Would like to know if there is an Car focused ROM like AutoDroid based on Android 6.0 marshmallow?
Thanks
No ROMS but there are several good CarMode type apps that you can use. My favorites are CarWidget and Automate. CarWidget is just a resizable widget you can use to fill your entire homescreen with big shiny shortcuts. Automate is an AndroidAuto clone which keeps a nav bar present on the screen for quickly switching between music/nav/phone.
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I just completed my first app which works fine, and want to make a widget version of it.
I notice that most of the standard Android widgets are extremely limited in what they can do. Yet the Hero ones which run under Rosie have cool features like animations and scrolling within the widget itself.
Anyone know if there is an API or SDK for such effects, or if there is a fundamental reason why they arent generally used in widgets? Battery life and/or performance?
I'm looking for an app icon widget for Sense that has the following properties....I have tried what feels like dozens but there are so many I simply can't try them all.
Ability to hide specific apps that I don't want displayed (so, a blacklist not a whitelist)
No text labels
Ability to be clear or at least mostly clear (see the wallpaper behind it)
Scrollable!
Preferred 5 column grid but not absolutely necessary
The closest I've found is the Folder organizer widget, but it doesn't seem to refresh the apps list ever so anytime I add a new app I have to recreate the widget again. Also, the scrollable function only works in third party launchers (not Sense). I have tried Launcher Pro and ADW but not a huge fan.
Shane112358 said:
I'm looking for an app icon widget for Sense that has the following properties....I have tried what feels like dozens but there are so many I simply can't try them all.
Ability to hide specific apps that I don't want displayed (so, a blacklist not a whitelist)
No text labels
Ability to be clear or at least mostly clear (see the wallpaper behind it)
Scrollable!
Preferred 5 column grid but not absolutely necessary
The closest I've found is the Folder organizer widget, but it doesn't seem to refresh the apps list ever so anytime I add a new app I have to recreate the widget again. Also, the scrollable function only works in third party launchers (not Sense). I have tried Launcher Pro and ADW but not a huge fan.
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You have to remember that sense is closed source, so it can only do so much. Most widgets that I've found have extra functions for 3rd party launchers such as the ones you've listed.
If you want to hid or get rid of apps, the only way to do that is to hack-uninstall the apps (from what I've been reading around here). Not sure about being "clear", could you be more clear with that? I'm guessing you want transparent widgets?
You can use Desktop Visualizer to help you with your hidden text labels. I use that in combination with folder organizer and launcher pro. Launcher Pro is pretty well designed IMO. It does what sense does, plus more and there's a lot of widgets that seem to support it. You should take a look at the Launcher Pro screenshots created here, there's a lot of excellent customization that I believe will meet your demand. It's possible that you haven't found the look you want that will be efficient for you.
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You have to remember that sense is closed source, so it can only do so much. Most widgets that I've found have extra functions for 3rd party launchers such as the ones you've listed.
If you want to hid or get rid of apps, the only way to do that is to hack-uninstall the apps (from what I've been reading around here). Not sure about being "clear", could you be more clear with that? I'm guessing you want transparent widgets?
You can use Desktop Visualizer to help you with your hidden text labels. I use that in combination with folder organizer and launcher pro. Launcher Pro is pretty well designed IMO. It does what sense does, plus more and there's a lot of widgets that seem to support it. You should take a look at the Launcher Pro screenshots created here, there's a lot of excellent customization that I believe will meet your demand. It's possible that you haven't found the look you want that will be efficient for you.
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Thanks for your thoughts. Does LauncherPro have scrollable email and agenda widgets like Sense? (I know it has messenger although I don't love the implementation...)
I just installed froyo as per the guy said in this thread, the downgradable method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072094
But i was hoping like this update will remove the 3 home screen buttons at the bottom of the screen. Is there any way to do that?
and what about the folders for different apps? This is also not there for defy? I have sen it on galaxys!
and another thing is the wifi/bluetooth/gps widget. i thought the froyo update will bring it to the notification area. I mean after expanding the notification bar.
One another thing I wanted to ask was, is there any good looking widget for bluetooth/gps/wifi for defy?
for the widgets - try widgetsoid in the market - be sure to get widgetsoid 2.x
it offers a fair amount of customisation (colours, background fade efect, etc)
The 2.2 doesn't bring these widgets to notification bar - it depends on the custom rom
The 3 home buttons - try to change your home screen app - use adw launcher or launcher pro, or any othe type of launcher - search the web to find the best for your taste.
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for the widgets - try widgetsoid in the market - be sure to get widgetsoid 2.x
it offers a fair amount of customisation (colours, background fade efect, etc)
The 2.2 doesn't bring these widgets to notification bar - it depends on the custom rom
The 3 home buttons - try to change your home screen app - use adw launcher or launcher pro, or any othe type of launcher - search the web to find the best for your taste.
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thanks a lot man!! and I thought all these things are part of android froyo!!
Hey XDA community,
I have been searching for the smoothest experience there can be with a launcher (speed, features, etc) recently. Many I have come across (go launcher, launcherpro, or my current ROM has ADW (CM7.1)) have the ability to edit the applications you can stick in the dock bar, but some do not. For instance, I love the minimalistic gingerbread launcher but you can not edit the stock launcher dock at all, stuck with the dialer and browser as default dock applications. Another launcher that I recently discovered, regina 3d is quite simply amazing but again it does not give me the ability to do something as simple as edit the dock applications which I find is quite ignorant of the developer to leave such a needed/necessary feature out/ignored.
My questions to the community...does anyone know of a way to edit the stock launcher/non-stock launchers dock bars that do not allow you to drag and drop/edit the applications placed in the dock.
Thank you for anytime put into replying to my post.
Yes and no. The remap is possible, but it won't be drag-and-drop like ADW or launchers like that. If you have one specific app you want remapped to one of the buttons, I can help you get it set up.
Hi Godsmacked4653. I would like to map the stock text app to the left button and google talk to the right button in the stock launcher.
I am running Elelinux gingerbread on a Hero and the performance benefits of using a minimalist configuration outweigh any benefits of custom launchers. The only thing I really miss from custom launchers is the ability to remap the dock.
Is it also possible to remap the left and rightmost dock buttons that scroll the homescreens?
Thanks.
I been playing with Dualboot with FreeSG3 and CM10. The problem I find with any of these UI is the lack of Sense type widgets and features.
1. I have not a 1 height clock like I used for Sense
2. No Favorite Contact Widget like there is in Sense.
3. No good animated weather like Sense.
4. Ability to flip clock up and out of the way like Sense
5. No easy method to choose a screen as in Sense I press home button and it will than show me the pages and I can select one but with this I have to try to click on a small dot to change screen and than hope I'm selecting the right one as I have no thumbnail view for it.
I miss features of Sense I think the ultimate phone would be the Samsung Galaxy S3 with hybrid Sense/Touchwiz on it.. It has the memory to handle sense while the EVO LTE suffers from lack of RAM in the phone but the great background features of Touchwiz.
So anyone know any widgets or apps that can help emulate some of these features?