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kkoff said:
How did you paulmz come up with these dimensions?

Does anyone have a clue how these dimensions should be changed if i change the LauncherPro columns from 4 to 5 and rows from 5 to 8 so that the gaps and all will still remain symmetrical?
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The 5 columns is easy... just take the width of your resolution, subtract 10-pixels for each column, and then divide by the number of columns.

For example: 480 - 50 = 430 / 5 = 86.

Basically this works by accounting for a 10-pixel space between widgets and a 5-pixel border around the entire screen. The height, however, is more difficult with variations in dock and notification bar on different devices. The only advice I can offer on this is that on my Incredible the dock is 84-pixels high and the notification bar (I think) is 38-pixels high.

If that doesn't work, you could try doing the test that I have listed in this post: Desktop Visualizer Widget Size Test.
 
yohobojo said:
Hey paulz, nice work. But i have a question. How should these dimensions change if the rows=5 column=5? Basically what the guy above me asked
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Also, like I explained above, the math is fairly simple... especially since you're just adding a column and not a row. Here's a list of Desktop Visualizer widget widths using a 5-column setup on a 480-pixel wide device:

1 - 86
2 -182
3 - 278
4 - 374
5 - 470

The height dimensions would stay the same as in Post 1.

Hope this helps!
 
paulmz said:
Also, like I explained above, the math is fairly simple... especially since you're just adding a column and not a row. Here's a list of Desktop Visualizer widget widths using a 5-column setup on a 480-pixel wide device:

1 - 86
2 -182
3 - 278
4 - 374
5 - 470

The height dimensions would stay the same as in Post 1.

Hope this helps!
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Thanks. Ill try these. =D
 
paulmz said:
The 5 columns is easy... just take the width of your resolution, subtract 10-pixels for each column, and then divide by the number of columns.

For example: 480 - 50 = 430 / 5 = 86.

Basically this works by accounting for a 10-pixel space between widgets and a 5-pixel border around the entire screen. The height, however, is more difficult with variations in dock and notification bar on different devices. The only advice I can offer on this is that on my Incredible the dock is 84-pixels high and the notification bar (I think) is 38-pixels high.

If that doesn't work, you could try doing the test that I have listed in this post: Desktop Visualizer Widget Size Test.
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Thanks a lot, I tested dimensions on my phone and I guess I found what I was looking for. Maybe not the exact or correct dimensions, but it looked really good. Now only thing left is to do all the widgets.

5 columns, 8 rows for someone who is looking the same widget sizes:
1x1: 86x79
2x2: 182x167

Or at least they worked on my HTC Desire Z.
 
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wow i love this wallpaper. could you please share this? :D

Could someone be so kind to share some bank of america widgets for droid x resolution please?
 
eck0cn said:
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wow i love this wallpaper. could you please share this? :D

Could someone be so kind to share some bank of america widgets for droid x resolution please?
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Although I have posted this at least a dozen times.... I'll post it again since it seems to be very popular. Here's the one I used plus several more that I found:



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They are all cropped and sized for a 480x800 resolution. If you want to see the thousands of other photos of this action figure, do a Google image search for "Danboard".
 
How dit you mage to get the homescreen with the cadbord box boy.
I really want that one it looks awsome.

The rest looks awsome to deffinitly gonna apply it when i get home :D

thanx ;)
 
paulmz, do you take requests for icons? I can crop images but I haven't been able to make icons that look like yours and fit my 320 x 480 display. I'm looking for:
- Gmail 2x1
- Email 2x1 (not "U.S. mail" themed, I'm from Scandinavia)
- Angry Birds 2x1
- Files 2x1
 
Jens Christens said:
paulmz, do you take requests for icons? I can crop images but I haven't been able to make icons that look like yours and fit my 320 x 480 display. I'm looking for:
- Gmail 2x1
- Email 2x1 (not "U.S. mail" themed, I'm from Scandinavia)
- Angry Birds 2x1
- Files 2x1
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Jens- sure. I'll work on them later tonight when I get some time.
 
pietjuhhh1990 said:
How dit you mage to get the homescreen with the cadbord box boy.
I really want that one it looks awsome.

The rest looks awsome to deffinitly gonna apply it when i get home :D

thanx ;)
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I use WidgetLocker, which is the best replacement lockscreen app. It lets you customize pretty much everything about the lockscreen like applying a custom wallpaper to the lockscreen, custom lock sliders, and the ability to put any third-party widget right on the lockscreen... and all without rooting.

The app is definitely worth the $2.
 
Jens Christens said:
paulmz, do you take requests for icons? I can crop images but I haven't been able to make icons that look like yours and fit my 320 x 480 display. I'm looking for:
- Gmail 2x1
- Email 2x1 (not "U.S. mail" themed, I'm from Scandinavia)
- Angry Birds 2x1
- Files 2x1
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Okay... this is what I have right now:



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Hopefully I got the mailbox right. No file one yet. I'm having a really difficult time finding a good image to use. If you find anything post it and I'll make an icon out of it.
 
Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for :) I'll try to find a fitting image for the Files icon...
 
paulmz said:
Hopefully I got the mailbox right. No file one yet. I'm having a really difficult time finding a good image to use. If you find anything post it and I'll make an icon out of it.
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The image for the mailbox is good, but I was asking for it to say email and not mail. If it's not to much hassle...

And yeah, it's hard to find the right icon for the Files thingy. Can you do something with his one? http://www.bestandroiddownloads.com/img/efile-android-file-manager.jpg
 
I wanted to give this a try for the first time tonight. I downloaded Desktop Visualizer onto my phone, but when I long press on the home screen and select add widget, Desktop Visualizer doesn't show up as a choice? I can choose Desktop Visualizer from the app drawer, but this only lets me create desktop shortcuts, not actual widgets. I need it to appear in the add widgets menu but it won't show up, I even rebooted my phone just to see if it would help. Any ideas?
 
blackmetalbuick said:
I wanted to give this a try for the first time tonight. I downloaded Desktop Visualizer onto my phone, but when I long press on the home screen and select add widget, Desktop Visualizer doesn't show up as a choice? I can choose Desktop Visualizer from the app drawer, but this only lets me create desktop shortcuts, not actual widgets. I need it to appear in the add widgets menu but it won't show up, I even rebooted my phone just to see if it would help. Any ideas?
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Move it back to your phones internal memory. Widgets dont work if its on sdcard
 
i know its probably been answered in this thread somewhere, but is this available for the Wildfire (240x320)?
 
here are some icons i made, they are adjusted to the original ones by paulmz, regarding font, fontsize and size of the grey bar.

theyre made for phones with a resolution of 480 x 854 (motorola phones like the droid or defy)

alditalk.png

applanet2x1.png

barcodescanner.png

db1x2.png

icqf.png

mail2x1.png

miren2x1.png

people2x1.png

skypew.png

sms1x2.png

weather2x1.png

youtubeos.png


hope you enjoy them as much as i do. thanks appreciated :)
 
reinsen said:
here are some icons i made, they are adjusted to the original ones by paulmz, regarding font, fontsize and size of the grey bar.

theyre made for phones with a resolution of 480 x 854 (motorola phones like the droid or defy)

alditalk.png

applanet2x1.png

barcodescanner.png

db1x2.png

icqf.png

mail2x1.png

miren2x1.png

people2x1.png

skypew.png

sms1x2.png

weather2x1.png

youtubeos.png


hope you enjoy them as much as i do. thanks appreciated :)
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Sadly... applanet is shutting down.
 
Here is my present homescreens:





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I made paulmz blue android7 widgets to fit and lineout perfectly without notifications bar, i would share them but i don't know how to do it (i'm not familiar with this forum yet, this post is also a test so don't be angry if it's all wrong).

Something also mentionable is that tiny little arrow on the screen actually works, it changes the screen to the next screen thanks to LauncherPro Plus.


Kind of bored already to these ones so I'm making something different:



Still working on it, screen 480x800 HTC Desire Z: 5 columns, 8 rows. I will share some more information when it's done.
 
Thanks again for all your help. I should never have started with this homescreen customization 'cause it never ends :)

I have dropped all the big widgets and now only use 1 homescreen which has the apps I use most often + I finally found a dock that looks decent together with the icons. I also added a light wallpaper.

Here's my homescreen: bayimg - image: screenshot_1.png - free uncensored image hosting
Here it is with the Files icon: bayimg - image: screenshot_2.png - free uncensored image hosting but I feel like the right side needs that big icon at the top to anchor it because of all the 1x1 icons.
 
Jens Christens said:
Thanks again for all your help. I should never have started with this homescreen customization 'cause it never ends :)

I have dropped all the big widgets and now only use 1 homescreen which has the apps I use most often + I finally found a dock that looks decent together with the icons. I also added a light wallpaper.

Here's my homescreen: bayimg - image: screenshot_1.png - free uncensored image hosting
Here it is with the Files icon: bayimg - image: screenshot_2.png - free uncensored image hosting but I feel like the right side needs that big icon at the top to anchor it because of all the 1x1 icons.
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Looks good! Thanks for sharing!
 
Ok I'm getting really irritated with something about these icons and i'm hoping someone can help me.

Every time i turn my phone off, my icons don't load when i turn the phone back on. The widgets still load but the actual icon is not there. i have the default desktop visualizor android with a question mark. If i press on it, it still launches the app. What is causing my icons not to reappear after turning phone off? :confused::confused:
 
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