Was wondering if there is a way to use an older custom icon pack i got on my samsung galaxy S9+ that i really like on my new Pixel 6 pro. The icon pack was purchased through the galaxy themes and is called Bay and is by Prapas Chantavali. If there is any way to use this on my pixel i would greatly appreciate help making it happen. Thanks
Not that I know of, you can thank Samsung for it not being portable.
The Pixel Launcher doesn't support custom icon packs anyway.
Well, as @dragynbane222 says, you will need a launcher that supports custom icons (e.g. Nova).
If the icon pack comes as an APK, fat chance that the icons are simply stored as resource images. Download the APK to your PC and try to 'apktool decode', check if there's a folder (probably under /res) with PNG files. Worth a try ... If there's indeed icon images, push them back onto your phone. With Nova, long press an app icon, then edit and you can change the icon for it by browing to one of the images.
You can try new Lawnchair 12, it is quite similar to stock launcher A12 but support custom icon pack and other customizations
If you can install the icon pack, Nova, Hyperion & Lawnchair support custom icon packs.
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I'm using msturg29's New Senzation Mod at the moment. I really like the theme and it's running great so far. I'd like to change a couple things on it if I could. I really like the look of the bigger icons in TW over Go Launcher along with the 4 icon dock versus the 5 icon dock. Is it possible to flash or push a 4 icon dock version of TW to this rom? Also, if I want to change the default icon for each app, do I have to change the icon inside of each apk file?
Thanks! I did some searching around without much success, though I did find some stuff on how to change icons in the apk files.
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I'm using msturg29's New Senzation Mod at the moment. I really like the theme and it's running great so far. I'd like to change a couple things on it if I could. I really like the look of the bigger icons in TW over Go Launcher along with the 4 icon dock versus the 5 icon dock. Is it possible to flash or push a 4 icon dock version of TW to this rom? Also, if I want to change the default icon for each app, do I have to change the icon inside of each apk file?
Thanks! I did some searching around without much success, though I did find some stuff on how to change icons in the apk files.
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As far as the launcher goes, you should be able to just grab a touchwiz launcher.apk from another rom and push it to /system/app. ("Should" being the keyword of course!!) I'm not familiar with that rom but I would think you could just grab the apk out of whatever stock rom it is based off of. ie, EG-30, EG-31, EL-13, etc... WHATEVER YOU DO, just make sure you do a nandroid back up FIRST so if it gets wonky on you, you can just restore back to your current settings.
For the icons, yes, you would have to change the icon in each apk provided you want to use a stock launcher (like touchwiz) and you want the icons in your app drawer to be themed. If you don't care about the app drawer and just want to change the icons on your homescreen(s), then you could just use desktop visualizer or a launcher like Go or ADW. If you are gonna change each individual apk, you'll just need to decompile them with one of the many tools floating around, swap out the icon (usually 72x72 and located in drawable-hdpi), recompile, and resign. Sounds like a lot but it is pretty easy.
My app is out of BETA! Version 1.0 is released to the market with a shiny new pack
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Hi everyone,
I finally decided that my app is functioning reasonably well so I have released a Beta version to the Play Store. You can find it here:
As I said, it's a very early version of my first app but the main features work. With the app you can:
EXCLUSIVE (for now): get access to my new icon pack, Galaxy!
EXCLUSIVE (for now): download the 4th Addon for Splash! and the 1st Addon for Light Edge Glow!
Download and extract any of my packs
See which icon is present in which packs (search)
Request icons directly from the app / Play Store - for priority treatment
Donate to me if you feel like I deserve it
For the future I plan to add some new features including (but not only):
Ability to request icons directly from the app [DONE - BETA 2]
Improved search visually [DONE - BETA 2]
"Help" screen with a mini-tutorial on how to use this app [DONE - BETA 2]
Graphic showing status: download, extracted [DONE - BETA 2 & 3]
See which icons a pack contains [DONA - BETA 3] - click on Pack name (Main, Addon, etc.)
Notifications of new packs available or new contents for existing packs [not really needed in the current form of the app]
Please let me know what you think about it, if you have some suggestions or if you're good at Android programming (because I have a looooot of questions that need answering and would always welcome some help )
Enjoy!
Great App
Love the app easy to use and loving the new Blue Flare icons changed everything on my phone to the blue ones straight away. Will you be taking icon requests for the Blue Flare set on this thread or when you add them to your other icon thread?
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Love the app easy to use and loving the new Blue Flare icons changed everything on my phone to the blue ones straight away. Will you be taking icon requests for the Blue Flare set on this thread or when you add them to your other icon thread?
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Haha, didn't think of that...
Please use the other thread. Mention Blue Flare and the Plays Store link to the app you need the icon for.
Thank you
Great App!
Thanks!
But I got some suggestions for it:
1. Downloading icons:
After the download I don´t see, which pack is already inside the folder or rather is already downloaded.
The same is for the extraction of packs. A flag would be great to see, which pack is already extracted.
Splash! Icons especially:
Thank for AddOn 3
But for Addon 2, it´s not extracted in the splash-subfolder (/sdcard/IPM/splash/) but in another folder inside ../splash/.. (/sdcard/IPM/splash/Addon 2/).
Addon 1 & 3 are extracted inside the main - splash-folder.
Donation:
Will there a possibility to donate via play? Or just via paypal?
Future App suggestions:
Let the user choose the folder to extract the icons - nice to have - but not essential
Thats for the moment
Thank you for your feedback.
The idea with the flags is good. Will implement sth for the next update.
The issue with Splash_Addon_2 was with the zip file actually (it had the folder inside). I fixed it already.
As for donation, for now I will only have PayPal as an option but maybe in the future I will include some sort of in app purchase through the Play Store.
Finally, I don't think I will give the option to save anywhere the user wants because I would have to store that option somewhere and use the path for extraction and any other operations and it can get messy
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA
I want to ask how to install those icons?
Do we need to install Go launcher?
Im using Apex launcher is there any way to change the icons?
Thanks
ronmo32992 said:
I want to ask how to install those icons?
Do we need to install Go launcher?
Im using Apex launcher is there any way to change the icons?
Thanks
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I never used Apex but I think it has the option to change the icons for the apps shown on your Home Screens. Probably something like long-press on an icon and then an option to change it should appear.
Then simply browse to the /IPM/<Icon Pack Name> folder on your SD Card and from there select the icon.
Unfortunately this has to be done manually for every app on your Home Screens that you want to change.
I will (eventually) create ADW icon packs and then it will be a bit easier but it may take a while.
Let me know if you got it to work.
Good luck!
BETA 2 is out!
Hi everyone,
I just updated IPM to version BETA 2. I improved some stuff, added some stuff...
Added an on-screen menu.
Removed the Options Menu.
Improved the way Search looks.
Added a "How-to" explaining how to use this app and the icons.
Added notification messages for events like archive already downloaded, extracted.
Added a "status bar" to the Download buttons: white = not downloaded, green = downloaded
Added a "Request" option to let you ask for icons directly from the app. Instructions are in the Help section.
Still working on features and planning 1 or 2 new icon packs.
Please let me know what you think or if you have comments/questions
Requests?
I was wondering if you would like to see some specific feature(s) added to this app. What else would you like it to do?
Also, just a thought, any other icon designers out there who would be interested in having their packs included in this app? I am not saying I will do this soon, nor do I know if I actually want to do it. I was just curious if anyone would be interested in such a thing.
PS: Thanks to all of you who downloaded this! I have almost 400 downloads
Version 1.0
Version 1.0 just got released to the market. Expect a shiny new pack
So I have Nova Launcher and I've been isntalling icon packs like crazy however I'm realizing that many 'icon packs' just download a zip and don't show up in the Nova Launcher 'icon pack' section. Sure I could unzip them, and then use the browse files functionality instead of the icon pack view in Nova Launcher, but that's a pain and not as streamlined as it would be if the zip were recognized as a true icon pack. So my question is how would one go about 'installing' an icon pack that was just recognized as a zip file by the system. Where does nova launcher store it's icon packs? Any ideas? Hopefully I'v explained this correctly lol.
not sure but....ive tried alot and my favorite is def snack pack check it out in the market. very clean and premium look
As far as I know, only APKs will be seen as icon packs.
Zips, unfortunately have to be customized individually...
daviiiiiid said:
As far as I know, only APKs will be seen as icon packs.
Zips, unfortunately have to be customized individually...
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Thats exactly how it is. If you want to make an icon pack yourself, you'll need eclipse and some additional android stuff. Then you need to get all the activities for your apps you want to create an icon for. Thats how i am doing this actually.. God, this is pain in the ass.. On MIUI it was just as easy as renaming your icon to the apps package name and done.
Btw, there is a howto in the android themes section.
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that is why i am missing miui on Nex4.....
i miss how easy it is to theme miui
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that is why i am missing miui on Nex4.....
i miss how easy it is to theme miui
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Me too. just posted a question regarding transforming the most beautiful MIUI iconpack i run into to a legit nova launcher pack. the zip is there, but it is not enough.. if you like the pack to be transfromed, comment on it.. here is a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41630787#post41630787
Samsung theme added a new option in nougat for note 5 and other devices to change only icons. The problem is that icon library is quite limited. Although some themes have great icons but do let you apply icons alone (not so thoughtful of Samsung).
This method here let you use any samsung theme icon without applying that theme, Follow the complete guide here on XDA
Recent updated my S9+ to Pie & the icons are awful. I've looked through various options & none are simple icon changes. I've looked into creating a theme & only changing the icons (if I could source them) but Samsung don't allow non-creators to create themes or icon packs.
Is there a way we can install & change the icons back to the oreo ones without root / another launcher? At this point I'm ready to flash back to Oreo if it's not possible.
If anyone has the icons & a means to add them all as an install able Samsung theme you'd be a life saver.
Did you tried samsung themes?there are some pretty icon packs there.
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Recent updated my S9+ to Pie & the icons are awful. I've looked through various options & none are simple icon changes. I've looked into creating a theme & only changing the icons (if I could source them) but Samsung don't allow non-creators to create themes or icon packs.
Is there a way we can install & change the icons back to the oreo ones without root / another launcher? At this point I'm ready to flash back to Oreo if it's not possible.
If anyone has the icons & a means to add them all as an install able Samsung theme you'd be a life saver.
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I'm desperately looking for this as well. Did u got it somewhere else?
Try Pixel Icon Pack from the Play Store.
Have a look at the icons from Samsung directly in Galaxy Themes. The 2018 Olympic Games icon pack is very similar to the icons you get on Oreo.
similar but not quite ...
I also want the icon pack from the oreo high_contrast_theme_ii. they "updated" the theme with the awful pie icons. cant find it anyway.
Anyone find a solution yet?