Do you know of any Windows 8 start menu themed launchers? - Nexus 7 Themes and Apps

Has anyone found a windows 8 themed launcher ? Thanks in advance
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EWWWW
Not sure why . But to each there own..
this one i seen a few days ago .. but search play.google.com you will find many more
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5yZW5ubGFiLmFwZXgud2luZG93c2hkIl0.

I think he probably means metro. Launcher 7 doesn't scale very well, so I guess I'm looking for one too.

erica_renee said:
Not sure why . But to each there own..
this one i seen a few days ago .. but search play.google.com you will find many more
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wyLDEsImNvbS5yZW5ubGFiLmFwZXgud2luZG93c2hkIl0.
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I like how it says "Windows 8 PC HD" and yet it uses elements from XP (background) and icons from Vista/7. Not even worthy of $0.99...
But yea I too think the op meant Modern UI (Metro is deprecated), which, would seem "interesting" on an actual touchscreen in my opinion.

best bet would be to use another launcher to increase the desktop grid, find/make the icons you want and use desktop visualizer to mimic the W8 layout..
another option is to actually create a wallpaper with the layout you want on it and then overlay desktop visualizer widgets over parts of the wallpaper. Here's some old wallpapers i used on my old Aria using this method. Maybe it'll help you to get an idea.
{
"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"
}
multipicture livewallpaper in conjunction with the above methods and can also be used if you want to use dif images per desktop and to tweak the desktop "page turn" animation

Holy crap dude that looks good!!! Desktop visualizer confuses me lol can't figure it out
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haha thanks.
It isn't too difficult once you figure it out. Essentially its just a resizable launchers. You set an app/action to launch and an image for said action.
In the case of the photos above, the icons and everything are actually part of the wallpaper image. DV is used just to overlay the areas of the wallpaper that I want to be a button, set the widget to open the app portrayed on the wallpaper then the image is just a transparent png.
in the case of attempting a Windows 8 theme, you could basically grab a W8 screenshot trimmed to your desired resolution, overlay a DV widget over the individual launcher icons on the wallpaper, set an app to open and use a transparent image.

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Show your WFS homescreen

My WFS homescreen
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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"
}
Nice thread how is it you have both wifi and gsm running at the same time?
Still awaiting root and CM7.
tmobile crap syncing in background they wont use wifi because its free, no way to stop it until I get root access.
Here's mine (go launcher suave theme)

			
				
latest homescreen
can you tell me which launcher you use?
im using adw ex
dmonium WFS HomeScreen
This is My WFS homescreen

			
				
what icon set are you using in the second screen? and could you share your wallpaper from the second and third screens with me too? pleease
*se-nsei. said:
what icon set are you using in the second screen? and could you share your wallpaper from the second and third screens with me too? pleease
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Here you are..
Lockscreen
AzulBlu Wallpaper by ~unbrok3n
VARIATIONS 3 by ~GuillenDesign
btw, the calendar and clock widgets/icons are from Mclock Mods for Fusion HD by ~chrisbanks2 used with mClock
ps: I applied most of the icons using desktop visualizer
ArjanK said:
Here you are..
Lockscreen
AzulBlu Wallpaper by ~unbrok3n
VARIATIONS 3 by ~GuillenDesign
btw, the calendar and clock widgets/icons are from Mclock Mods for Fusion HD by ~chrisbanks2 used with mClock
ps: I applied most of the icons using desktop visualizer
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Great man, thanks a lot. Much appreciated.
latest homescreen grab the clock here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18193448&postcount=655 sorry its T-Mobile branded lol.

			
				
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not much difference from before
LauncherPro
iDroid icons
MIUI Digital Clock
(also runs awesomely smooth and fast even with S-ON. Using autokiller memory optimizer with advanced settings all on, app2sd adb install location hack and all sync switched off except background data.) Try it.
Here's my lockscreen
Hello to everyone; honestly I'm very new with Android, and I was looking to set a more colorful indicators for WiFi/BH/ Battery... (the Taskbar!) but honestly til here I didn't find something that's way I post this little post with this question.
Thanks in advance.
LauncherPro
PurityFS HD - resized for MDPI
MIUI Digital Clock - skin for mClock
NathalieW said:
Hello to everyone; honestly I'm very new with Android, and I was looking to set a more colorful indicators for WiFi/BH/ Battery... (the Taskbar!) but honestly til here I didn't find something that's way I post this little post with this question.
Thanks in advance.
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Requires root. Can be done by theming in custom roms. E.g. CM7

[Q/Opinion] Launcher 7

Im not sure if this should be in Q&A or Themes &Apps..
Ive been trying to use launcher 7, I really like it actually.
The problem is it seems very buggy and laggy on my phone. I don't use that many tiles and about four widgets. Usually after a few minutes the widgets move all over the screen and out of the tiles.
I haven't seen any complaints in the comments in the market, only praises on how well and stable it is. I've used it both on a TW and cm7 ROM, locked home in memory trying to get it to function correctly.
Has anybody else have the same experience or is it just me and my phone? Am I doing something wrong or is this launcher still a WIP?
Have you ever considered using an app called Desktop Visualizer to create your own Windows 7 launcher? I mean it's not exactly the same but it does allow you to use your own images:
{
"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 Im definitely going to check that out.
One word of caution though. When I attempted doing this several years ago, the only launcher that would allow you to place the icons so that they touch each other without leaving a gap was LauncherPro. Every other launcher I tried to use left a gap & didn't make it look so seamless.
You should also be able to find pre-made icon packs & tuts here on XDA.
Here's one to get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783946
Update: Man what a pain. Using the included icon pack, I'm having trouble getting them to align correctly. Not only that in order to resize the home screen icons using Launcher Pro, you need Launcher Pro Plus which is a paid app. So I tried using ADW Launcher...still can't get them to align correctly.
I guess the icon packs were created for a specific sized screen (hence the problem with alignment). I'll continue to give it a go to see if I can get it to work.
Okay got it finally.
First you need to set your launcher to 5 rows & 4 columns.
Then when creating your icons (.png) from whatever image you find they need to be at the following resolutions/pixels:
1x1 = 110x122px
1x2 = 115x264px
2x1 = 230x124px
3x1 = 355x124px
4x1 = 475x124px
You may also be able to find icons packs/sets on the net but they have to be made specifically for screen resolutions of 800x480 in order to align correctly on our screens.
Hope that helps
EL TEJANO said:
Okay got it finally.
First you need to set your launcher to 5 rows & 4 columns.
Then when creating your icons (.png) from whatever image you find they need to be at the following resolutions/pixels:
1x1 = 110x122px
1x2 = 115x264px
2x1 = 230x124px
3x1 = 355x124px
4x1 = 475x124px
You may also be able to find icons packs/sets on the net but they have to be made specifically for screen resolutions of 800x480 in order to align correctly on our screens.
Hope that helps
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I don't use desktop visualizer but had to say thanks anyway. This is exactly the kind of helpful post that deserves thanks. Damn nice of you to share this info with us!

Setting wallpaper without crop

There is one annoying thing about android.... Wallpaper cropping, i have a 720p wallpaper which i want on my phone WITHOUT scrolling, i try and set it and this happens
{
"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"
}
any ways around it?
Hi,
I'm in the same boat as you, been looking for an answer but can't seem to find one. Id love to set some of my gallery pics without cropping them. It should be possible, the standard htc wallpapers are in system/customize/resource.
Anyone have any ideas?
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You can re-size then with an App such as PicSayPro
Quickpic, off the market my friend.
Awesome app.
I've been using wallpaper wizardrii and multipicture live wallpaper. Both seem to work well
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
Thanks guys for the answers! much appreciated =)
I hope Android 5.0 has an option to set a wallpaper without scrolling, i know Galaxy S3 has that since this wallpaper were extracted from it.
What did you use in the end to apply the a wallpaper without cropping???
Andy-D said:
What did you use in the end to apply the a wallpaper without cropping???
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wallpaper wizardrii, ugly icon, less than pleasant interface but it does the job.
Yeah, i used wizardrii aswell but when u now go from left to right on your homescreens there are these ugly black bars....
I didn't have a problem with my old Desire HD running android 2.3
It just selected the entire picture and set it as wallpaper...,,,done, no cropping!
I'm starting to get anoid with android 4.0.....
Where can we complain to make them updated the bloody thing and make sure we can have these selections again!?
Same as that I lost the ability to toggle on/off GPS in the scroll down quick settings menu. It's gone now in 4.0!!?! WTF!!
And Whatsapp doesn't show my contact Facebook profile pictures anymore in the Whatsapp contacts list.
There are serious problems still with android 4.0,,grrrrrr.
Sebianoti said:
wallpaper wizardrii, ugly icon, less than pleasant interface but it does the job.
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Exactly the same for me.
Thank you, this was what I needed..
I found wonderful free wallpapers on ssiphone.com but they don't need to be cropped (and I don't need the wallpaper to scroll)
Thank you to share the information
When you set the wall paper you can drag the yellow box out but still doesn't use a full picture taken by the camera.
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im hopeing they will fix this in on of their updates

Help with homescreen layout?

I've tried to replicate 100s of layout from MyColorscreen, but this time I would really like to succeed, so hopefully with all your help, I will finally get this right!
So this is how it looks now:
{
"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"
}
and this is how I want it:
It's this homescreen made by Alex T
I like the nexus setup more. Now what is the problem obviously the black stuff doesn't cover the sides of the screen and the top and bottom. Why?
I set apex launcher to a 10*8 grid like he said for the gs3
Has anyone got that uccw file (the top one)?
Also how do I place widgets on top of the black uccw box? I have set the option in apex launcher to widgets overlapping.
Help please!!!
LollieLaurie said:
I've tried to replicate 100s of layout from MyColorscreen, but this time I would really like to succeed, so hopefully with all your help, I will finally get this right!
So this is how it looks now:
and this is how I want it:
It's this homescreen made by Alex T
I like the nexus setup more. Now what is the problem obviously the black stuff doesn't cover the sides of the screen and the top and bottom. Why?
I set apex launcher to a 10*8 grid like he said for the gs3
Has anyone got that uccw file (the top one)?
Also how do I place widgets on top of the black uccw box? I have set the option in apex launcher to widgets overlapping.
Help please!!!
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Could you not make the black bit part of the wallpaper?
Nope, it's a live wallpaper
Okay, so Alex T replied and provided the uzip files yaay. Only the gs3 ones though, like the nexus ones better.
This is what I got so far.
Next problem I can't get my icons over the uccw widgets, do I need a special program?
Will someone please help me? Thx
The icons are part of a uccw. Have a look in blackbearblanc thread in theming section you'll find everything you need and read up more on how to edit in uccw
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Pre-4.2 clock widget?

The 4.2 clock widget looks absolutely horrible, I wonder why didn't they make it into a selection between which widget you want.
Anyways, is it possible to get the pre-4.2 clock widget on 4.2? It completely ruined my home screen at the moment. Or is there an app on Play Store that includes it?
The old one did not have that horrible circle around it, the new one does. It looked really good on my wallpaper before, but now I cannot select the one without the ring anymore.
You can modify the apk to show the old png files or look in play store for some ics clock widgets
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Whaaaat!? They changed it?! How does it look now? Screenie please?
I absolutely love the clock!
Screenshot of my homescreen:
{
"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"
}
thephantom said:
You can modify the apk to show the old png files or look in play store for some ics clock widgets
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Thanks! There indeed is ICS Analog Clock Widget in Play Store
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There's nothing wrong with the look of the analog clock to me, its the hideous digital clock on the lockscreen that really looks awful.
What on earth is with this half gargantuan, bold font; absolutely dreadful
MikLSP said:
There's nothing wrong with the look of the analog clock to me, its the hideous digital clock on the lockscreen that really looks awful.
What on earth is with this half gargantuan, bold font; absolutely dreadful
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Even worse, they allow you to resize the widget to 2x1 (which is the size it should be, 2x2 is mostly wasted space) but at that size, the date text on the bottom is cut off!
Oh you meant the ICS clock by pre-4.2 clock. I love the new clock too It's so simple and sleek!
Get it from Play Store.

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