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Android Phone 7 Theme

Yarbone said:
Shoot Me doesn't work. And I tried that method with the SDK thingy, but it failed because it couldn't some file or something, I dunno

HTC Incredible S... with Android version 2.3.3
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Didn't I hear that Android platforms newer than Froyo have native screenshot support? I remember reading something about holding the back button and pressing the home or menu button.

Don't quote me on this, though.

Other than that, if the Android SDK doesn't install correctly the first time, just do it again. It's a bit finicky, but once all of the files are there, it works perfectly.

Finally, I also heard that apps like MyPhoneExplorer also do screen shots. Again, don't quote me on this.
 
hard13 said:
Hi, paul, nice theming, been trying to do this on my phone, but litle bit confused about how we calculate the widget size, my phone is lg p500.

my LP setup:
Home Screen
Number of columns = 5
Number of rows = 5

Appearance
Hide notification bar = ticked

this is my test screen


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thanks in advance, and sorry for my english
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Okay... this should be what you need (320 x 480 resolution, 5-column/5-row grid):

Widths:
1- 58px
2- 122px
3- 186px
4- 250px
5- 314px

Heights:
1- 78px
2- 162px
3- 246px
4- 330px
5- 414px

Hope this helps!
 
I revised my main homescreen a bit and thought I would share...



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It's even easier now to make the blue tile widgets with the "Overlapping Widgets" feature. I can finally use the newer version of SMS Unread Count and have the Gmail icon actually go to the inbox (instead of only going to the newest email).

The weather is just WeatherBug Elite overlapping a blank blue Desktop Visualizer box. The battery icon is the same type of overlap using the Make Your Own Clock Pro.

Also, big thanks to melissapugs for having a great idea for a clock and for lending me the image she used for the background of the clock in her layout. I did mine as a Desktop Visualizer background image with the Make Your Own Clock widget on top. The only thing that I don't like about the Make Your Own Clock app is the limited selection of fonts. But it is a lot easier to arrange a widget with this app than Minimalistic Text.

Sidebar... But there is another app in extreme beta: Chronotopia. This thing will be awesome when it's done. We'll be able to make just about any widget out of it- using any True Type font we want- plus with infinite adaptability. Check it out!
 
paulmz said:
Okay... this should be what you need (320 x 480 resolution, 5-column/5-row grid):

Widths:
1- 58px
2- 122px
3- 186px
4- 250px
5- 314px

Heights:
1- 78px
2- 162px
3- 246px
4- 330px
5- 414px

Hope this helps!
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Hi, thanks paul, here's my testing screen with the size, still working on the icon though.




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it seems that the 1x4 size need more adjusment on the height.
will post new screenshoot after finisihing the icons.
thanks again paul, you did a great job for this community.

-- and sorry for my english
 
hard13 said:


it seems that the 1x4 size need more adjusment on the height.
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You are right that the 1x4 is off... but so is the 2x2 (look at the bottom of the widget). I don't understand why with the original test with the red/yellow bars had consistent spacing between widgets at 6-pixels, but with the above screenshot, the spacing is 6-pixels for the horizontal spacing and 7-pixels for the vertical.

Maybe try increasing the heights of widget sizes 2 through 5:
2- 163px
3- 248px
4- 333px
5- 418px

Just kind of taking a guess at this one. It shouldn't work... but it might.
 
paulmz said:
The last time I used LauncherPro, it didn't have that option. Turning off the dock is the main reason why I switched to ADWLauncher. Also keep in mind that if you turn the dock off, you will need to reconfigure your icon dimensions. When I did mine, I changed my rows from 5 to 6, which decreased my icon sizes by 2-pixels in height (on a 480 x 800 resolution).

Hope this helps.
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Didn't realize that you can just change the dock image and also forgot you can delete the icons. So, I just have the app drawer in the center with a different picture. Thanks.
 
Hey, where do the blue tiles come from? I love the tiles on like the first few pages that people made (although the twitter and messaging ones are different fonts). I was just curious where to get the blue tiles? I am using LauncherPro and the Desktop Visualizer. Will the blue tiles work with that or is it more difficult?

Sorry, still a beginning at Android. I've been an iPhone guy, can't do all this stuff. :)
 
paulmz said:
You are right that the 1x4 is off... but so is the 2x2 (look at the bottom of the widget). I don't understand why with the original test with the red/yellow bars had consistent spacing between widgets at 6-pixels, but with the above screenshot, the spacing is 6-pixels for the horizontal spacing and 7-pixels for the vertical.

Maybe try increasing the heights of widget sizes 2 through 5:
2- 163px
3- 248px
4- 333px
5- 418px

Just kind of taking a guess at this one. It shouldn't work... but it might.
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hi, all size larger than 1, has gap. ie. the 1x2 has a 1px gap, while the 1x3 has 2px gap, and the 1x4 has a 3px gap. been trying to increasing the height but still no luck.
here another test screen


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and you right about the spacing, it's 6px for horizontal and 7px for vertical.
 
hard13 said:
hi, all size larger than 1, has gap. ie. the 1x2 has a 1px gap, while the 1x3 has 2px gap, and the 1x4 has a 3px gap. been trying to increasing the height but still no luck.
here another test screen


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and you right about the spacing, it's 6px for horizontal and 7px for vertical.
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Dude, I have no idea what the heck is going on with those widgets. The whole idea of the test bars is that Desktop Visualizer automatically sizes them as large as they can go. But look at the right-hand vertical red bar. The bottom single-cell bar extends 3-pixels below the 4-cell bar next to it. That shouldn't happen. It makes no sense that a solid 4-cell tall widget equals 330-px, but four separate one-cell widgets equal 333-px.

The only thing that I can think of is this... if I recall, you're using LauncherPro. Did you enable the LauncherPro Auto-Fit Option?

Other than that, the only thing I can think of is instead of increasing the heights of the images by 1-pixel, perhaps decrease the width of the images by 1-pixel. This may force Desktop Visualizer to increase the size of the image to fill the space, which should create either symmetrical 6-pixel or 7-pixel horizontal and vertical spacing.
 
paulmz said:
Dude, I have no idea what the heck is going on with those widgets. The whole idea of the test bars is that Desktop Visualizer automatically sizes them as large as they can go. But look at the right-hand vertical red bar. The bottom single-cell bar extends 3-pixels below the 4-cell bar next to it. That shouldn't happen. It makes no sense that a solid 4-cell tall widget equals 330-px, but four separate one-cell widgets equal 333-px.

The only thing that I can think of is this... if I recall, you're using LauncherPro. Did you enable the LauncherPro Auto-Fit Option?

Other than that, the only thing I can think of is instead of increasing the heights of the images by 1-pixel, perhaps decrease the width of the images by 1-pixel. This may force Desktop Visualizer to increase the size of the image to fill the space, which should create either symmetrical 6-pixel or 7-pixel horizontal and vertical spacing.
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hi, paul. yeah, it's very weird with the test image, and yes, the auto fit option is ticked, and decreasing the width not working too.

here's another 4 cols x 5 rows screen test with DV with no image assigned, as you can see the height of 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 widget height is smaller compared to the sum of 1x1 widget heights. is it normal?

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hard13 said:
hi, paul. yeah, it's very weird with the test image, and yes, the auto fit option is ticked, and decreasing the width not working too.

here's another 4 cols x 5 rows screen test with DV with no image assigned, as you can see the height of 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 widget height is smaller compared to the sum of 1x1 widget heights. is it normal?
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Now, that's not normal, which is why I can't figure it out. It makes no sense at all. Maybe just give ADW Launcher a try... just to see what it does.

It could just be the resolution of the device compensating for an in-between widget size. I'm at a loss, though. Sorry.
 
izzoe said:
I'm using apk manager to decompile "Sms Counter Widget".. Anyone know how i can make the sms counter bigger?
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The only two things I can think of are this:

1. When setting up the widget, change the "Counter Size" box from "Normal" to "Large".

2. The notification bubble size does get affected by the size of the icon. I'm actually not even using my reskinned SMS Unread Count Classic widgets anymore. I'm using the current SMS Unread Count. With the newer version you can set a custom icon (I used these) and overlapped them on Desktop Visualizer widgets with just the blue tile backgrounds.

I find this works really well, keeps the notification bubble fairly large and completely within the blue box, and allows to select which email account and which label to open when pressing the widget. It's pretty slick this way.

Hope this helps!
 
paulmz said:
Now, that's not normal, which is why I can't figure it out. It makes no sense at all. Maybe just give ADW Launcher a try... just to see what it does.

It could just be the resolution of the device compensating for an in-between widget size. I'm at a loss, though. Sorry.
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hi paul, i think it's because LP auto fit feature, i'm not sure about this, will tryng ADW Launcher. and thanks for your time

EDIT: changed my home with ADW, theres no preblem at all with the heights. will use it for now


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paulmz said:
The only two things I can think of are this:

1. When setting up the widget, change the "Counter Size" box from "Normal" to "Large".

2. The notification bubble size does get affected by the size of the icon. I'm actually not even using my reskinned SMS Unread Count Classic widgets anymore. I'm using the current SMS Unread Count. With the newer version you can set a custom icon (I used these) and overlapped them on Desktop Visualizer widgets with just the blue tile backgrounds.

I find this works really well, keeps the notification bubble fairly large and completely within the blue box, and allows to select which email account and which label to open when pressing the widget. It's pretty slick this way.

Hope this helps!
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Well.. Sorry i didnt mention that i was going for a 2x1 with desktop visualizer.. It's not really working.. The bubble is not perfect.. Maybe i'll stick to 1x1 for now..
 
Aleandroid said:
Hey Paul in using adw launcher so what setting do i need to have set so I can use a dock similar to yours? With words instead of icons
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I honestly have never used the dock in ADW yet. My whole reason for switching from LauncherPro to ADW was to get rid of the dock.

If it works anything like other aspects of ADW, just long-press on the dock icon, press [Edit], and adjust just about everything for that dock position (change the icon, action, etc.).

The text dock icons I used are here.

Let me know if you need help with any of it.
 
hard13 said:
hi paul, i think it's because LP auto fit feature, i'm not sure about this, will tryng ADW Launcher. and thanks for your time

EDIT: changed my home with ADW, theres no preblem at all with the heights. will use it for now


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Yeah, that looks more like it. Must've been some fluke with LauncherPro.

Can't wait to see it when you're done!
 
izzoe said:
Well.. Sorry i didnt mention that i was going for a 2x1 with desktop visualizer.. It's not really working.. The bubble is not perfect.. Maybe i'll stick to 1x1 for now..
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It should still work with a 2x1. I assume that since you mentioned Desktop Visualizer that you're overlapping widgets? If you're looking to just get a notification bubble to pop up on a Desktop Visualizer widget, just change the SMS Unread Count icon to a 72x72-pixel (or similar) transparent icon. Then you can place it anywhere on any size Desktop Visualizer widget background image and the notification bubble will still show where that transparent icon is.

Hope this helps!
 
paulmz said:
I honestly have never used the dock in ADW yet. My whole reason for switching from LauncherPro to ADW was to get rid of the dock.

If it works anything like other aspects of ADW, just long-press on the dock icon, press [Edit], and adjust just about everything for that dock position (change the icon, action, etc.).

The text dock icons I used are here.

Let me know if you need help with any of it.
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See the problem im having is the + sign that comes up on the dock so you can add an icon. I don't know how to remove it
 
Aleandroid said:
See the problem im having is the + sign that comes up on the dock so you can add an icon. I don't know how to remove it
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Well, I'm out riding my bicycle right now, but I figured it out on a break.

Pull up your app drawer, press and hold an app, then drag it to one of those plus symbols. After that, you can edit that dock icon to be anything or even change the app or action for it.

Hope this helps! Back to riding.
 
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