Saturday, October 22, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Android Pro Widgets Themes

Well, I've started to port my themes for Android Pro Widgets. APW gives me many more options, which is awesome. The most important one is the ability to create fullscreen widgets! Something I was never able to do with the LPP theme engine. Look for ported themes soon.


APW XTG/CLEAR


Market APW XTG/CLEAR

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

XTG-round theme

Back in the saddle, sort of. I've been asked by numerous people for this theme, so I created it quickly. I still need to get to the long list of themes that people have requested thus far. Stay tuned...


XTG-ROUND


Market XTG-ROUND

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Short Hiatus

Just wanted to check in with everyone to let you know I will be on a hiatus from making new themes while I take care of some personal items that are more important. I will still be offering support for my existing Market themes and look forward to taking care of your requests upon my return.

Thanks to everyone for your kind words and support.

Thursday, May 05, 2011

My setup - Verizon Thunderbolt

DISCLAIMER: This is very customized to my needs. There are paid and free apps used and the setup is tedious. If you really want it, exactly as it is, let me know.

Well, some people have asked what the heck my phone setup was. Today is your lucky day. Just kidding. I'm still running a stock Tbolt ROM with bloat removed and a modded Slate skin mostly applied. I'm sure some people will say they're too cluttered, but I like having info at my fingertips. It should also be painfully obvious at this point that I hate widgets that look like widgets. I like to have an integrated GUI. I have a 3 screen setup:


  • It's a modded LPP (obviously) and uses 5 columns x 8 rows.
  • Top left - Modded Fancy Widget (old version) which is the clock, date and weather
  • Top right - Modded LiveScores widget
  • Below that - Modded LPP scrollable agenda
  • Below Fancy - Modded OneClick widgets (wifi and ringer)
  • Middle Left - Modded Simple Notepad widget
  • Middle Right - Modded Genie Widget

3 launcher bars with 15 shortcuts and swipe gestures. Below that are the unread counts for my 3 email accounts (work, Yahoo, Gmail) using a modded 1x1 Email Widget.

Left screen LPP People widget and right screen LPP Friends widget.

Some other screens:


Left screen is the main screen with the calendar grid shown. Middle screen is a modded Power Strip with 5 column apps. Right screen is a modded App Folders with 5 column app drawer and transparent bg.

Even more screens:


Modded World Clock on the left, modded Weather in the middle and LPP Facebook status screen on the right.

Tips & Tricks:

  • Obviously, properly overlaying widgets with LPP is extremely handy. That's pretty much how the entire main screen gets done.
  • Since I use an 8 row setup, I expanded LPP to a 10 row setup and maxed out the LPP People and Friends widgets, then reverted back to an 8 row setup. That's how to get the widgets to be fullscreen. At one point, I had a transparent bar on the bottom and you could see the content behind it. This is cool, BUT, I had to add padding to the LPP People widget to be able to select the last row of people. See below.
  • The expanding method is also how I added the unread widgets to the bottom of the screen. Added them while at 10, then shrunk to 8 and added a hole in the bottom bar to see them.


That's what I got right now! Hope you all enjoyed and thanks for tuning in...

Friday, April 29, 2011

LauncherPro Plus Sports Themes

Would you use LPP sports themed widgets?



SPORTS-LAKERS


Market SPORTS-LAKERS