Hey there,
Im really bothered by the fact that the android 8 stock Icons are all square shaped and all the third party icons are individual shaped. So I tried making new shortcuts/icons to the third party apps as I'm used to. I tried it with the following apps:
- Materialize
- Awesome Icons
- Icon Changer free
All these apps used to work on Android 7 but now none of these work. How does it come that I cant create new shortcuts, is this a bug? Can anyone try to reproduce to see if it's just me or a new Android 8 "feature"?
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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 like the icon for the app folders in the google now launcher which can be seen on the Nexus 5. Basically when you group apps together on the home page the icon is round with an overlay of the apps in the folder. I find this much better than how Sense uses a square icon that shows small icons of the first four apps in the folder. Is there any way I can incorporate this into my M8? Can I do it without switching launchers or rooting?
Thanks
BeanTown said:
I like the icon for the app folders in the google now launcher which can be seen on the Nexus 5. Basically when you group apps together on the home page the icon is round with an overlay of the apps in the folder. I find this much better than how Sense uses a square icon that shows small icons of the first four apps in the folder. Is there any way I can incorporate this into my M8? Can I do it without switching launchers or rooting?
Thanks
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you cannot edit the folder image or layout without rooting, if you like the gpe launcher, that works without rooting
So I'm trying really hard to not install a third party launcher since there are so many more customizing options than we've ever had before. But I do have third party messaging apps. The trouble is, all the cool new icons don't all have specific ones for the apps I'm using. So is there a way to change what app is linked to an icon? For example, can I make the messaging icon link to my texting app instead of the stick messaging app? I realize I can do this in the freestyle mode, but would like to do it with the dock icons in my current setup. Thanks!
It I unterstand you the right way, look for Flipster Xposed mod.
But it will not work with the"allapps"dockicon
Hi,
I have a big issue with the fact that I can't change the app icons to the ones i want. If I try to use apps like Icon changer, i am warned that "Your launcher may not support creating shortcut via Icon changer ", hence I am not allowed to do so. How can i fix this ? I don't want to install icons from certain icon packs, I want to change them with specific pngs.
Thank you in advance,
Liviu
Use a 3rd party launcher, like Nova. Or wait for the developer to update Icon Changer. The phone has only been available for a few days, and I suspect a number of apps will need to be updated to support it.
I am surprised about the small icon size when you put a few icons in a folder. I change the resolution to HD+ but that makes them no much bigger.
Pixel 2 launcher show's much bigger icons using folders but I like somehow the stock launcher.
Any ideas how to make the icons in folder look bigger?
heyster said:
I am surprised about the small icon size when you put a few icons in a folder. I change the resolution to HD+ but that makes them no much bigger.
Pixel 2 launcher show's much bigger icons using folders but I like somehow the stock launcher.
Any ideas how to make the icons in folder look bigger?
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3rd party launcher is the only way, Nova Launcher is the most used
*Detection* said:
3rd party launcher is the only way, Nova Launcher is the most used
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At first I was not that happy with Nova but.....
I found a backup for the S9 and did import and hat to tweak it a bit.
Here a screenshot of the touchwiz and one of the Nova launcher.
Touchwiz is the first thing I dump on a tablet or phone and I've used Nova since it first came out. Lately though I've been using Microsoft Launcher (formally Arrow) and like a lot if it's features.
From Android 12 to Android 13 there is still a problem with Google Calendar.
No matter what day it is, it shows "22" all the time.
How to fix it? With Nova Launcher, the Microsoft calendar shows the correct date.
Does any user have the same problem?
I guess you would like to use a dynamic calendar icon with nova launcher. It's either not supported by the icon pack creator or this feature does not work with the latest android version and nova. Try searching icon packs with dynamic icons support. The stock launcher might be using dynamic icons only with oneplus default icon theme - at least last time I checked.
I have a different issue, where I don't get calendar notifications on a13.f17 no matter howany times I check the settings.
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I guess you would like to use a dynamic calendar icon with nova launcher. It's either not supported by the icon pack creator or this feature does not work with the latest android version and nova. Try searching icon packs with dynamic icons support. The stock launcher might be using dynamic icons only with oneplus default icon theme - at least last time I checked.
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Thanks for the suggestions. There is a problem. If I have a different launcher, then the phone does not support many other functions used. For example, AOD. The fault lies with the OP launcher and no one cares for over 1.5 years.
nabril15 said:
I have a different issue, where I don't get calendar notifications on a13.f17 no matter howany times I check the settings.
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Calendar notification doesn't work for me either. Similarly, the clock icon has the wrong time. The OP company is going down the drain. This is how you produce 10 phones in a year. Later, older models are treated as a necessary evil. A handful of programmers jump from one phone to another. And at the same time one big chaos.