Google released a webpage with design patterns for Android apps. As you can see here, there is a wallpaper which I found really cool, so I decided to copy it.
It´s quite simple, and both blue and red parts are a bit larger pointedly, to fit the screen properly (they get smaller when the image is set as wallpaper). Hope you like it!
Thanks! I actually liked the wallpaper when I first saw it
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What do you think about the Mock-up Style?
Could we design our Nexus like this?
apart from the bottom 3 buttons, which personally i couldn't do (but someone else could, the wallpaper and clock should be easy enough.
looks like the beta version of ICS
The Nexus S had a completely black screen - at night black was no different that if it was switched off. My GN appears to have slight screen glow in the backs. However, I thought they were both SAMOLED screens? Presume I am wrong? Can anyone explain?
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I noticed the same thing. I just assumed that not all sAMOLED screens are equal, and that the change in resolution could have been a cause. Maybe Samsung wasn't able to perfect it. Just speculation
It is pretty close though.
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I was expecting this too and was a little dissapointed, was looking forward to having my night clock on and the only light coming from the screen to be the clock text but the whole screen has a slight glow to it
Same here, I wonder why is it like that. No bragging of true black anymore. Feels like step backwards.
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jpalo said:
Same here, I wonder why is it like that. No bragging of true black anymore. Feels like step backwards.
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The screen does do true black.
It's just the wallpaper isn't turned to black, it's made very dim.
The "slight glow" is the dim wallpaper if you look carefully.
Hmm, I made own 1x1 black picture for background. Still it isn't true black.
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The same here, not nearly as black as my old Galaxy S
The blacks look black as black to me.
Mine seems pretty black. I've only had a Vibrant with SAMOLED before, and I think this is equivalent if not better. Sadly, I've got a small weird green dent on the pixels on the second quadrant though...
I've noticed this too. Definately not as dark as my Galaxy S2 was.
My blacks look as good as my GS2's did to my eye. When you guys open up the app drawer, it's not totally black behind the icons? I can't make out bezel or screen with blacks.
I've also noticed that the blacks aren't as black as on my Galaxy S. The blackness on the GS was even more noticeable since every colour displayed is eye-burstingly vivid. I do miss the true black but at least the general display is nicer on the GN than the GS.
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I just used the night display mode on Gentle Alarm.
I put the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S2 side-by-side.
The Nexus definitely has a noticeable backlight compared to the S2.
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I just used the night display mode on Gentle Alarm.
I put the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy S2 side-by-side.
The Nexus definitely has a noticeable backlight compared to the S2.
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Well the nexus doesn't use any backlight. Which is odd because there is a definite glow, I wonder if some screen tuning can remove it
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Nigel Tufnel: It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
I hate black screens I only like white ones....yea i said it!
My screen is as dark as midnight and is peferectly fine with me.
Can people please who say screen is completely black test the clock app in night mode in a perfectly dark place. I have a feeling this is not only in some of the phones but in all. Will contact support to verify this.
I think the black tint on the glass isn't as dark as it was on the nexus s. At least that's how it looks on my gnex.
When the screen is on for an AMOLED display, it's not "true black". If I remember correctly, there's a minimum voltage applied when the screen is on. Otherwise it would draw more power to switch the pixels from fully off to on. In other words, the GN might have some slightly different minimum voltage.
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Can people please who say screen is completely black test the clock app in night mode in a perfectly dark place. I have a feeling this is not only in some of the phones but in all. Will contact support to verify this.
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As mentioned earlier, the clock app doesn't use a pure black background. Rather, it uses an dark overlay over your wallpaper.
Also, the default background for apps has been changed to one that isn't pure black
I thought I'd start a thread on wallpapers that really make you go 'wow' when you look at the screen.. They have to be at least 720p of course and preferably blend in well with the icons/ICS theme.
Allow me to start:
Edit: Added HD zipped version.
Nice! I just set it as my wallpaper.
There's some nice ones in the apps and themes forum. I think the title of the thread is something like black and bright colors wallpapers
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Here are a couple i have used on mine that i found on the net... they are both nice and sharp. The one with the blue cubes match perfect with the colors of the ICS theme...
EDIT: Someone made a good point that the forum compressed the images.. I updated them with the higher res versions of the images... look much better.
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Here are a couple i have used on mine that i found on the net... they are both nice and sharp. The one with the blue cubes match perfect with the colors of the ICS theme...
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The one with the blue cubes is great.
Red really pops on the screen. The Star Fish looks amazing
More. I have tons
None of these posted are high enough resolution for the screen. They should be sized to 1440 x 1280, and if you add them as attachments, you should add the originals to a ZIP archive before uploading, so that the forum does not compress them.
I've attached a few I've collected.
Here are some more
Hi,
I've just got my G3 - switched from a Nexus 4, and before that I've had a range of budget Android offerings. I'm loving the device so far, but one thing was really bugging me. We have a huge resolution - great, for me thats best put to use by displaying more information on the screen (Hi def youtube videos are all well and good, but not of that much interest to me) - so why isn't it using it?
A bit of fiddling revealed that for some reason it was set to use huge fonts - why did they do that? Turning it down to minimum helps with the search/browser issue, but still the rest of the interface doesn't seem to be scaled to take advantage of all those pixels.
I'm using Apex launcher - been using it since the early days when you really needed a third party launcher so have go used to it, but that lets me use a much bigger grid, and scale the icons to something more appropriate.
Is there anything else I can do though? I'd rather not have to fiddle with build.prop, or have to install Paranoid Android (If that ever becomes an option). The notification area seems very chunky in particular.
I guess maybe it is all a design decision - Windows has gone for big chunky controls, probably showing my age. More of a command line guy!
Carl
agree on the notifications especiallly
I just came from an M8 and this screen is bigger, much higher res, and yet less information on the screen. Seems very daft.
I thought I would start a thread where people could upload backgrounds that work well for the new "My Design" watchface on the updated Moto Connect app.
I'll start first with a black leather background that looks nice on the Moto 360. This is a simple yet elegant background that really looks good imo.
Here are a couple more for you sports fans.
What size are u guys using to make these?
The size doesn't matter. The app allows you to crop the image.
Enjoy
Rust
Here is a football theme
Some backgrounds
Some I've used so far... Don't think I've found "the one" though yet.
Pebbles
Nice colours
blue shadow
This image looks great on a face.
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Nice colours
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Very nice. Thanks.
Background Request
Can someone make a background with numbers all around like the "classsic" watch face.
Thanks
to start, these are my wallpapers
This looks badass if you're into cooking
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to start, these are my wallpapers
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These looks great! Love the fact that the number "6" it lifted up above the flat tire. Thanks!
What I had for Veteran's Day
I trimmed it from the top. Just wanted to share
Lava:
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The size doesn't matter.
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* Insert generic joke about that being what she said * :silly:
/backs away slowly...
Broken glass image blue version, look really nice at night