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A call for Developers. New weather app!

I want to start a new project. I have posted in a few threads about that. Here's the Idea. An app that runs in the background and updates weather every hour or user set interval. The thing about this app will be that it will change the wallpaper according to the weather conditions. The user will be able to select 6-10 wallpapers in particular folder on the sdcard and assign each one to the corresponding weather condition. It could be an existing app (like koxx weather).
I don't think it will be hard, but I'm not a developer. Here are some wallpapers taht could be used.
p.s. The idea is not entirely mine - if you take a look at some demo videos of motorola a3100 you can see that the weather app there is similar. Accuweather on android marked has a similar option. None of these interact with the wallpaper

Here are some "screenshots" of how it would look like.
Of course, I have changed them manually

hummm, it looks cool
if you can provide wallpaper, i'll se if I can integrate it to weather forecast widget

here are some wallpapers
png format 640x480

some more
here are more

That would be grrreeeeaaaatt !!!!

I DIG THIS IDEA! haha

[IDEA] Re-sizable icons

I had the idea to have an option to re-size the size of an icon. Sort of like a pinch to zoom, but scaled. 1x1,2x2,4x4.
Would this be easy to write, or would it require widget type of coding?

izmar said:
I had the idea to have an option to re-size the size of an icon. Sort of like a pinch to zoom, but scaled. 1x1,2x2,4x4.
Would this be easy to write, or would it require widget type of coding?
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Would need to be a custom widget per "icon", or a massive UI rewrite. I wouldn't hold your breath.

maybe a quick widget creator could be made? Like when you're choosing an icon from your app drawer, you get prompted to choose a size. I think this would look pretty good, anyone agree?

You can download the More Icons Widget from the market which lets you put 4 shortcuts in the space of 1.
Not as convenient, but it works.

This is more of an astheics thing and not a convienence things. I think it would looks really cool, and somewhat windows mobile 7 like to have a 2x2 message icon, or market icon, etc.

Minimalist, yet informative and functional, Zen ???

I want to reduce the number of screen elements to the bare minimum that will still allow me to see at a glance the information I need yet still allow me quick and easy assess to the phone's functions and applications. I've never been one for clutter either at my desk, in my home or even my dress. My phone might as well reflex my taste and go minimalist too.
This is a work in progress and I would like to hear what you think of my efforts so far and your ideas on how I can improve upon it while maintaining my goal of keeping the phone informative and functional.
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Lock screen || Right | Home | Left || Folders​
What you don't see in the screenshots are the invisible app buttons made possible by Transparent Launcher or the unlabelled SiMi Folder Widgets both of which hide away those items which I do not want advertised. I'm debating whether to remove the labels from the three visible folder widgets. Maybe only I will know where each function is but I'm the only user of the phone anyway.
Also not evident visually is LauncherPro's ability to assign dual functions, assessed by either a tap or a swipe, to each of the 15 dock items. The 30 apps that I can launch this way serve the vast majority of my needs. Each dock item shares closely related tasks like Dialer (tap) and Call-Log (swipe), SMS and Instant-Messenger, or App Market and QR Code Scanner. However, I'm thinking about reducing the number of docks from 3 sets of five to just 1 set, dumping quick assess to some of the least used apps and transferring the difference to Transparent Launcher widgets.
I'm also taking advantage of the fact that most information widgets also act as app launchers. In this case tapping the SiMi Clock Widget will launch the Alarm Clock, tapping the header of LauncherPro's Agenda widget launches the Calendar and tapping the 2 line appointment reminder (Calendr) also launches the Calendar but set to the agenda view instead of the calendar view.
I'm hoping that the developer of SiMi Clock Widget will implement a user request I second. In the attached screen shots, I would love to remove the weather and battery from the center home screen to the screen on it's right where they would replace the redundant clock I have there now.
Below is an AppBrain linked list of the theme related apps I using:
Lock screen >> SiMi Clock Widget || Calendr || WidgetLocker Lockscreen
Home >> SiMi Clock Widget || Calendr || LauncherPro || Dreamlyfe.mini Text Dock Icons
Right >> LauncherPro's Calendar/Agenda widget || Dreamlyfe.mini Text Dock Icons
Left/Folders >> SiMi Clock Widget || SiMi Folder Widgets || Transparent Launcher || Dreamlyfe.mini Text Dock Icons
The lock screen is meant to convey the most basic information I might need on the run. Turn of the screen and there is the time and my next appointment.
The home screen is all about the phone as a phone, a communication and location device. The right screen is for the phone as a computer. Dictionaries and wiki's, social networks, games and tools live here along with some app maintenance functions.
Unfortunately, the left screen is a bit schizophrenic right now. It was originally meant to be solely about multimedia with simple controls for controlling music, podcasts and audiobooks, however I found myself opening the calendar/agenda app more often than I had anticipated and had to give-in and place the widget on a screen. I wanted to keep the phone as fun and free as possible but had to concede to the commitments of life. I need to morph this screen into a Work/Finance area and either banish the multimedia functions to a fourth screen, add them as invisible apps somewhere or create another folder on the right screen. None of those options are appealing.
I'm also looking for a replacement for LauncherPro's Calendar/Agenda widget. I want something that will lay the text of a scrolling agenda list straight over the wallpaper. Basically something like the LauncherPro widget but without the dark grey backgrounds and hopefully more compact. I haven't found anything suitable yet so I might have to bite the bullet and learn how to re-skin the LauncherPro widget myself.
There it is. I like the direction it going. I think it has potential. Any suggestions?

ipottinger said:
I'm also looking for a replacement for LauncherPro's Calendar/Agenda widget. I want something that will lay the text of a scrolling agenda list straight over the wallpaper. Basically something like the LauncherPro widget but without the dark grey backgrounds and hopefully more compact. I haven't found anything suitable yet so I might have to bite the bullet and learn how to re-skin the LauncherPro widget myself.
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Android Agenda Widget is good for this. The look is very customisable, has a transparency option, and you can also have gtasks showing on the same scrollable widget. Very nice, and free.

I suggest using Quickdesk as an alternative to having folders or anything like that. Essentially, double tapping the home button brings up an extra homescreen (can be from inside an app, too) so you can quickly get to a range of apps and widgets.
I have two homescreens - one for clock/weather/calendar/controls and one for my generic tools (Tweetdeck, Market, Maps, etc). Quickdesk gets me to a bunch of specialist applications, and the app drawer gets me to the rest.

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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Updated my setup. Now I'm using Go Launcher Ex instead of Launcher Pro. To keep things even more minimalist, I have a single dock icon which takes me to Quick Desk when tapped. I set my home button to Quick Desk as well, so I can easily switch between my apps when I'm not on my home screen. Quick Desk is an amazing multitasking app which basically gives you an extra home screen, where you can add apps and even widgets for easy access. The best thing about it is that, as I mentioned before, you can set this app as your default home button.
This is my setup. I don't know if it will be of any use for you since everyone has their own personal preferences and needs. Maybe mines will give you a different perspective or spark some new ideas (or maybe not).
I only use 1 home screen with Go Launcher Ex and with my status bar hidden. I have never seen the need to have multiple home screens. I tried to keep everything as efficient and minimal as possible while still maintaining some degree of aesthetics. Whenever I'm bored with my wallpaper, I could always swap the painting with another in Photoshop to give it a new look. Due to this, I don't need to change the layout of my home screen, move widgets around, or switch icons because the layout of my wallpaper is consistent. I like it this way. The rest of my widget and dock details are down below.
Home Screen
- swiping up on my home screen opens the app drawer
- swiping down on my home screen launches Quick Settings
Widgets
Android Agenda Widget
- tapping on individual calendar events opens its events details
- tapping on the bottom right corner of the widget opens its "uber" menu where you can add events, change settings, or view your whole calendar
This is a great widget in my opinion. It can sync to a lot of third party calendar and task apps such as Astrid. It has a lot of customization options as well. It's scrollable too if it's a feature that you need in a calendar widget.
Simi Clock
- tapping on the left side of the widget launches Clock
- tapping on the middle of the widget opens its quick 5 app menu
- tapping on the right side of the widget launches Genie/News and Weather
Simi Clock has all the daily info that I need in one small package including time, date, weather, battery, and it can launch apps.
Dock icons
Apps
- tapping launches Quick Desk containing my most used apps and widgets
- while in Quick Desk, tapping on the "Multimedia" icon in the top right opens Apps Organizer shortcut that contains a folder of my 20 most used multimedia apps (music, video, photo, games)
- while in Quick Desk, tapping on the "Misc" icon in the top right opens Apps Organizer shortcut that contains a folder of 20 utility apps that I occasionally use
- swiping up on apps dock icon opens notifications (in Launcher Pro and Go Launcher Ex you can assign dual functions to your dock icons for tapping and swiping)
I didn't want any scrolling to make things more efficient. That's why I only kept it down to 20 apps in a folder, which is the most you can fit on the screen at one time, or at least on my Captivate for that matter.

@raven369 you place the picture in the frame on the wallpaper? Or do you use a picture frame widget? Like your layout

Tsjoklat said:
@raven369 you place the picture in the frame on the wallpaper? Or do you use a picture frame widget? Like your layout
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Thanks. It's actually a part of the wallpaper that I put together and not a picture frame widget. I couldn't find any widgets with any good looking frames so I just Photoshopped it into my wallpaper.

Boonja said:
Android Agenda Widget is good for this. The look is very customisable, has a transparency option, and you can also have gtasks showing on the same scrollable widget. Very nice, and free.
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Thanks Boonja for the suggestion.
I did find Pure Calendar widget but have noticed a few rendering glitches with it. Sometimes the agenda items don't appear at all. I'll give Android Agenda Widget a try.

PalaNIN said:
I suggest using Quickdesk as an alternative to having folders or anything like that. Essentially, double tapping the home button brings up an extra homescreen (can be from inside an app, too) so you can quickly get to a range of apps and widgets.
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That looks very interesting. My concern though is that according to it description it might not work with LauncherPro. I'll give it a try and see if it works and how it feels. Thanks for the suggestion.

@raven369 I love your icons. I think they're perfect for me. Care to share them?

raven369 said:
This is my setup. ... Maybe mines will give you a different perspective or spark some new ideas (or maybe not).
I only use 1 home screen with Launcher Pro and with my status bar hidden. I have never seen the need to have multiple home screens. I tried to keep everything as efficient and minimal as possible while still maintaining some degree of aesthetics. Whenever I'm bored with my wallpaper, I could always swap the painting with another in Photoshop to give it a new look. Due to this, I don't need to change the layout of my home screen, move widgets around, or switch icons because the layout of my wallpaper is consistent. I like it this way.
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Wow, nice and clean. And just one screen too. You've set the bar quite high.
raven369 said:
Android Agenda Widget
- tapping on individual calendar events opens its events details
- tapping on the bottom right corner of the widget opens its "uber" menu where you can add events, change settings, or view your whole calendar
This is a great widget in my opinion. It can sync to a lot of third party calendar and task apps such as Astrid. It has a lot of customization options as well. It's scrollable too if it's a feature that you need in a calendar widget.
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This looks very promising. I'll definitely try this. Thanks for point it out!
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Simi Clock
- tapping on the left side of the widget launches Clock
- tapping on the middle of the widget opens its quick 5 app menu
- tapping on the right side of the widget launches Genie/News and Weather
Simi Clock has all the daily info that I need in one small package including time, date, weather, battery, and it can launch apps.
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I should try and take move advantage of Simi Clock app launching ability. I don't know why I've ignore it till now.
raven369 said:
Favs
- tapping opens Apps Organizer shortcut that contains a folder of my 20 most used utility apps
- swiping up opens Apps Organizer shortcut that contains a folder of my 20 most used multimedia apps (music, video, photo, games)
I didn't want any scrolling to make things more efficient. That's why I only kept it down to 20 apps in a folder, which is the most you can fit on the screen at one time, or at least on my Captivate for that matter.
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This sounds complicated. The description mentions labels which I've not heard of before. I'm fairly new to all this. I got my Samsung Vibrant just a couple of months ago and only worked up the nerve to start mod'ing it a few weeks ago. I think this app will take some thought before I could effectively utilize it.
You certainly have given me quite a bit to think about. I can see now that there is still plenty of room even on a single screen to have all the info and functionality I want. It might take me awhile to get there but at least now I now how far I could possible go. Thanks!

ipottinger said:
This sounds complicated. The description mentions labels which I've not heard of before. I'm fairly new to all this. I got my Samsung Vibrant just a couple of months ago and only worked up the nerve to start mod'ing it a few weeks ago. I think this app will take some thought before I could effectively utilize it.
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Apps Organizer is actually a very easy app to use. It can be downloaded in the market plus it's free. I can teach you how to use it.
Once you open the app you have 2 categories: Apps and Labels. The Apps category pretty much just lists all of your apps. If you go to the Labels category you can create labels which are essentially folders. Just use the menu key on your phone to create a "New Label." Once you've created your new label hold/long press it and click on "Select Apps." From there just check off all the apps you want in the label. You can also rename your label the same way by long pressing it and clicking on "Rename."
Now if you go back to your dock on your home screen you can create an Apps Organizer shortcut. Just long press on your dock, select "Change Shortcut," select Apps Organizer, and then choose the label you want as the shortcut. If you don't like the icon just long press it on your dock and select "Change Icon." I'm sure you know how to put shortcuts on your dock already so this paragraph may be redundant information to you.

Can you save and upload your settings for Android Agenda Widget. I just can't get it to look like yours no matter what I do :/

So glad I stumbled on this thread - the design goals in the OP is exactly what I am going for, and I was tired of going thru tons and tons of pages in the various "Post your homescreens" threads here on XDA and AndroidForums to gain inspiration. Now hopefully I can just come here instead!
raven369 said:
Apps Organizer is actually a very easy app to use. It can be downloaded in the market plus it's free. I can teach you how to use it.
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Is it any different than FolderOrganizer? I use this and i think it is excellent.
Also, I find that the minimalistic text widget to be awesome. It is super customizable and has tasker integration, which is way cool.

|flyte| said:
Is it any different than FolderOrganizer? I use this and i think it is excellent.
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Apps Organizer is actually made by the same developer as Folder Organizer. Folder Organizer is more feature heavy. Apps Organizer can only organize apps while Folder Organizer can organize apps, bookmarks, contacts and also place apps in your notification bar as well. However, Folder Organizer isn't free and the lite version disables the majority of the features.
Fidyyuan said:
Can you save and upload your settings for Android Agenda Widget. I just can't get it to look like yours no matter what I do :/
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What phone do you own? I'm reluctant to upload my settings file because I don't know if mine will be compatible with yours if we use different phones and calendars. i just don't want to end up mucking your phone.
Have you tried these settings?
Code:
Appearance -> Themes -> "Minimalist" or "Minimal with date" (Sorry, I don't remember which theme I exactly used but I'm sure it was one of these)
Row Style -> inline
Row Settings -> Row Background -> off
Date Row Settings -> Day Row Background -> solid no pad
Date Row Color AND Date Row Transparency -> set everything to transparent
Text & Font Settings -> Text Highlights -> everything off
Bold the Date -> on
Advanced -> leave everything off for simple and more complicated settings
Toggle Skin Elements -> on
Use Frankenstein -> off
Customize Skin Colors -> Skin Color Customization -> on
Widget Color -> set Background Tint to black while everything else to transparent
Buttons & Toolbars -> I had toolbars turned off. I had right button #2 turned on with uber button action and its style all transparent.
This should give you a layout similar to mine. If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask.

I use calendr for my calendar widget. It only shows one event at a time. Also, I use a lot of minimalistic text widget.
A knew one just dropped a few days ago, good for organizing apps on your homescreen: circlelauncher
pretty sharp looking too, you'll need your own icon though.

To me, any minimal calendar widget that doesn't display the location of the upcoming event is flawed. I also use Calendr, but I can't stand that I have to click on it to see the location of my next meeting.

This calendar widget and setting is exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks.
It even has tasks that sync to google incorporated into the theme. Perfect and minimal.
One thing, what setting kills the color of the calendar as a bullet? I want the totally clear look, no color.

raven369 said:
I posted the icons as an attachment. Enjoy.
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Thanks for sharing the icons. Are there more? I'll like to see web and profile/contacts if possible.

sorry a question. Where did you get the text icons for the SiMi folder widget (reference, social, games). I like your layout very much.
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Thanks

I have almost the same setup, but I use SiMi folder instead of Folder Organizer and I use Phantom Music Control for the music widget in QD. @raven369 why did you go with Go Launcher?

Template for Nova Launcher themeing

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.
Tapatalk² from my Optimus V

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.
Tapatalk² from my Optimus V
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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

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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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Thanks and credits to @SeriouslyCrazy for SC 79 Round Dark Grey Icons!! (link in OP)
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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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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!
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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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InflatedTitan said:
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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memnoc said:
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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hedifezai said:
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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memnoc said:
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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