Morning guys!
Some really interesting developments out here for AA. I have just got a Volvo with a split screen implementation of AA from my phone. Is their a way to change to wallpaper to a solid colour, for no reason other than it being more aesthetically pleasing!
Any help greatly appreciated!
No customisation what so ever
Android auto has no customisation settings.
It is so annoying.
Why do we have to live with a purple/blue background that someone that probably doesn't even drive a car picked.
I am pretty sure there is not a vehicle out there that has this lighting colour scheme to the dash.
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Hi,
just a question about this live wallpaper
do the colors and when they appear actually represent anything? or is it all just random?
thanks
It's Google's colors. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow.
i know its googles colors, but is the live wallpaper just random or do the movements represent anything?
i dont know, from the description a look inside the neural network, i was thinking maybe like on color represented data usage, another gps usage or something?
or they represent other stuff running in background?
This is an idea I have from my experience using themes on my Samsung Captivate. My experiences i describe apply particularly to the AOKP builds for that device and a few others. However the concepts are something which would be implemented at a system level and I think it would be applicable for any Android device, so I wanted to share it here in the general forum as well.
I like the color picker in Rom Control for ICS AOKP, but I was surprised that you pick and choose each color separately for clock, signal, etc. There is the hard-coded button to recall the ICS holo blue. I would love to see another button that stores a user selected color instead of copying and pasting the hex codes, although that works. And then the wireless signal is a graphic image that you cant change without flashing a .zip to modify system png and the like. I wondered if it could be coded to use a triangle with a fill color based on something from the color picker, and then lay over top of that grey or black bars for the part that should be 'off'. maybe layers arent possible? tho it appears that they are being used, and i have seen overlap of the data signal on top of the wireless bars. right? I know there is a LOT of stuff these amazing developers are working on which keeps them very busy already. These are just some ideas
I noticed looking through some of the code in AOKP gerrit for the theme chooser updates, that they started using variables instead of a hard coded ICS holo blue color. but it seems as if there is no user interaction for that color, its still a hard coded value set in a single location instead of being hard coded in multiple locations. So it is a huge improvement Im sure for themers who have to try to search out and modify every instance of those values. I would just like to see it progress to something where the end user can modify that variable from Rom Control.
It would be even more awesome if Android used a system wide style sheet setup. background, checkbox style, text color, font, font size, perhaps it could even include specs for headers, paragraphs, tables, titles, etc. but that would be WAY more than I am thinking. It certainly works nicely for web design tho.
This would then be something that other apps could also read and implement into their design as well. Then we wouldn't have to create hacked SMS and google play, and tapatalk, etc, etc, etc. to make them inverted or red, green, orange, blue, yellow, etc.
Of course having an option to over-ride those settings is cool too, maybe you want an all orange theme, but you want white on your keyboard keys. a keyboard app could have a selector built into its settings which allows you to follow the system setting or pick your own base color, or go with the developers default choice. There are a lot of great developers out there who make gorgeous apps that deserve to keep their defaults, ie. 1weather. So I am sure apps would ship with their own defaults turned on, so the user is guaranteed the experience they intended.
I do think these ideas seem inline with what google is trying to accomplish with their unified design standards.
I am imagining a day where I can change my wallpaper and then open settings, use a color picker (maybe even one that can pick a color from the wallpaper ... Then maybe choose black or white, or gradient or transparent background. Two steps, and just that simply and quickly my whole system is color themed to compliment. Then using Tasker this could even be automated for work, home, weekends, etc. LOL.
Ok iphone, take that!
OK so I guess 187 people looked and decided that was way toooo much to read.
LOL
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I have currently CM12.1 rom installed on the Fire thanks to ggow and everyone else who made is possible and loving it. The default font seems ok because of the low res display. Has anybody any font suggestions for better font readability (like better hinting or something). I know the display is kind of weird on this one, it appears that it squezzes the display in vertical mode and expands it on the landscape mode.
Only seen people mention changing the dpi to get it to look better, hadn't thought about simply changing fonts.
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I have currently CM12.1 rom installed on the Fire thanks to ggow and everyone else who made is possible and loving it. The default font seems ok because of the low res display. Has anybody any font suggestions for better font readability (like better hinting or something). I know the display is kind of weird on this one, it appears that it squezzes the display in vertical mode and expands it on the landscape mode.
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I tried Segoe UI Semilight (Don't hate on me just because it is Microsoft related, Segoe is my favorite font ever.), but it was very skewed and not clear at all. I have to agree with you that the default font is the best for it in all honesty.
i'd stick to chaging the dpi setting, it will look less as a tablet and more like a phone but the overall experience es better. and let's be honest, with 1024x600 it's better this way. i currently have mine set to 200dpi
Hello,
I am experiencing an issue with my stock Android Auto appearance on my 2019 Citroen C4 Grand Spacetourer. For example, in PowerAmp the blurry color gradient backround behind the track artwork appears patchy instead of smooth. In other words, the color resolution seems to be unable to process color transitions smoothly. I am confident the head unit is capable of processing color gradients without a problem. Is there a way around it in AA? Can I tweak my Android Auto appearance in PowerAmp somehow to get rid of this ugliness?
I apologise in advance if this is a silly question.
You should submit this question to Poweramp forums. Based on my experience, they reply pretty quickly
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone could help me narrow down what I would be missing out on with regards to Pixel exclusive Android features.
Of course there are the features like Hold for me which are pretty limited in availability around the world anyway so am not to fussed about that. No Google Camera AI, that's understandable.
I'm thinking about the ability to change quick toggle colours and shapes. The always listening/now playing lockscreen ticker. Ability to highlight any text (OCR) in the task switcher. Any other AI features?
Any thoughts?
Please and thanks!
G.
You actually can change highlight color and icon shape. There's a thread on it here.