I came over to the android world from a HTC Tilt II running WM 6.5. Has anyone mimicked the Sense/TouchFLO layout? It looks very professional and sleek... I would love to make my Android home screen on my Captivate look similar to it. I love the android OS by far, but I would love suggestions on how to make it look more "professional". Thanks
Try Beautiful Widgets for clock and weather widgets. http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=beautiful+widgets
LauncherPro for custom docks and icons, an upgrade to LauncherPro Plus will get you htc sense style bookmark, contacts and facebook widgets. http://www.appbrain.com/app/launcherpro/com.fede.launcher
LauncherPro is IMHO the best replacement launcher www.launcherpro.com
cjward23 said:
Try Beautiful Widgets for clock and weather widgets. http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=beautiful+widgets
LauncherPro for custom docks and icons, an upgrade to LauncherPro Plus will get you htc sense style bookmark, contacts and facebook widgets. http://www.appbrain.com/app/launcherpro/com.fede.launcher
LauncherPro is IMHO the best replacement launcher www.launcherpro.com
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I appreciate the help, however I have already purchased BW and LP. I just want that more "professional" feel, as previously stated, and I can't get that out of anything that I have tried. But again, thank you for your input.
You could try ADW Launcher, I've never really used it my self.
But you download custom made themes, i'm sure there must be numerous sense style themes available, but your not going to get sense style widgets.
There are numerous clock widgets available that are similar to sense clock widget http://www.appbrain.com/app/sense-analog-clock-widget-4x2/factory.widgets.SenseClock
I don't think he necessarily wants a Sense look, or he probably would have gotten an Aria or gone to a different network
As far as professional, sleek, clean.. the things you can do to your Android home screen are boundless. It's all personal preference. If you want it to look like HTC Sense, go with either LauncherPro Plus (for the widgets) or ADW.Launcher (for the navbar and icons). Also, I recommend Weather and Toggle Widgets paid app, if you want the pretty HTC Sense flip clock with the weather (get the H7C skins for it).
Personally though, my homescreen is TypoClock with four of the apps I use most (Facebook, Messaging, Music, and Faves.. not very professional, but whatever, I'm in high school ). And there's other widgets you can get to make it pretty, like Tajm and BattStatt are nice. If you have any Photoshop skill (or hell, even Paint), you should make a mock-up of what you actually want your homescreen to look like, that way we can give you more relevant suggestions.
And thanks for joining the Android army!
Get the signals23 themed launcher pro apk!! It looks very sleek & professional. You can find it in the ANDROID THEMES (not droid inc themes) section here on xda. Play around with desktop visualizer alongside various different icon sets. I share the same intent. I came from blackberry storm earlier this year and I would love a rom to be developed, that mimics the bbos, the same way miui rom from china mimics apple os4. I hate all the bb themes on the market right now. But I've become somewhat fulfilled with signals 23's launcherpro themed apk.
Oh and check out the "post your homescreen thread." See what you like here and there and get some inspiration.
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Try "Slidescreen and Slidescreen Pro" in the market. They're home replacements and, imho, are very professional and clean looking. If you use all of the functions integrated it's even better. You can also try "Executive Assistant" which can be a widget for all of your info or a lockscreen replacement. Both are pretty professional looking.
EDIT* I'm not affiliated with either of these devs.. I just own both and enjoy the way they clean up the look of my phone.
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Try "Slidescreen and Slidescreen Pro" in the market. They're home replacements and, imho, are very professional and clean looking. If you use all of the functions integrated it's even better. You can also try "Executive Assistant" which can be a widget for all of your info or a lockscreen replacement. Both are pretty professional looking.
EDIT* I'm not affiliated with either of these devs.. I just own both and enjoy the way they clean up the look of my phone.
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I agree with Joshnichols189, its a great home launcher, very professional looking.
iflip said:
Get the signals23 themed launcher pro apk!! It looks very sleek & professional. You can find it in the ANDROID THEMES (not droid inc themes) section here on xda. Play around with desktop visualizer alongside various different icon sets. I share the same intent. I came from blackberry storm earlier this year and I would love a rom to be developed, that mimics the bbos, the same way miui rom from china mimics apple os4. I hate all the bb themes on the market right now. But I've become somewhat fulfilled with signals 23's launcherpro themed apk.
Oh and check out the "post your homescreen thread." See what you like here and there and get some inspiration.
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the kind words. People think I'm nuts for trying to mimic tf3d. They always say it looks too winmo, but they are missing the point. I love and miss tf3d. I am close to finishin a theme using LPP that will closely mimic tf3d. Stay tuned around these parts...
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joshnichols189 said:
Try "Slidescreen and Slidescreen Pro" in the market. They're home replacements and, imho, are very professional and clean looking. If you use all of the functions integrated it's even better. You can also try "Executive Assistant" which can be a widget for all of your info or a lockscreen replacement. Both are pretty professional looking.
EDIT* I'm not affiliated with either of these devs.. I just own both and enjoy the way they clean up the look of my phone.
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I actually just found this, and was headed back here to tell you guys about it. EXACTLY what i wanted.
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I made this theme for my Epic and figured I would share it with the community. I borrowed a couple of images from Hack6ipod's Final Theme ICS. If you want to have the custom icon's that I used for the home screen, download SimpleText from the Market. Attached are the two templates I used.
Looks great!
Thanks. I created it to help maximize viewing my wallpaper without sacrificing usability and styling.
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Thanks. I created it to help maximize viewing my wallpaper without sacrificing usability and styling.
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Yea seeing more wallpaper is always better & the minimal look is good
It would be nice to add an option to create soft shadow behind the icons, like the one in Galaxy S III and MIUI launchers.
This would make icons look a lot better on transparent App drawer as well as very light wallpapers.
Please help voting for this option
This is a great idea. I use drop shadows in a lot of my wallpapers and behind my UCCW clock for depth. The only thing that appears out of place is the lack of shadow behind my icons.
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Yes the look and feel would be much better with nice shadows behind the icons
Great Idea!
Nova Launcher is my favorite launcher app, and this my friend, truly is a great, neat and very nice idea.
Soft Shadow under icons is like the ONLY thing missing from Nove Launcher.
I hope the dev's will look into it.
Look dribbble.com/shots/1331343-Exploration-Of-Miui-V5-Icon-400
Good day all,
Once this thread grabs some more attention, I will make a nicer and more readable introduction. But to those who are reading now, let me introduce myself.
One of the main reasons I love having an Android phone is its capability to be themed. However, as I was looking through the many themes, I noticed that none of them are quite what I am looking for. I decided to make my own themes to satisfy what I like.
Although, I am at best a Photoshop hobbyist and have absolutely no artistic capabilities nor any formal learning in this field, I sincerely hope you enjoy what I make.
Any comments, criticism, or discussion is appreciated!
Click the images to go to their links!
Hollow is a dock-centric homescreen theme that is meant to be clean, simple, and flexible.
INFO:
The idea of Hollow first appeared when I realized the majority of the themes were very restrictive in their gridlines + choice of wallpaper. I wanted to make something that allowed more flexibility while staying eye-appealing. My answer to this was placing the good majority of the widgets into the dock. The dock contains everything you need, the desktop contains whatever else you want. Don't like the set up? Move the widgets to your own liking or even make your own widgets to match your personal tastes.
CREDITS:
rabrot + a/OS for the inspiration: http://mycolorscreen.com/2014/01/07/aos/
KNXT for the Click UI wallpapers (icons are also fantastic): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.launchertheme.kxnt.click
arandompackage for Éternel icon pack: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arandompackage.eternel
Leonid Afremov for the oil painting wallpapers: http://leonidafremov.deviantart.com/
ATMOSF3AR Designs for the Galaxy Note 3 Template
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This is my first android app published in playstore.
I have created 20 wallpaper and it looks amazing.
What feature does it have?
- Colorful Gradient Wallpaper shows awesome and rich look to your android home screen.
- All walllpaper are HD giving it universal size for various kind of phones.
- Software built to give robust wallpaper and quality to user.
- All Wallpaper under one screen.
- We would love to get feedback from user.
If i have violated any forum law then please text me. I will do necessary thing.
Hope u like it
LINK: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dppeppd.wallpaper&hl=en
Nice!