Template for Nova Launcher themeing - Android Themes

Hi,
in the last few months I really start to like the theme with a static wallpaper (or multi wallpaper) where there is just everything and you use uccw/transparent icon on the phone.
I'm then having problem because often is hard to understand where a widget will be really positioned or is hard to put an icon in the right position (maybe you want to add a counter to it and the counter is not matching the icon in the wallpaper).
I'm using nova launcher (not sure why I choosed that, apex was a little bit laggy scrolling wallpaper and...ss launcher I didn't know about it but right now I love it but because I purchased nova, let's keep nova).
What I'm then wondering is if there are template with line where you can exactly understand where the grid of nova are (7x7, 6x7 and so on) or if someone has some suggestion on how to do that.
I already tried to just craete a pics in photoshop with the resolution of the htc one x and splitting it in 7x7 grid but, not sure why, my grid isn't matching the real grid of the nova homescreen (maybe because there is no notification bar on the top?? don't know).
Any suggesiton or premaded template around (tried to google it but without any good result).
Thanks,
Massimiliano

I do the same thing for my homescreen setups. Icons on wallpaper, etc. What you are going to want to do is create all the settings you want on nova. The grid, hide notification bar if that's what you want (it will change the size of spacing in the grid) then put an icon in every space. Preferably a square icon. Take a screenshot, and import it into Photoshop. Create a new action (Google "Photoshop actions") and create guides around every one of your icons. Save the action as the name of the grid size you were using in nova so its easy to remember for later. Then go to the wallpaper you were planning on using and run the action. The guides you made in the previous document will show up and you can use that to format where your Widgets/icons will go.
If you're still confused I could make a little video tutorial tomorrow if you'd like.
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kcls said:
I do the same thing for my homescreen setups. Icons on wallpaper, etc. What you are going to want to do is create all the settings you want on nova. The grid, hide notification bar if that's what you want (it will change the size of spacing in the grid) then put an icon in every space. Preferably a square icon. Take a screenshot, and import it into Photoshop. Create a new action (Google "Photoshop actions") and create guides around every one of your icons. Save the action as the name of the grid size you were using in nova so its easy to remember for later. Then go to the wallpaper you were planning on using and run the action. The guides you made in the previous document will show up and you can use that to format where your Widgets/icons will go.
If you're still confused I could make a little video tutorial tomorrow if you'd like.
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Me 2 trieing to make 3 homescreen wallpaper with "no icons" (blank png above icons on wallpaper). I perfectly understand what u trying to say and i think this is the way to do it but i got a problem. I can use guidelines as action for positioning but wall res (which i do in photoshop) is 1440x1280 and screenshot is 540x960. So cant get that accurate position even with guidlines... So my screenshot is little "zoomed in" when i put it in photoshop. Should i "level" it back by manual expand till my eye thinks its good or? Any suggestion?

Hi mates, have anyone of you eclipse template for Nova Launcher?
[edit] ech
https://github.com/teslacoil/Example_NovaTheme

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[Q] Size of pic required for adding apps to Golauncher

Hi, Ive only just stumbled upon Golauncher and editing my Desire HD.
Ive tried to create my own pics to add as a icon on my phone... I have looked at the different threads and dont know where to post this so here goes....
I am using Golauncher and desktop visualiser but when i add a pic to launch the icon i cant get the pics to fit the size of the space... i have tried editing them, making them larger, wider etc but cant get it right; i also tried resizing them with go launcher itself but the border doesnt fit tight to the pic. I have icons on my home screen but there are large gaps between them.
I need pixel sizes for all the different variations e.g 1x1, 2x1 etc
Any advice on what im doing wrong??
Thanks
I can't help with go launcher, sorry know not very helpful to original question, but I find desktop visualizer is ideal for this job. You can add an shortcut icon of any grid pattern size will add a box initially, just take a screen shot and edit on computer to match sizes exactly for your chosen grid pattern. It also resizes icons well to fit in anywhere, Im using it on launcher pro for a 7x7 grid cause standard icons always get cropped due to small space.

[Q] ADW EX with Custom Icons

How would I go on about taking the Icon package from MIUI theme, "Glowbusters" to use on ADW Ex? So that all the images would automatically change the actual app icon in the app-drawer? As well as giving apps without a dedicated image to have the same background+icon style as everything else?
I believe this is it: http://www.miui-dev.com/forums/show...Busters-5.0-TEAM-KOMMINATED-FIXED-TO-KICK-ASS
I'm aware it's for MIUI but all the icons are included in a folder within the archive, I was hoping to use it on Froyo+ADW Ex
Load the images into your gallery,
All the icons you want to change should be on one of your homescreens.
hold the icon you want to change until the mini popup menu comes up.
select edit and then press on the stock icon.
go to gallery and you should be able to select new icon.
I'm about 3 sheets to the wind right now so I really hope that is understandable
Yeah it's understandable, but what I mean is for the icons to automatically apply to the apps in the appdrawer not the icons on my homescreen. Then having it already applied in the appdrawer, if I were to bring those icons to my homescreen the icon would remain as well.
It sounds theme related where I would have to customize an adw-ex theme package or something
Ah, I see... you'd have to get someone to make an ADW theme as far as I believe. I was only on MIUI for about a day but I could've sworn that the icons changed in the drawer on adw... Are you using MIUI? If you still have the captivate, there is a port of it in the cappy forums

10x10 Grid Size, I dont understand

How can you put anything on that grid size? My minimal text gets cut off when i create a widget to display the date, and everything is so small like my mclock unless i drag it out over the whole screen then I cant press anywhere to add widgets, which are also really small...any help?
I am trying to follow this btw - http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=wormdoes#/d3niht8
I've noticed that with GO Launcher EX the icons don't look too small on the 10x10 grid. On Launcher Pro, the 10x10 grid seems to shrink the icons down to where you can't really use them.Haven't had any problems placing widgets, just resize them and all should be well.
If your Minimalistic Text is getting cut off make sure your using the correct size widget. For example, if your trying to replicate like in the link you posted use something like 3x1 or 4x1, not 2x1 or 1x1 or it will cut off.
I just resize the widget. Simples
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Memnoc's home screens set up [UCCW] [Zooper Widgets]

Hi everyone, I finally decided to share my work. I thought a lot about to put these as paid skins/widgets, but I finally decided to share them for free, because I feel very bounded to open source philosophy, and because this way I can pay back all the people that, as me, share their work for free. Nothing against paid works, they all deserve to be paid, the amount of time I spent on any of these set up it's sometimes just absurd, and yes I'd like to gain some money for that, but I prefer to let the users decide wether or not give a free donation, as I always did. No more words, just enjoy my themes, I hope you like them:good:​
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Zooper Widget set up: Eon
This is an idea originally brought to us from @BRKotucs, so I'm glad to credit him for his original amazing idea that I further developed according to my style.
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Thanks and credits to @SeriouslyCrazy for SC 79 Round Dark Grey Icons!! (link in OP)
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DOWNLOAD 720x1280 wall
DOWNLOAD full Eon wall
HOW TO SET THE THEME
Zooper Widget Pro Set up: Holox
This is Holox theme, a complete GUI that covers 4 pages of your launcher. Hope you like it:good:
-Total of 8 widgets, 2 for page.
-5 Third party widgets, all of them are free.
Simple RSS widget
Animated Photo Frame Widget
Brilliant Quotes
Sonet (x2)
Power Toggles (x2)
-Animated Music Widget (thx @BRKotucs for the base).
-Tiny Icons Pack (Thx @Seriously Crazy)
-Weather widget
-Calendar Widget
-More than 30 hotpsots
Theme Chooser background is a theme called "Blue Moon" by @vcino, you can find it on the playstore.
Nova Launcher Settings
nova settings/desktop/desktop grid 12x12
nova settings/desktop/widht margin/none
nova settings/desktop/height margin/none
nova settings/desktop/resize all widgets-flagged
nova settings/desktop/widget oevrlap-flagged
nova settings/desktop/overlap when placing-flagged
nova settings/dock/enable dock-unflagged
nova settings/dock/show divider-unflagged
nova settings/dock/Show Scroll Indicator-flagged
nova settings/Look and Feel/Color Theme= a1b9cc
How to apply the theme:
All of the upper widgets are 4x4
All of the bottom widgets are 4x3
Place a 4x4 widget, make sure to stretch it, then click on it and select -holox1-upper-4x4-
Place a 4x4 widget, make sure to stretch it, then click on it and select -holox1-bottom-4x3-
Repeat the operation for each set of widgets
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UCCW set up: Zayon
This is a very huge set up for more than one screen. It comes in 2 flavours, white and black.
Requirements:
-Nova Launcher free or pro/or Apex, or similar (recommended set up)
12x12 grid size
No dock
Flag all of the overlapping options in "desktop"
-UCCW app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget&hl=it)
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DOWNLOAD white architecture wallpapers with different gradation of black (1280x720).
UCCW set up: Circle Skin
A minimal one-screen set up, to have all you need at your hands quickly with a cool compliex look.
Requirements:
-Nova Launcher free or pro/or Apex, or similar (recommended set up)
12x12 grid size
No dock
Flag all of the overlapping options in "desktop"
-a custom ROM or tweak that aloows you to hide the navbar (expanded desktop)
-UCCW app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.vineetsirohi.customwidget&hl=it)
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DOWNLOAD CircleSkin wallpaper (1280x720)
Zooper widgets set up: Clock Ring
A simple but cool looking widget I made with ZW
Requirements:
-Zooper Widgets pro ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro&hl=it)
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Zooper widgets set up: Senset4
Cloned widgets from Sense 4.x. Sense fella's will love these ones.
Requirements:
-Zooper Widgets pro ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro&hl=it)
-Nova, or any other launcher that allows you to change the grid size..something like 9x9 or 6x5 will work fine. This in order to obtain a perfect non-spaced set up, like the one in the screenshot.
No dock
No horizontal nor vertical margins
All overlapping options ticked in "Desktop"
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Zooper widgets set up: Senset5
Same as Senset4, but here I thought to made a perfect clone of BlinkFeed and Sense5 app drawer GUI as well. Accuracy is the point of this set up.
Requirements:
-Zooper Widgets pro ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zooper.zwpro&hl=it)
-Nova, or any other launcher that allows you to change the grid size..something like 9x9 or 6x5 will work fine. This in order to obtain a perfect non-spaced set up, like the one in the screenshot.
No dock
No horizontal nor vertical margins
All overlapping options ticked in "Desktop"
-Free third party app widgets like FlipBoard, AppyGeek, and Pulse, to reproduce the BlinkFeed news feed system. Find them on PlayStore.
-*a completely black background will avoid you to set a grid size 100% perfect.
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Zooper widgets set up: B&B (Black and Blue)
Something I recently made, looking for a simple but very productive and cool GUI.
Requirements:
-Nova launcher or any other launcher that allows you a grid resizing.
6x6 grid size will work fine
All of the overlapping options must be ticked in "Desktop"
No horizontal nor vertical margins
No dockbar
-A custom ROM or Tweak that allows you to hide the navbar is advisable (expanded desktop)
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Zooper Widgets set up: Magi System
A tribute skin to Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Magi System skin: 3 widgets, first one is 4x1(upper), second one is 4x4(central), third one is 4x2(bottom)
Deatils on how to place it:
-Nova launcher or any launcher that allows you to resize your home grid
Nova settings/Desktop
Desktop grid: 6x6
Show shadow: unticked
Widht margin: none
Height margin: none
Resize all widgets: ticked
Widget overlap: ticked
Overlap when placing: ticked
Nova settings/Dock
Enable dock: unticked
Show scroll indicator: unticked
Show divider: unticked
-a custom rom, or a tweak, or whatever allow you to hide the navbar (on aosp), in other words expanded desktop mode.
TIPS: place the first 4x1 widget, then the second 4x4 one. Now go to another empty page on your homescreens and place the 4x2, now drag the 4x2 widget into the home where you previously place the 4x1 and the 4x4 ones.
Thanks and credit to @SeriouslyCrazy for the brilliant tiny icons!
SC58 Gray Light
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Enjoy:good:
Zooper widget set up: Viper Skins
A tribute to team Venom and Viper users:good:
For both blue and red skins, settings are:
upper widget: 4x2
central widget: 4x4
bottom widget: 4x3
-Nova launcher or any launcher it allows you to resize your home grid
Nova settings/Desktop
Desktop grid: 6x6
Show shadow: unticked
Widht margin: none
Height margin: none
Resize all widgets: ticked
Widget overlap: ticked
Overlap when placing: ticked
Nova settings/Dock
Enable dock: unticked
Show scroll indicator: unticked
Show divider: unticked
-a custom rom, or a tweak, or whatever allow you to hide the navbar (on aosp), in other words expanded desktop mode.
TIPS: place the first 4x2 widget, then the second 4x4 one. Now go to another empty page on your homescreens and place the 4x3, now drag the 4x3 widget into the home where you previously place the 4x1 and the 4x4 ones.
Thank to @SeriouslyCrazy for SC 55 Round Red icons!
Blue
Red
Zooper Widget set up: Double-Pie (ywo widgets, both 4x3)
Finally, I made PIE control by Paranoid Android as a static cool widget, but one wasn't enough! So i doubled it:highfive:
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HOW TO PLACE THIS SKIN
Requirements: Apex or Nova or any launcher that allows you the following set up:
(Nova)
Nova settings/desktop/grid: 12x12
Width margin: unticked
Height margin: unticked
Show shadow: unticked
Resize all widgets: ticked
Widget Overlap: ticked
Overlap when placing: ticked
Nova settings/dockbar
Enable dock: unticked
Show scroll indocator: unticked
Show divider: unticked
Credits to @SeriouslyCrazy for the SC BlueGlass frameless icons!
Zooper Widget set up: Real PIE
Requirements: Apex or Nova or any launcher that allows you the following set up:
(Nova)
Nova settings/desktop/grid: 6x6
Width margin: unticked
Height margin: unticked
Show shadow: unticked
Resize all widgets: ticked
Widget Overlap: ticked
Overlap when placing: ticked
Nova settings/dockbar
Enable dock: unticked
Show scroll indocator: unticked
Show divider: unticked
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This is Chrone theme, a zooper widget set of 4 widgets, 2 for black, 2 for white version. It took me forever to put it together, but I'm satisfied with the result. The theme is something very particular, I hope you like it:good:
INFO
Chrone include a Musci Player widget with coverart available, a weather forecast mini widget, as long as clock widgets and more than 20 hotspots available!
I personally designed everything, even the icons, editing every single part carefully and one by one. The theme works well in terms of productivity, and it belongs to the one-page philosophy, so the aim is making everything available in the most original way possible.
The white version is slightly different from the black one, and it brings a sort of hi-tech style I must say I love messing with, I hope you'll be pleased by the possibility of choosing between different version of the same design.
As always, thanks to @SeriouslyCrazy (+Andrew Gallagher) for the SC Blue Frameless Icon pack in the black version. The other 2 types of icons in the white version have been designed by me (first time, be kind LOL), but actually I'd like to give a thank to @blackbearblanc cause the idea came to me looking some of his icon sets (that i cannot use because they are paid ones) so I made them myself for the theme.
Thanks for all the support, you guys rock:good:
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How to place the theme
My Tips and Tricks section in second post!! Read it, if you're in trouble, it will surely help you!
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Thanks and Credits​
I don't often use other themers/developers stuff, but when I do it, I always like to credit them. Ideas, inspiration are something that comes for free, but still they are the basics to realize anything creative. So I will give a general big thanks to all of the following, wonderful people.
@BRKotucs, for the help, and for being so friendly and helpful. Check his work out, it's just outstanding.
@SeriouslyCrazy, for letting me use his icon packs, for the infinite amount of set up he made, and to be so kind and friendly. His thread lies here.
@MyColorScreen, a place where I always find fresh ideas and a great deal of workarounds. You guys rock!​ Check it out!
Donations are welcome, you can donate clicking on my donate button or paypal logo in my signature. A beer it's too much, just feel free to offer me a coffe if you feel like it
I encourage advanced users to help newer ones, it would much appreciated.
You can ask for request, fixes, and anything you feel to ask with no problems, I'll be glad to help if I'm able to.​
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Tips and Tricks​
We all know that apply those kind of themes can be a very PITA :angel: By the way, there are some workarounds I learned, and I want to share them with you, because I know they will help you. I'll refer particularly to my themes, but sure they can be applied on any theme with the same situation.
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First: Wallpaper​
I own a Galaxy Nexus (maguro), it means that I develop my themes on a 1280x720 screen resolution; as a consequence, the wallpapers I provide to you implie this resolution. What about if you own another device?
Well, there are basically two ways to fix this issue:
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First: for pro users
-take a screenshot of your device screen, it will give you a perfect wallpaper with your screen resolution
-open that screenshot on a image editor, Photoshop, Gimp, whatever.
-Now, open the wallpaper as a level (assume that we are dealing with a 1280x720) onto your screenshot, and resize it accordingly.
done
Second: any user
-Dwonload one of these two applications, or you find a simalr one, use that one, it doesn't really matter
Wallpaper Wizardrii
or
Image2Wallpaper
-the point of both of these two applications is exactly size a wallpaper with a different resolution than your device.
-resize the wall accordingly
done
Hot spots, and clickable but invisible spots​
A nice trick I learned is how to make an hotspot invisible, but still clickable. Suppose that we have a skin with a part we want it clickable, app drawer for example, take Circle Skin as reference.
You see the red circled app drawer icon? Well, that's not an icon, it's part of the UCCW skin, it means it's a bitmap pasted onto UCCW skin. You can either make it as an hotspot through UCCW, this way:
-touch the skin
-UCCW editor will open (*if nothing happens, it means you locked the skin! Go to UCCW app, click the three dots in the upper right screen corner/Lock widgets (hotpsot mode) MUST BE OFF
-now, find the your images, that app drawer icon in our example, and assign it an hotspot
modify objects/hotpost/choose what you need
You can also use another trick, and it works this way:
-place the icon you want to open clicking that very specific part of the skin, we want to open the app drawer, so I will place a Nova shortcut to open the drawer.
-of course the icon it's just unappropriate, we want it clickable, but invisible.
-in order to achieve this goal, long press on the icon or the shortcut/edit/choose an image from your gallery/apply the png available below
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-this is nothing more than an invisible.png I made through an image editor
-select this ong as your new icon image, and voilà, the icon it's still there, but now it's invisible:good:
*NOTE: make sure that once you did that, the icon, the clickable but invisible one, it's emphasized (put in to the foreground), otherwise the skin will overlap it and it won't be clickable!
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Skins designed to match a wallpaper​
It means, especially when it comes to me, that I often realize set up that involves a precise match between skins and wallpaper. This is a bit messy, especially when it comes to apply the skin on a different resolution device. What can you do? Well, my best advice is to play with grid size, and try to obtain a wallpaper the closest possible to the screenshot I provide you as a reference. Also, make sure to hide the parts I tell you, because if I developed the skin hiding my navbar, if you try to apply that very skin with your navbar visible, all the skins will make a step up, and the mismatch between skin and wallpaper will result hugely visible.
Last advice: yes, I know UCCW and ZW are scary for non expert users, at least the first time, but guys, I left you the skin fully editable, I didn't lock any of the elements, it means that with a bit of work you're virtually able to adapt my themes to WHATEVER resolution/device/situation. That's up to you, I can help by the way:good:​
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Where should I put uccw and zooper widget files??​
UCCW files go to your sd card in "UCCW Output folder"
Zooper widgets files go to ZooperWidget/Templates folder
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Setups are sick. I've seen your work around various places. I'll be keeping up with this thread, you do awesome themes :thumbup:
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Setups are sick. I've seen your work around various places. I'll be keeping up with this thread, you do awesome themes :thumbup:
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thanks mate:good: feel free to spread the voice around:fingers-crossed:
memnoc said:
thanks mate:good: feel free to spread the voice around:fingers-crossed:
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Good work Man. Keep it up.
hedifezai said:
Good work Man. Keep it up.
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I'll do mate, thanks:good:
I think it won't work witk custom font. I'll reflash and try again.
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Solved? It should work as well
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memnoc said:
Solved? It should work as well
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Reflased and things became better. Just now I must put things in place
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hedifezai said:
Reflased and things became better. Just now I must put things in place
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Ok there we go and zooper? Still issues?
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Ok there we go and zooper? Still issues?
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Yep. Even changed permissions to 666, zooper is unable to use roboto regular
Edit. I will copy fonts to sdcard. Zooper is looking at them there
Edit2. No more errors after copying system fonts to sdcard.
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But I still see some bitmaps are missing..
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I think it is a nova resising problem. I am close to find the culprit.
Good work man.
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Done. But hotspots not working. May be because the are set in Italian
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Done. But hotspots not working. May be because the are set in Italian
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Nice mate, you did it It looks all OK, hotspot are not assigned, cause everyone use differents app's, it's up to you
Edit: weird for italian..I wonder why..well, you can reassign them, like the alarm one, just "manually edit" the text choose "system" and select alarm. Resize if needed..sorry for that, I thought zw would change all the elements according to the system language..I'll design my themes in english from now on!
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Nice mate, you did it It looks all OK, hotspot are not assigned, cause everyone use differents app's, it's up to you
Edit: weird for italian..I wonder why..well, you can reassign them, like the alarm one, just "manually edit" the text choose "system" and select alarm. Resize if needed..sorry for that, I thought zw would change all the elements according to the system language..I'll design my themes in english from now on!
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English would suit the majority. Even if my second language is French. I always use English as system language
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Get third party icons from icon packs on OneUI Home!

Fair warning: I'm extremely anal about icons, so yeah.
I can't stand ugly icons on my home screen and in general. One my biggest gripes about any non-OxygenOS UI's is the fact that you can't customise your icons. Third party launchers don't play well with Android's native gestures (though using Good Lock's Task Changer fixes it) and doesn't allow for two different displays on our phones. And since FNG doesn't work well at all with the Z Fold 2 - I was forced to use OneUI with native gestures.
Hex_ theming allows for different icons, but you're stuck with the specific theme's icons which doesn't allow for diversity at all. Not to mention, certain icons (such as Chase Bank's, and Dunkin Donuts') are blurry and look dreadful. Hex is perfect to change the quick setting colour and status bar icons, so I highly recommend everyone look into it if you're looking to theme your quick settings/status bar. However, for those that are extremely picky about icons - it may not be the best.
However, I came across this app that looked interesting, it's called Shortcut Maker: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rk.android.app.shortcutmaker&hl=en_US&gl=US
It's a free app so feel free to play with it. But what it allows for is creating a 1x1 widget that when you click on, you can launch an app, do a specific command, etc., and it looks like the creator is adding more functionality. You can add these 1x1 widgets into folders and the dock too. You can also choose the size of the icon, the shape, and you can even select your desired icon from icon packs from the Play Store! Watch it action in the video below.
One thing that I absolutely love about OneUI is the beautiful animations when you swipe up to go home. The animation, fluidity, and the way the icon actually wiggles a little bit looks amazing. When I first created a widget with Shortcut Maker, I saw that the swipe home didn't do the animation, much to my dismay. I thought that it's fine, and a smaller price to pay to not look at ugly icons. But then I decided to add the default icon in one of my folders and try to swipe - 'lo and behold, the animation is there. When you do swipe home, it does go into the folder with the app, but it still looks great. I highly recommend it for those that enjoy custom icons and don't mind spending quite a bit of time perhaps redoing their apps.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4WZXBcCK2c
would be good to be able to create an icon for launcher folder (not the file folder!) where you can put apps icons. That would be an ultimate customizer.
sorg said:
would be good to be able to create an icon for launcher folder (not the file folder!) where you can put apps icons. That would be an ultimate customizer.
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Not a bad idea at all! I think you can leave it as a comment on the Play Store and the developer may look into it. The app isn't crazy popular and being flooded with comments so the developer can actually read them and respond.

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