Hi All,
I suspect the answer to this question is a flat "no" but I thought I would ask anyway....
Is there any way to change the titles of the apps as they appear on-screen? I don't want to rename them as such i.e. Greenify is called Greenify in all of menus and app lists etc, and I have the app titles on my homescreen hidden using Apex launcher. Every so often, for example on the lockscreen, I will have an app that has quite a long name which is not fully displayed, but might look neater to the eye if it just said "Browser" or "Internet" instead of the whole name of the app.
Is there any app which can do this or is it more like the app title is taken directly from the code within the app? I certainly don't want to infringe any legal copyrights etc by wanting to change the legend (like you can with the name of an icon on Windows desktop).
Hopefully this makes a little bit of sense, please ask if my explanation sounds confused
Many thanks
Weezlerox
weezlerox said:
Hi All,
I suspect the answer to this question is a flat "no" but I thought I would ask anyway....
Is there any way to change the titles of the apps as they appear on-screen? I don't want to rename them as such i.e. Greenify is called Greenify in all of menus and app lists etc, and I have the app titles on my homescreen hidden using Apex launcher. Every so often, for example on the lockscreen, I will have an app that has quite a long name which is not fully displayed, but might look neater to the eye if it just said "Browser" or "Internet" instead of the whole name of the app.
Is there any app which can do this or is it more like the app title is taken directly from the code within the app? I certainly don't want to infringe any legal copyrights etc by wanting to change the legend (like you can with the name of an icon on Windows desktop).
Hopefully this makes a little bit of sense, please ask if my explanation sounds confused
Many thanks
Weezlerox
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You can't change the name of the app systemwide, but with some launchers (for example APEX and NOVA) you can edit the shortcuts on your homescreen. Just longpress the icon on the homescreen and press edit.
Much as I had thought, thanks for confirming this is the case
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ok, i've tried a fair few but only 'open home' so far can offer transparent labels/text for both icons & folders.
anyone know of any others that do this? i just want text-free home screens.
many thanks.
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should have said, need 7 screens & customisable folder icons.
cyanogenmod roms can add shortcuts with no text to home, but the launcher with all apps will show text. I dont know any with such a function
If you want a nice launcher try zune home, i love it.
ps edit posts, dont double post.
adw + folder organiser combined manages it.
ok re double post, almost as bad as a post that adds no value.
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So.... ive been digging around this morning to no avail........
What im looking for is an app that i guess would be considered a simulated app drawer? Not a home launcher. For example, it would list all apps and allow you to run them from within itself as shortcuts just like the normal app drawer does. More specifically something that would allow the changing of said apps icons. At the moment i dont care about any battery drain side effects that using an extra app drawer app would cause.
Anyone know of anything like this?
Note: Remember im not talking about an entire home launcher, im well aware of most all home launchers and there abilities or lack there of.
Thanks in advance.
Edit: At best the closest i can come to this is to create a folder and add apps to it by dragging folder organizer shortcuts with custom icons in it into it. This is a time consuming process and needs to be manually updated every time an app is installed.
Something like Simi Folder?
Thats one option i was looking at but when it comes down to it it would basically require the same effort that folderorganizer does.
I think what i really need to do is research creating icon "packs" that i can link too that would auto assign an icon to an app. Simi is a bit more pleasing to the eye though.
Edit: haha thanks for posting that i just reread the simi folder thread and realized i missed the fact that it has support for icon packs... So does folder organizer though. I guess im kind of looking for something thats right in my face.... 0.o... Im just not to fond of trying to learn how to create icon packs... wonder if i could just mod one and sign it with a test sig...
Edit Edit: Nah after installing simi folder its actually less capable of doing what im looking for then folder organizer is.
I know you're not looking for another launcher, but have you checked out Go Launcher Ex? You can create folders inside of the app drawer with that launcher, which is what you appear to be trying to do.
If you already checked it out and it's not what you're looking for, then... at least I bumped your thread
Herp derp Captivate XDA app.
Have you tried circle launcher? It allows you to. Create a widget on the homescreen and within it you can choose what appear you want it to launch
Its.essentially like folder organizer but.with eye candy I guess. Not really sure.how else to.describe it.
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I was thinking the twgtglauncher puts the app icons in tiles. Maybe you can edit that launcher. Are you trying to create a "Glowen" app drawer?
Hello.
Let me start by asking a question on whether it is possible to remove the "Applications" icon on the main screen.
The reason i want to remove is because of this program.
Faster Drawer (seems i cannot post links, so do search it on the android market)
Basically another app drawer program, but presents the layout "contact style".
Depending on preferences, but i like the layout of the icons better than the stock.
Has there been any attempts to remove the icon or such?
You know inside of the stock app drawer you can choose to view them as a list... "contact style". Just hit menu while in your app drawer. And this should be under Q&A.
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Never mind. I can simply usee an alternate launcher to remove the home button.
consider this question closed.
Ok, so I wanted a better email app than the stock MIUI one, and everyone keeps recommending K9 mail. Thing is, I hate the app icon for it. I worked out that I should be able to use Desktop Visualizer to create a shortcut on the desktop which points to K9, but uses another icon.
Thing is I can create a widget using DV (Long press on screen, select DVwidget etc), however I can't place widgets in the launcher bar. I tried opening the DV app and trying to create a shortcut that way, but when I hit 'Ok' to complete the operation, nothing happens. It just returns to the homescreen and no shortcut is created.
To further complicate things I have had this work once. It just randomly appeared on the desktop a few minutes after creating it, and I was able to move that into the launcher. Now I want to change the icon (again) but as you can see, I'm not having much luck.
Am I missing something here? I know MIUI doesn't have shortcuts on it's desktop, but if that was the case I don't see how I could have got it to work at all?
Any thoughts?
CyanideJack said:
Any thoughts?
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Yeah, i'm thinking how an app icon can invoke such a strong emotion as hate for it. Could we get a screenshot? Share the hate
I do agree that the icon is kinda ugly .
That is a terrible icon ...
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Yeah, it's pretty....special...
U can't put Widgets in dock for miui roms... Just Apps... Hope it helps...
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What i would suggest (this is what i used to do while using MIUI), is to use an application called "App Drawer" meant specially for MIUI.
Link t=1154299http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154299
it is only as it states, an app drawer like all regular android phones.
This way you will have a dedicated app drawer & this will help in not cluttering up your home screens.
All icons on your home screen can be inserted into a single folder as these are the actual apps & not shortcuts.
Deleting would mean uninstalling.
so use the app drawer, send the shortcuts to your home screen & use any app for changing the icon like the ones inbuilt in ADW, Nova launchers.
...or you could just swap out the k9 icon for one you like. Use a theme (or make a blank one if you're fond of default) and theme the app name icon with a mail icon (or any icon) you think is nice
theme mtz - icons folder - use a .png and name it com.fsck.k9.apk
(if that doesn't work, the real app name is com.fsck.k9-1.apk)
melissapugs said:
...or you could just swap out the k9 icon for one you like. Use a theme (or make a blank one if you're fond of default) and theme the app name icon with a mail icon (or any icon) you think is nice
theme mtz - icons folder - use a .png and name it com.fsck.k9.apk
(if that doesn't work, the real app name is com.fsck.k9-1.apk)
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Hi
As you may noticed, the android folders are really lame, in terms of look. However they are very practical, the drag and drop feature is very useful, and it keeps the homescreen organized.
How can I change the look of the folders, to make them look like the ios folders (where I can see what is inside without opening), without loosing the drag and drop feature?
Status: Rooted
Rom: Emanon v7
With Holo launcher you can create folders by dragging shortcuts on top of each other and you can see the first three shortcuts of that folder on your homescreen...
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I'm using Launcher Pro, and I dont want to change it, because it is really good.
I want to have that kind of folder on LauncherPro, or any other launcher for everyone to use.
Try adw ex.
thousandecibels said:
Try adw ex.
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The idea is not to change the laucher.
The idea is just to change the look of the existing folders on android.
just that. Is it possible? How?
Then mate you can do one thing-Do your homework.
Google is your teacher.
And patience is the skill.
I know that, but when I search that on google, it shows me folder organizer and stuff like that, not at all what I am looking for.
I'm just asking here because I know that more people have the same problem, and I was trying to see if anyone arround here knew something about it.
I wanted the same thing. There are very few "widgets" that will do this. I posted in the Epic 4G SleeperROM thread and received similar replies. Someone mentioned Circle Widgets but I didn't like that look.
I use ADW launcher and other than the look for the folders, everything is great.
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