I just wanted to let everybody on this forum know about SwipePad Beta. It's a free app that has added a huge amount of functionality to my NookColor. It's a launcher panel that you customize and can access at any time by swiping up from the corner of the screen, and it works flawlessly, even for a Beta. I can't post the link because I'm too new, but it's in appbrain under SwipePad
sorry about that.
Smart task bar works better. But swipepad is cool also.
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What about integrating the Android system buttons in Swipepad?
Buy an app called gesture control in the market it basically gives you iPad gestures like pinch with four finger to close an app , you can also customize how many fingers you would like or the direction you pinch or swipe, you can also create a custom gesture ,, its for 5.00 dollars but its worth it ...there is a lite version to try if you are not sure ......
I would recommend this. Does as advertised. I was actually jealous of these feature. Problem solved
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Gmd control on the market does a nice job too. I like keeping the status bar turned off. Oops. Same program. I didn't recognize it without the GMD on the front.
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Raibbl said:
Buy an app called gesture control in the market it basically gives you iPad gestures like pinch with four finger to close an app , you can also customize how many fingers you would like or the direction you pinch or swipe, you can also create a custom gesture ,, its for 5.00 dollars but its worth it ...there is a lite version to try if you are not sure ......
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How about a link or is that asking to much ? Wouldn't want the world to spontaneously explode due to over effort on your behalf.
G-Play Link to GMD GestureControl Lite (lite version ) HERE
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How about a link or is that asking to much ? Wouldn't want the world to spontaneously explode due to over effort on your behalf.
G-Play Link to GMD GestureControl Lite (lite version ) HERE
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When I posted this post I was still under XDA restrictions
Hi guys,
Hope all of you are well.
So I'm back after a two year break from iOs to Android.
As I was browsing through the internet and try to look if there are any new alternatives to sweeter home I really couldn't get wiser out of all the information. So before I will start building themes again I was wondering if anyone knows what the top theme alternative apps for the moment are (2012-2013) and would like to share that with me.
In the past I have made some themes on sweeter home like these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIopL7bbi4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QOCowHO65c
But that was in the very beginning of the mobile Android platform and there were not many options to customizing your home screen.
So hereby my humble request to some information in the right direction.
With kind regards,
DizzyDix
uccw , sslauncher... ?
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uccw , sslauncher... ?
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Wow, uccw is deffinitly something I was looking for.
Seems like a very powerfull app and one could modify every aspect of their UI.
Thank you for your reply!
Uccw is amazing.. don't forget about widget locker.
try holo launcher and adw launcher
best of all
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Uccw is amazing.. don't forget about widget locker.
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I agree, Zooper widget is also amazing!
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Wow, uccw is deffinitly something I was looking for.
Seems like a very powerfull app and one could modify every aspect of their UI.
Thank you for your reply!
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the fact that you can even save them in uccw.. its great.. used sweeterhome once..but the setting for the setup isnt yet perfect..hard to use for me.. hope to see your work soon..
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I believe the top two launcher apps right now are apex and nova. And the apps that have already been named above are amazing for customization.
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Great news
Wow guys,
This is wonderful, thank you all for the input.
I think you have helped me a long way now with all this info.
I was really stunned by the uccw app, because of its possibilities.
But I will surely check out all apps.
I was kind of disappointed yesterday when I found out my S3 has no scrolling wallpaper function, so they force me again to make my own UI.
And because I dont like using ROM's I rather work with a launcher app/home screen replacement.
While browsing I have seen many good functional and good looking themes, so it is really a challenge for me to bring something out.
First I will play around with android and hopefully start theme'ing after a while.
Wish you all a good day.
Cheers
Dizzy
go for apex as your launcher..
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Try lightning launcher.
With uccw
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I believe the top two launcher apps right now are apex and nova. And the apps that have already been named above are amazing for customization.
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i think she is right
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oops! i see first woman in xda
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also
battery disk widget
Atom launcher is great for theming and customization.
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SPB Go launcher
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Launcher/ Home replacement
Hi all,
There has been some mix up, I think because of me.
I get a lot of input from you guys and that is totally cool, never expected that but your info is by far great nice to see the xda community being so helpful.
The mixup:
I don't think I am looking for a "launcher app".
I'm looking for a skin app which lets me change every aspect of the android UI, in this case TouchWiz.
So let's say we have Touchwiz with bottom bar where the apps icon always is outlined on the right and we have the home screen with the status bar etc.
What I want to do is: replace all elements of the TouchWiz. So for example that my homescreen will look like the Mac Os Lion interface on a mac or like the Windows 8 interface on a laptop.
The only app which lets me do that (that I know of) is SweeterHome, but I can't find sweeterhome in the market anymore and Beta 2.0 has bugs.
So then I was informed about:
UCCW
Apex
Nova
Home
iHome
aHome
SPB
LIghting launcher with uccw (that is totally not what I am looking for as I am designing my own theme so I dont want to use someones theme as a consumer but use an app that lets me build a new UI on the android OS.)
Ss launcher
holo launcher
zooper widget (not looking for a widget shell, but thanks for the input)
So, the most important question:
Is there an app that can do the same as SweeterHome?
Im looking forward to hearing from you guys,
Regards,
Dizzy
dizzydix said:
Hi all,
There has been some mix up, I think because of me.
I get a lot of input from you guys and that is totally cool, never expected that but your info is by far great nice to see the xda community being so helpful.
The mixup:
I don't think I am looking for a "launcher app".
I'm looking for a skin app which lets me change every aspect of the android UI, in this case TouchWiz.
So let's say we have Touchwiz with bottom bar where the apps icon always is outlined on the right and we have the home screen with the status bar etc.
What I want to do is: replace all elements of the TouchWiz. So for example that my homescreen will look like the Mac Os Lion interface on a mac or like the Windows 8 interface on a laptop.
The only app which lets me do that (that I know of) is SweeterHome, but I can't find sweeterhome in the market anymore and Beta 2.0 has bugs.
So then I was informed about:
UCCW
Apex
Nova
Home
iHome
aHome
SPB
LIghting launcher with uccw (that is totally not what I am looking for as I am designing my own theme so I dont want to use someones theme as a consumer but use an app that lets me build a new UI on the android OS.)
Ss launcher
holo launcher
zooper widget (not looking for a widget shell, but thanks for the input)
So, the most important question:
Is there an app that can do the same as SweeterHome?
Im looking forward to hearing from you guys,
Regards,
Dizzy
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Hi, If you want windows phone 8 style, WP8 launcher is there. Search in Xda. It Rocks.
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ramsuresh4 said:
Hi, If you want windows phone 8 style, WP8 launcher is there. Search in Xda. It Rocks.
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Hey Bud, thanks for your reply.. but I dont think you understood my message..
I am not looking for someone's theme.
I make themes.
Thanks though..
Unless I'm mistaken it sounds like you're looking for something that would completely change the visual aspects of android ui such as the status bar, menus pop ups and things of that nature afaik the only thing similar to that requires you to be rooted and running custom roms, which has the theme manager and allows you to theme to entire system and framework of android, if your looking for only third party apps available in the market that are themeable I believe super status bar comes with a theme engine as well as omega status bar (for the status bar) however they don't perform very well, and many custom launchers such as apex and nova allows for custom icons and icon packs as well as docks etc... However most themeing will require root as well as a custom roms like CM or PA (paranoid android) or aokp which all have the theme engine included.
Just a side note the theme engine included in these roms are based off the tmobile theme engine and cannot be used as a standalone app
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Sorry for the double post, just wanted to let you know there are third party apps that you can use in place of rooting however none will be as effective or theme as thoroughly as using the theme engine. Here's a list of some apps that might do what you need
Widget locker (for lock screen)
Super Status Bar (for status bar)
Go Launcher Pro (for home screen and launcher) not much experience with this but it seems pretty thorough in its themeing capabilities
Hopefully these can be viable alternatives for you ill add more if I think of any or of you have any other questions lemme know
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+1 to what he said ^^^^ very detailed. But here is my shorter version, look into how to make a "Theme Choser" (or Theme Engine) theme, that is the most complete way to change how your phone look. Another alternative would be MIUI ROM, which is extremely customizable and dynamic when it comes to theming capability. Hope it helps :laugh:
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Unless I'm mistaken it sounds like you're looking for something that would completely change the visual aspects of android ui such as the status bar, menus pop ups and things of that nature afaik the only thing similar to that requires you to be rooted and running custom roms, which has the theme manager and allows you to theme to entire system and framework of android, if your looking for only third party apps available in the market that are themeable I believe super status bar comes with a theme engine as well as omega status bar (for the status bar) however they don't perform very well, and many custom launchers such as apex and nova allows for custom icons and icon packs as well as docks etc... However most themeing will require root as well as a custom roms like CM or PA (paranoid android) or aokp which all have the theme engine included.
Just a side note the theme engine included in these roms are based off the tmobile theme engine and cannot be used as a standalone app
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Sorry for the double post, just wanted to let you know there are third party apps that you can use in place of rooting however none will be as effective or theme as thoroughly as using the theme engine. Here's a list of some apps that might do what you need
Widget locker (for lock screen)
Super Status Bar (for status bar)
Go Launcher Pro (for home screen and launcher) not much experience with this but it seems pretty thorough in its themeing capabilities
Hopefully these can be viable alternatives for you ill add more if I think of any or of you have any other questions lemme know
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Yesss!!!
Kagedin, thank you you've just answered more questions than I needed.
I was not sure if I needed to root but this confirms it. I got very noob at the moment because of the breakaway of 2 years from android so sorry for the complex questions.
But your answer confirms that I need root. And I also came to know that if you want to make an Apex theme... these days its done on your desktop through Python or etc.
Things has changed a lot since the beginning of Android, back then it was root into your phone, take aspects of the UI, redesign them on your desktop and place them back into their original folder on the phone and you where good to go.
I will go with Widget locker, Super Status Bar, Go Launcher Pro and Apex for the moment but first of all root.
BIG THANK YOU!
Gesture Controlled operations for Android
I've been tired of everyone saying that Android is stale and it needs something like Ubuntu or BB10 Gesture control in next version, I do agree upto some extent but then, we already have an app that can do anything and everything for us. So I thought of making a tutorial, let's get started.
You'll need this app GMD GestureControl ★ root, best ~$6 I ever spent ($5.56 to be precise )
So all you need is that app, I've thought of making a long post describing how to use it but then I thought of sticking to a video. Here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPlJuOyZoQg
THIS VIDEO IS NOT MADE ON N4 THAT'S WHY IT LAGS! xD
The Other two apps are : -
Swipe pad
Glovebox
Glovebox looks a bit ugly and big because I recorded this video on a WVGA device, It should look alright on Nexus 4's 720p. I'm yet to receieve mine so had to make this video on my S2.
As you can see I did many mistakes, but there's huge potential in that app, checkout the video the developer posted. So this makes Android gestures waaayyy more customizable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U1jtGbe9jA
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Very cool! I had no idea that these apps existed. Thank you.
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Very cool! I had no idea that these apps existed. Thank you.
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It's super responsive, no lag in gestures, feels like gestures are part of the OS I can't even live without it. So thought of sharing.
Using this since it's thread on xda.
It's amazing when you also hide the navbar, it's like a no-button device..
I love it.
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Good stuff here! This video from Pocketbook's Taylor Martin hits the mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvraNCHUpuE
Also check out this article on Lifehacker about Nova Launcher:
http://lifehacker.com/5983786/double-the-number-of-shortcuts-on-your-home-screen-with-swipe-actions
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thanks for the guide, iam a gesture lover i will try that.
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Good stuff here! This video from Pocketbook's Taylor Martin hits the mark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvraNCHUpuE
Also check out this article on Lifehacker about Nova Launcher:
http://lifehacker.com/5983786/double-the-number-of-shortcuts-on-your-home-screen-with-swipe-actions
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Ah I've seen those. And I use a bunch of swipe actions on apex already. It makes usage so much faster and easier. There are many alternatives. LMT launcher is good for quick multi tasking too.
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Thanks for Guide
thanks
A Launcher to show custom animations while launching Apps and lots of customization..
Features:
*Unique homescreen
*Linear Widgets: add any number of widgets and remove them any time
*Add your favorite contacts to speed dial..
*Shortcuts
*Access your favorite apps with one swipe
*Use gestures to launch system settings using swipe settings
*Show different animations while launching apps
*Theme up icons with 14 inbuilt themes for glossy look
*Inbuilt app locker to secure apps
*Password for the secured apps is encrypted and stored
*Add any number of apps and remove them easily
*DARK MODE[EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE] to hide applications in System's recents apps list
*Horizontal pagination, vertical pagination and list view for app drawer.
*Ntoggles to toggle System settings
*Manipulate default settings of launcher any time using Inbuilt Launcher settings
*Wallpapers included
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Nova has app opening custom animations
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akellar said:
Nova has app opening custom animations
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I never used Nova launcher, as far as i know nova provides custom scrolling effects..
NLauncherPro provides custom animations even while opening apps.. Please send me a link which can give me information regarding custom animations in nova so that i can update threads..
naresh babu said:
I never used Nova launcher, as far as i know nova provides custom scrolling effects..
NLauncherPro provides custom animations even while opening apps.. Please send me a link which can give me information regarding custom animations in nova so that i can update threads..
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It's in the play store, install it and look. I can assure you that you aren't the first to have such feature.
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It's in the play store, install it and look. I can assure you that you aren't the first to have such feature.
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I updated thread thanks for your info
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It's in the play store, install it and look. I can assure you that you aren't the first to have such feature.
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But there are some features which are making this one unique.. I hope you share this app if you like it..
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