nexus?

HTC HERO
hey i tried rooting my romk some many times im pissed cause it just wont work ive read all the tutorials (gold card mthd etc) basically i cannot root my htc hero european rom, however i like this launcher thing, so does my HTC Hero have to be rooted to use this Launcher.apk when my Hero is updated to 2.1 by the end of the month? please help

Adding Wallpapers to Launcher.apk

First post so pls go easy on me.. am a android noob who just got his first G1 a few days back..
I wanted to add wallpapers to the "android wallpaper gallery" in my cyanogenmod v4.2.15.1 G1,
Here is what I did, what worked and what I need help with.
I read the the files are stored within Launcher.apk and hence files have to be added to that. So I used Metamorph to add jpg files with the wallaper_<name>.jpg and wallpaper_<name>_small_jpg to launcher.apk. The files were not visible in the android wallpaper gallery.
On the other hand if I renamed my new wallpaper to the same name as an existing one in launcher.apk (ex-wallpaper_bluedotgrid.jpg and wallpaper_bluedotgrid_small.jpg), the new wallapaper is visible..
So iwas wondering what other files I need to edit to ADD new wallpapers.. It quite limiting if i have to replace the existing ones with ones of my choice.
Any help appreciated..

You should mess with some xml inside the apk, but idk which one atm.
For this you may try Brut.all's apktool to decramble the binary xmls or just compile launcher from sources...

Well any how to or guides would be much appreciated.. I am new to xml coding also..

May I ask why you want to do this? If it is to retain the quality of the wallpapers you are adding, and avoid cropping them.. then there are alternative methods.. but if it is for more complicated reasons then nevermind.

I just like the "android wallpaper gallery" over setting a jpg as wallpaper from astro or file browser..
Metamorph seems great to add files to apk, so If i can find a way such that I can copy new jpgs into zip and metamorph it to get it into launcher.apk, it would be great..
EDIT: Seeing this thread has had 240+ views, maybe ppl would be interested in the replace wallpapers method that i used..
Here is guide posted by cloverdale..
tinylink(dot)com/?SkPYhdh1XA
Can i post links to other site here?

rnb89 said:
I just like the "android wallpaper gallery" over setting a jpg as wallpaper from astro or file browser..
Metamorph seems great to add files to apk, so If i can find a way such that I can copy new jpgs into zip and metamorph it to get it into launcher.apk, it would be great..
EDIT: Seeing this thread has had 240+ views, maybe ppl would be interested in the replace wallpapers method that i used..
Here is guide posted by cloverdale..
tinylink(dot)com/?SkPYhdh1XA
Can i post links to other site here?
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I'd just like to contribute that all of the roms\launcher.apk's I've pulled apart ALL use the replacement method; I have yet to see a rom that has custom wallpapers and does not replace stock ones.

jcarrz1 said:
I'd just like to contribute that all of the roms\launcher.apk's I've pulled apart ALL use the replacement method; I have yet to see a rom that has custom wallpapers and does not replace stock ones.
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Well Cyanogen's Launcher.apk has wallpaper named wallpaper_prash_cm_girls.jpg
That definitely isn't a default one replaced.. he added it in..

rnb89 said:
Well Cyanogen's Launcher.apk has wallpaper named wallpaper_prash_cm_girls.jpg
That definitely isn't a default one replaced.. he added it in..
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Yeah I've seen at least a few that have a large catalog of available wallpapers through the launcher, Cyanogen (as stated above) and Marks theme launcher are two that come to mind right away.

You have to recompile from source. The wallpaper list is defined in an array within the source code I think...
id matches file name...

You could try opening launcher.apk with apktool and editing res/values-mdpi/arrays.xml and making it something like
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resources>
<string-array name="wallpapers">
<item>wallpaper1</item>
<item>wallpaper2</item>
<item>wallpaper3</item>
<item>wallpaper4</item>
<item>wallpaper5</item>
<item>wallpaper6</item>
</string-array>
</resources>

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Smoked(Transparent) Facebook widget

I found this facebook.apk in the Nexus one forums, the widget is transparent pretty sweet looking! I was going for a smoked widget theme but this will have to do until I can find one that works with EE3.0
All credit goes to rori-his creation-I just found the link.
hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731625
To install: adb shell mv /data/app/com.facebook.katana.apk /system/app/Facebook.apk
adb push Facebook.apk /system/app/Facebook.apk

Here's the rest of the smoked widgets
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7383784#post7383784

I've been looking for a transparent widget that is supported with the new version of facebook, I think this one will do just fine...if I could understand how to install...could someone dumb it down for me?

megs3241 said:
I've been looking for a transparent widget that is supported with the new version of facebook, I think this one will do just fine...if I could understand how to install...could someone dumb it down for me?
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Copy the apk file over to your SD card, then use a file manager on your phone like Astro to install the apk file.

the OP and the source of these smoked widgets suggest using adb to push the apk's. Can anyone confirm that on other devices installing the apk using a file manager works?

no live wallpapers cm7?

Is there a way to get the live wall paper picker APK to work on cm7?

Ok I installed live wallpaper picker. APK with root explorer and rebooted, no luck. Also tried nexus s live wallpaper APK.

My live wallpapers were working, and then the picker disappeared.
It was either v3 or the new kernel that killed it.

live wallpaper picker works for me.

Can you post up your apk

this is the one i used with root explorer, when i get home im going to try to push it with adb
let me know if it works for you

I tried that one in root explorer earlier. Force closes on start

how to install the picker?

jacky193527 said:
how to install the picker?
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See this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11720285); I posted info on how I got it to work.

[APP][THEMED] NoiseField (Bubbles) Live Walpaper for AMOLED

Hey all,
as I like the Bubbles Live-Wallpaper but it has to much blue in it (because: the OLED material used to produce blue light degrades significantly more rapidly than the materials that produce other colors -> see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oled#Disadvantages for more information), I decided to modify it a little bit.
The modifications are:
- Changed Bubbles into little green Androids
- Changed noise field BG into just black (also good for Battery drain )
You need to be root to change the Bubbles wallpaper, because it's a system app!
As I didn't change the sources, there can be only one "Bubbles" wallpaper on your phone. Therefore you have to delete or cut the stock NoiseField.apk which is located at /system/app.
After that you can use adb to push the modded NoiseField.apk at /system/app :
Code:
adb push NoiseField.apk /system/app
apk and screenshots are attached!
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EDIT: I made a CWM flashable zip. As I don't know if there is different update-binary files for Nexus S 4G and I9023, please perform a CWM Backup, if you want to try the flashable zip!
For I9020 it should work as it is!
The flashable zip is also attached!

Awesome! Thanks a lot!
I <3 Ice Cream Kangwichez!

Nvm this post. This is great! Thanks a bunch!

Update
Added CWM flashable zip!

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Hi.
i just tried to install this; put apk to system/apps/
after reboot, that doest appear in wallpapers list..
What could be wrong?
thanks
Ray, GB ....62, root.

tiesto_ said:
Hi.
i just tried to install this; put apk to system/apps/
after reboot, that doest appear in wallpapers list..
What could be wrong?
thanks
Ray, GB ....62, root.
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change the permissions to rw-r-r and then reboot. All should be good after that
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using xda premium