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Hi guys,
Hope all of you are well.
So I'm back after a two year break from iOs to Android.
As I was browsing through the internet and try to look if there are any new alternatives to sweeter home I really couldn't get wiser out of all the information. So before I will start building themes again I was wondering if anyone knows what the top theme alternative apps for the moment are (2012-2013) and would like to share that with me.
In the past I have made some themes on sweeter home like these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOIopL7bbi4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QOCowHO65c
But that was in the very beginning of the mobile Android platform and there were not many options to customizing your home screen.
So hereby my humble request to some information in the right direction.
With kind regards,
DizzyDix
uccw , sslauncher... ?
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uccw , sslauncher... ?
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Wow, uccw is deffinitly something I was looking for.
Seems like a very powerfull app and one could modify every aspect of their UI.
Thank you for your reply!
Uccw is amazing.. don't forget about widget locker.
try holo launcher and adw launcher
best of all
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Uccw is amazing.. don't forget about widget locker.
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I agree, Zooper widget is also amazing!
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Wow, uccw is deffinitly something I was looking for.
Seems like a very powerfull app and one could modify every aspect of their UI.
Thank you for your reply!
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the fact that you can even save them in uccw.. its great.. used sweeterhome once..but the setting for the setup isnt yet perfect..hard to use for me.. hope to see your work soon..
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I believe the top two launcher apps right now are apex and nova. And the apps that have already been named above are amazing for customization.
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Great news
Wow guys,
This is wonderful, thank you all for the input.
I think you have helped me a long way now with all this info.
I was really stunned by the uccw app, because of its possibilities.
But I will surely check out all apps.
I was kind of disappointed yesterday when I found out my S3 has no scrolling wallpaper function, so they force me again to make my own UI.
And because I dont like using ROM's I rather work with a launcher app/home screen replacement.
While browsing I have seen many good functional and good looking themes, so it is really a challenge for me to bring something out.
First I will play around with android and hopefully start theme'ing after a while.
Wish you all a good day.
Cheers
Dizzy
go for apex as your launcher..
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Try lightning launcher.
With uccw
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I believe the top two launcher apps right now are apex and nova. And the apps that have already been named above are amazing for customization.
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i think she is right
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oops! i see first woman in xda
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also
battery disk widget
Atom launcher is great for theming and customization.
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SPB Go launcher
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Launcher/ Home replacement
Hi all,
There has been some mix up, I think because of me.
I get a lot of input from you guys and that is totally cool, never expected that but your info is by far great nice to see the xda community being so helpful.
The mixup:
I don't think I am looking for a "launcher app".
I'm looking for a skin app which lets me change every aspect of the android UI, in this case TouchWiz.
So let's say we have Touchwiz with bottom bar where the apps icon always is outlined on the right and we have the home screen with the status bar etc.
What I want to do is: replace all elements of the TouchWiz. So for example that my homescreen will look like the Mac Os Lion interface on a mac or like the Windows 8 interface on a laptop.
The only app which lets me do that (that I know of) is SweeterHome, but I can't find sweeterhome in the market anymore and Beta 2.0 has bugs.
So then I was informed about:
UCCW
Apex
Nova
Home
iHome
aHome
SPB
LIghting launcher with uccw (that is totally not what I am looking for as I am designing my own theme so I dont want to use someones theme as a consumer but use an app that lets me build a new UI on the android OS.)
Ss launcher
holo launcher
zooper widget (not looking for a widget shell, but thanks for the input)
So, the most important question:
Is there an app that can do the same as SweeterHome?
Im looking forward to hearing from you guys,
Regards,
Dizzy
dizzydix said:
Hi all,
There has been some mix up, I think because of me.
I get a lot of input from you guys and that is totally cool, never expected that but your info is by far great nice to see the xda community being so helpful.
The mixup:
I don't think I am looking for a "launcher app".
I'm looking for a skin app which lets me change every aspect of the android UI, in this case TouchWiz.
So let's say we have Touchwiz with bottom bar where the apps icon always is outlined on the right and we have the home screen with the status bar etc.
What I want to do is: replace all elements of the TouchWiz. So for example that my homescreen will look like the Mac Os Lion interface on a mac or like the Windows 8 interface on a laptop.
The only app which lets me do that (that I know of) is SweeterHome, but I can't find sweeterhome in the market anymore and Beta 2.0 has bugs.
So then I was informed about:
UCCW
Apex
Nova
Home
iHome
aHome
SPB
LIghting launcher with uccw (that is totally not what I am looking for as I am designing my own theme so I dont want to use someones theme as a consumer but use an app that lets me build a new UI on the android OS.)
Ss launcher
holo launcher
zooper widget (not looking for a widget shell, but thanks for the input)
So, the most important question:
Is there an app that can do the same as SweeterHome?
Im looking forward to hearing from you guys,
Regards,
Dizzy
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Hi, If you want windows phone 8 style, WP8 launcher is there. Search in Xda. It Rocks.
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ramsuresh4 said:
Hi, If you want windows phone 8 style, WP8 launcher is there. Search in Xda. It Rocks.
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Hey Bud, thanks for your reply.. but I dont think you understood my message..
I am not looking for someone's theme.
I make themes.
Thanks though..
Unless I'm mistaken it sounds like you're looking for something that would completely change the visual aspects of android ui such as the status bar, menus pop ups and things of that nature afaik the only thing similar to that requires you to be rooted and running custom roms, which has the theme manager and allows you to theme to entire system and framework of android, if your looking for only third party apps available in the market that are themeable I believe super status bar comes with a theme engine as well as omega status bar (for the status bar) however they don't perform very well, and many custom launchers such as apex and nova allows for custom icons and icon packs as well as docks etc... However most themeing will require root as well as a custom roms like CM or PA (paranoid android) or aokp which all have the theme engine included.
Just a side note the theme engine included in these roms are based off the tmobile theme engine and cannot be used as a standalone app
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Sorry for the double post, just wanted to let you know there are third party apps that you can use in place of rooting however none will be as effective or theme as thoroughly as using the theme engine. Here's a list of some apps that might do what you need
Widget locker (for lock screen)
Super Status Bar (for status bar)
Go Launcher Pro (for home screen and launcher) not much experience with this but it seems pretty thorough in its themeing capabilities
Hopefully these can be viable alternatives for you ill add more if I think of any or of you have any other questions lemme know
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+1 to what he said ^^^^ very detailed. But here is my shorter version, look into how to make a "Theme Choser" (or Theme Engine) theme, that is the most complete way to change how your phone look. Another alternative would be MIUI ROM, which is extremely customizable and dynamic when it comes to theming capability. Hope it helps :laugh:
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Unless I'm mistaken it sounds like you're looking for something that would completely change the visual aspects of android ui such as the status bar, menus pop ups and things of that nature afaik the only thing similar to that requires you to be rooted and running custom roms, which has the theme manager and allows you to theme to entire system and framework of android, if your looking for only third party apps available in the market that are themeable I believe super status bar comes with a theme engine as well as omega status bar (for the status bar) however they don't perform very well, and many custom launchers such as apex and nova allows for custom icons and icon packs as well as docks etc... However most themeing will require root as well as a custom roms like CM or PA (paranoid android) or aokp which all have the theme engine included.
Just a side note the theme engine included in these roms are based off the tmobile theme engine and cannot be used as a standalone app
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Sorry for the double post, just wanted to let you know there are third party apps that you can use in place of rooting however none will be as effective or theme as thoroughly as using the theme engine. Here's a list of some apps that might do what you need
Widget locker (for lock screen)
Super Status Bar (for status bar)
Go Launcher Pro (for home screen and launcher) not much experience with this but it seems pretty thorough in its themeing capabilities
Hopefully these can be viable alternatives for you ill add more if I think of any or of you have any other questions lemme know
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Yesss!!!
Kagedin, thank you you've just answered more questions than I needed.
I was not sure if I needed to root but this confirms it. I got very noob at the moment because of the breakaway of 2 years from android so sorry for the complex questions.
But your answer confirms that I need root. And I also came to know that if you want to make an Apex theme... these days its done on your desktop through Python or etc.
Things has changed a lot since the beginning of Android, back then it was root into your phone, take aspects of the UI, redesign them on your desktop and place them back into their original folder on the phone and you where good to go.
I will go with Widget locker, Super Status Bar, Go Launcher Pro and Apex for the moment but first of all root.
BIG THANK YOU!
Hi everyone,
So this is my first venture into theming and icon pack making. I have to give a big thanks to all the members on XDA who've posted theming guides, as well as to Pooley for his knowledge in icon making and also Team EOS cause without their themer try out event I probably still wouldn't be back into theming and developing.
So without further ado I present Inside Awesome. The pack is completely icon masked as of right now however by the end of the week I should have my pack fully themed for icon picker and the major apps.
Since its my first it is free on the play store and until I actually get really good most my packs will be free. I am always open to criticism and requests for certain apps to be fully skinned.
Hit the link below to download from the play store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.confyzone.insideawesome
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awesome icons keep work
Looks great, I love that I it themes all of your icons. Nice job
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Hi to all I'm in a catch 22 situation. Which is I don't like the stock moto blur launcher and would like to use a 3rd party launcher but when I do I can't use the circles widget. Is there and way to do this as I would like to use both holo HD and the circles widget together.
Thanks in advance
Moley
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No way to use the Circle Widget on 3rd Party Launchers. You can try the one more Clock app out of Play Store. It contains an similar Widget.
BTW: You can change the Icons on your Blur Home screen with Icon Changer. Icon Packs are supported, so you can customize the Stock Launcher.
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UCCW has a widget called motoblur clock which looks similar.
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No way to use the Circle Widget on 3rd Party Launchers.
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How come?
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Try Rings digital weather clock; best match of circles.. Circles is protected to run only with stock moto launcher - see many threads on this.
bmszabo said:
Try Rings digital weather clock; best match of circles.. Circles is protected to run only with stock moto launcher - see many threads on this.
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Thank mate now using holo HD and rings digital weather clock.
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dj_mol3y_x8 said:
Hi to all I'm in a catch 22 situation. Which is I don't like the stock moto blur launcher and would like to use a 3rd party launcher but when I do I can't use the circles widget. Is there and way to do this as I would like to use both holo HD and the circles widget together.
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I think the circle widget is one of the best clock/weather widget actually. I decompiled it and tried to remove the restrictions, but failed. I do not think it is possible, as I can see there is too much dependency on other parts which are compiled in the launcher.
The motorola launcher is not so bad. It is very close to the stock JB launcher. For me, the main shortcoming is the lack of customisation. But there are ways around it: you can use SiMi folder to have some great looking custom folders, which can be backed up, and used in any launcher; and there is another application HSD-Pilot mentioned (I think), which allows you to have custom icons for the app shortcuts.
Combine it with my 5 row mod and maybe you will find it fits your needs.
It's a pity, but I'm addicted to the wp8 launcher..
arman68 said:
I think the circle widget is one of the best clock/weather widget actually. I decompiled it and tried to remove the restrictions, but failed. I do not think it is possible, as I can see there is too much dependency on other parts which are compiled in the launcher.
The motorola launcher is not so bad. It is very close to the stock JB launcher. For me, the main shortcoming is the lack of customisation. But there are ways around it: you can use SiMi folder to have some great looking custom folders, which can be backed up, and used in any launcher; and there is another application HSD-Pilot mentioned (I think), which allows you to have custom icons for the app shortcuts.
Combine it with my 5 row mod and maybe you will find it fits your needs.
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I always had hopes that someone could port the widget circles, it's a shame, thanks for your work!
I just new launcher, so I'll be without circles!
In time, I use your mod v6 pillama on a show!
Thanks for trying!
Hey guys,
I am trying to track down a theme which is hella tight. Has anyone else seen this theme or know where to get it? I see how he makes it "transparent" using a camera live wallpaper. Any thoughts?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbomxXFf7SE
I did some looking around and found something similar where they used Nova Launcher, UCCW with a JARVISQ theme, and of course the camera live wallpaper . It would be nice if the guy that made the video actually responded to the comments...
That is sick as hell lol I want it
My Galaxy Note 3 Is A Definite Go!!!!!
I could rock that theme.
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sweet theme
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i found this online maybe this will help. it uses uccw and the apex launcher. the background you could use transparent wallpaper in the play store.
http://mycolorscreen.com/2013/05/01/i-am-iron-man/
arod175 said:
i found this online maybe this will help. it uses uccw and the apex launcher. the background you could use transparent wallpaper in the play store.
http://mycolorscreen.com/2013/05/01/i-am-iron-man/
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I was actually able to use that theme and modify it to show in landscape using Lightning Laucher. I've been rocking it for some time now.
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
LOTS of customizations.
Resizing of all third party apps
Resizing of the desktop and drawer
Font customization
Lollipop animations
Custom Google search widget
Custom animation speed
Forced landscape mode
And many more. ..
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hendog4385 said:
LOTS of customizations.
Resizing of all third party apps
Resizing of the desktop and drawer
Font customization
Lollipop animations
Custom Google search widget
Custom animation speed
Forced landscape mode
And many more. ..
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+1
there is no questions any custom launcher bring added functionality. I personally can't live without a 5x5 grid, badge notification on almost any app and a vertical scroll drawer. The lollipop animations are also pretty cool
You my friend must be using a different version then all of us. So many features. Blows tw away by miles.
BAD ASS NOTE 4
Araltd said:
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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Are you joking? You must be joking
So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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Thanks, that was the kind of answer I was hoping for.
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So there is a bit of a learning curve to using a launcher if you are new to them. For Nova I would focus on the items I starred in the screen shots below. Play around with it. You will see the benefits, trust us.
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That's awesome that you did that.
My personal favorite is assigning Shortcuts to App Icon swipe up. (Direct Dial Wife on swipe up of Phone Icon)
Araltd said:
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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Changing icons individually or as a pack, multiple docks, transition effects, size of icons can be changed, swipe action for individual icons, folders can be changed, several add ons suchs as unread counts, now comes the final question - did you use the pay or the free version. A lot of the really cool stuff is only available in a paid version and trust me it is lightning fast compared to touchwiz.
I'm using nova prime. I'm still learning, this is the first time I've ever used anything other than what was baked into whatever Rom I was using. My last phone was the s3 and Darth stalker had the Xperia launcher I think... I've been using touchwiz was the last month, I just didn't like the menu (app draw) key on the right side.
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I'm using nova prime. I'm still learning, this is the first time I've ever used anything other than what was baked into whatever Rom I was using. My last phone was the s3 and Darth stalker had the Xperia launcher I think... I've been using touchwiz was the last month, I just didn't like the menu (app draw) key on the right side.
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Well it looks like nova has been great for you. Even answered your question in the other thread for what you wanted. Say NOVA IS GREAT. SAY IT. LOL
BAD ASS NOTE 4
I tried it a few times. I'm with op can't see any real.benefits.
Only launcher that I used for more than 1 hour was the Aviate one.
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Nova restore option is anoother HUGE plus
I love the back-up restore option with Nova prime that I can use to quickly restore all my short cuts and widgets. Even between devices. I would use for this alone.
Araltd said:
So I'm trying nova launcher instead of Touchwiz. I honestly do not see what the fuss is. The only thing I like is the ability to move the app drawer button to the center of the dock. After that, I see no speed difference or awesome features.
I know most people seem to like it, but I just dont see it. Am I missing something?
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OP you may want to try "Go Launcher EX" its more user friendly in my opinion. I love it because the them options and whatnot with it are endless.
I seriously love Nova launcher it's always been my go to and I've tried quite a few. I wish it was possible to pin action memos as a widget though. It's not enough to get me to stop using Nova, but damn that would be perfect if it was possible.