Hi guys,
I'm relatively new to Android and had a few questions regarding customization.
I'm mostly happy with the Pixel Launcher, but I absolutely hate the white haze at the bottom search pill, it ruins my wallpapers.
I would also like the background of the app drawer (when you swipe up from the bottom to see all the apps) to be dark and translucent, so you can see the wallpaper still.
Can i do this anyway? I don't mind using another launcher if I can get it looking just like the Pixel one with those tweaks.
If it matters, I can't root as I have a Verizon Panda.
corderjones said:
Hi guys,
I'm relatively new to Android and had a few questions regarding customization.
I'm mostly happy with the Pixel Launcher, but I absolutely hate the white haze at the bottom search pill, it ruins my wallpapers.
I would also like the background of the app drawer (when you swipe up from the bottom to see all the apps) to be dark and translucent, so you can see the wallpaper still.
Can i do this anyway? I don't mind using another launcher if I can get it looking just like the Pixel one with those tweaks.
If it matters, I can't root as I have a Verizon Panda.
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Nova launcher has a Pixel-like launcher that has those options.
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shankville7501 said:
Nova launcher has a Pixel-like launcher that has those options.
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This!
If you're rooted, I got you covered - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/themes/mod-pixel-2-xl-launcher-mods-8-1-0-dp1-t3701939
Edit: Just noticed the "you can't root part," sorry.
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This video has 1 hell of a launcher mod in the description, best one I've seen. It has a modded customization feature added to it
mackentosh said:
This video has 1 hell of a launcher mod in the description, best one I've seen. It has a modded customization feature added to it
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Yup, too bad that launcher mod doesn't install. Funny how it's called "rootless" when you need to be rooted to replace your stock Pixel launcher in the system app folder.
Nephilim said:
Yup, too bad that launcher mod doesn't install. Funny how it's called "rootless" when you need to be rooted to replace your stock Pixel launcher in the system app folder.
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Lol it's actually intended for other phones other than the pixel, it'll install on other phones without being rooted. But the pixel has to be rooted in order to use this launcher
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Lol it's actually intended for other phones other than the pixel, it'll install on other phones without being rooted. But the pixel has to be rooted in order to use this launcher
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Exactly, which makes it irrelevant to this thread since OP is looking for an option that doesn't involve root.
Nephilim said:
Exactly, which makes it irrelevant to this thread since OP is looking for an option that doesn't involve root.
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Ok thanks ?
mackentosh said:
Ok thanks ?
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Brilliant retort, I wasn't saying it's a bad mod, it looks great, but, it doesn't help OP.
I wasn't being rude, the face was me realising my error of not reading the entire OP
mackentosh said:
I wasn't being rude, the face was me realising my error of not reading the entire OP
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Fair enough, no harm no foul. I hope Google adds some of those features into the legit Pixel Launcher.
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Hit "Thanks" For That Post If You Think That Home Screen Is Beautiful Or Helpful For You
Nova launcher with beautiful widgets!
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So far..
Stock Everything!:good:
Thanks to FlyHalf, here is my homescreen:
More info coming in a later thread.
GrayTheWolf said:
Thanks to FlyHalf, here is my homescreen:
More info coming in a later thread.
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Clever, clever.
Just started a few minutes ago:
- Nova Launcher
- Multi Live Wallpaper
- Most widgets are done in UCCW
- Working on the Voxis Theme
This is gonna take some time.
For now it's setup identical to the way I had my Rezound....
Nova Launcher
UCCW clock and battery widgets
GrayTheWolf said:
Thanks to FlyHalf, here is my homescreen:
More info coming in a later thread.
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Oh dip, I'm liking those blue icons!!! Can't wait to see what that is!!!
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mpetruzz said:
Oh dip, I'm liking those blue icons!!! Can't wait to see what that is!!!
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its a build of cyanogenmod but not public yet IIRC
here's mine haha - pretty bare until bootloader unlock makes a reappearance so I can avoid having to set a ton up again...
Wish I was rooted so I could do more...
I followed the ColdFustion example:
Homepage. All of the home screens have rotating wallpaper:
App page (Each box is an app)
Weather and music page:
Library page:
App launcher (since almost everything is hidden on the homescreens, and I don't have a dock)
Another app launcher category so you get an idea of how it works:
In transition between two homepages. The animation is sick:
cryptyk said:
Wish I was rooted so I could do more...
I followed the ColdFustion example:
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I'm planning on doing that same setup once I have root. Dont wanna lose anything major when I unlock the first time.
That's nova launcher right?
Here is my stock home screen. Complete with homemade wallpaper.
Completely stock (since it can't be unlocked just yet) with Beautiful Widgets and Elixir
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crazyg0od33 said:
I'm planning on doing that same setup once I have root. Dont wanna lose anything major when I unlock the first time.
That's nova launcher right?
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Yea - It's Nova. You don't need root to do that setup. It's actually amazing how much you can do with a unrooted phone. Even the stupid icons in the status bar don't bother me anymore because I have Nova hide the status bar completely.
No I know I don't need root for that, I just don't want to lose all of my progress when I unlock the bootloader. But yeah you can still do a lot even without root
Sent from my locked Verizon HTC One
crazyg0od33 said:
No I know I don't need root for that, I just don't want to lose all of my progress when I unlock the bootloader. But yeah you can still do a lot even without root
Sent from my locked Verizon HTC One
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It could be a week, it could be never.
GrayTheWolf said:
It could be a week, it could be never.
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well now that we know that that guy was using pre-release code to make unlocking a 'cakewalk' it may be faster...someone gave him a system dump of post-release stuff
Nova Launcher with Click UI icons.
The background is a stock HTC that I edited.
Great looking screens everyone. Does anyone know what the screen pixel size is for wallpapers?
m4rk0358 said:
Great looking screens everyone. Does anyone know what the screen pixel size is for wallpapers?
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Just download this zip file. 550 HD wallpapers in 1080x1920 resolution, portrait orientation. Some really nice wallpapers in here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317477
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Changed mine up again. I think this will hold me off for a while.
Nova Launcher
UCCW "elegante"clock widget
UCCW "Soft Battery" battery widget
"Black Touch Theme" icons
Be the very first to post your home and lock screens!
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Really? Why is this always the first thing anyone does when they get a new phone?
"Must post my screen for the internet to not care !"
Really? Why is this always the first thing anyone does when they get a new phone?
"Must post my screen for the internet to not care !"
Blah blah blah blah blah!
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LOL!
Nova, black, Android news, boring I know sorry. Quiet black Pixel 128gb.
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loving N to be honest at the moment...
Just waiting until Nova releases Pixel-style search and app drawer options. Stock until then.
This is me so far.
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xX5UN5H1N3Xx said:
Just waiting until Nova releases Pixel-style search and app drawer options. Stock until then.
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The current beta of Nova (5.0.0b6) can do this now. I swipe up from the dock to reveal the app drawer, which I've configured to be a box with the most recently used apps on top.
Lockscreen is boring. Nearly pure black besides notifications.
My Home Screen helps me be a productive phone user.
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What lock screen are you using? Since Ambient Display doesn't ever turn back on after the notification comes in, I'm looking for an alternative. I miss moto display already.
Google pixel launcher
xX5UN5H1N3Xx said:
Just waiting until Nova releases Pixel-style search and app drawer options. Stock until then.
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How did you change the date to weather on the home screen?
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Pretty basic, calculator is top priority when your a Service Advisor
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Hemotherapy said:
How did you change the date to weather on the home screen?
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Did you update the launcher? I don't remember ever having just the date there
Hemotherapy said:
How did you change the date to weather on the home screen?
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This came for me in an update from Google
Here's mine!
I tried sticking with stock launcher as long as I could but went back to smart launcher 3.
ourjim said:
This came for me in an update from Google
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Huh. Weird. I just updated it and it's still only showing me the month, day, and year :/
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Why are some bright wallpapers foggy and cloudy near the search bar at the bottom, it looks washed out and horrible, is this because of Google's launcher?
Yes
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Prattham said:
Yes
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Other than using dark wallpapers is there anyway to get rid of it?
Other than that use different launcher
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Prattham said:
Other than that use different launcher
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Yeah, just use a different launcher like Nova. That issue is annoying. If you want like the at a glance widget, just use the Chronus app or Another Widget app
Cheers, just seems a bit weird Google would leave it like that in their own launcher.
Yup, with Nova you can make it look exactly like the Pixel Launcher, here's what mine looks like.
I don't like nova
Triscuit said:
Yup, with Nova you can make it look exactly like the Pixel Launcher, here's what mine looks like.
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And that's what the Google launcher should look like, what the hell where they thinking!?
Triscuit said:
Yup, with Nova you can make it look exactly like the Pixel Launcher, here's what mine looks like.
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Can you please make s backup of your setup and share?
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Prattham said:
Can you please make s backup of your setup and share?
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Sure! Not sure how well it will restore for you though, I usually have to re set up "Another Widget" to look like at a glance. If you need help just let me know I'll help you get it looking like you want. Here you go: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1odB-3Sle4zWiabrS-3HBlCWtXo99BSXJ/view?usp=drivesdk
oh.. thank lord for this thread... I was getting upset that I am on receiving end of a new screen issue. Thanks guys.. diff launcher or black wallpapers.. Thanks a lot for bringing my spirit back up.
Triscuit said:
Yup, with Nova you can make it look exactly like the Pixel Launcher, here's what mine looks like.
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What at a glance widget is that?
grokus said:
What at a glance widget is that?
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It's called "Another Widget"
BTW there was a bug with that but if you do change wallpapers a couple times itll work fine. I personally dont like nova because it looks different than pixel. the icons look weird or small or something
I was able to match the look of my pixel launcher with action launcher actually. It has a built-in at a glance widget and if you scale the icons to about 85 percent on action it matches it nearly exact.
Does anyone know of an app that allows me to double tap the home navigation button to bring down the notification panel on my pixel 2 xl? Thanks in advance.
tanbir29 said:
Does anyone know of an app that allows me to double tap the home navigation button to bring down the notification panel on my pixel 2 xl? Thanks in advance.
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I know I'm not answering your question but you should try the gesture feature to bring down notification instead. I think it's better plus you don't need to run a third party application.
Go into settings>system>gestures>enable swipe down for notification
I really would like the swipe down to bring notifications down feature, that nova launcher does provide. Thats somehow a must have feature for me. I'd really like to use the stock launcher, but i just keep going back to nova because of this. Oh, and the icon packs... I don't find the swipe down on the fingerprint sensor that intuitive....
Ati75 said:
I really would like the swipe down to bring notifications down feature, that nova launcher does provide. Thats somehow a must have feature for me. I'd really like to use the stock launcher, but i just keep going back to nova because of this. Oh, and the icon packs... I don't find the swipe down on the fingerprint sensor that intuitive....
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Pixel launcher mod by amir has both of those features
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Ati75 said:
... I'd really like to use the stock launcher...
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Why use the stock launcher if there is a better one?
Lets say id like to try it out. I am quite fond of nova, been using itnfor years. Expressed it wrong. Just curious.
Ill try the mod by amir, thanks.
Nikos2k said:
Why use the stock launcher if there is a better one?
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Ati75 said:
Lets say id like to try it out. I am quite fond of nova, been using itnfor years. Expressed it wrong. Just curious.
Ill try the mod by amir, thanks.
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Prattham said:
Pixel launcher mod by amir has both of those features
Sent from my Google Pixel 2 XL using XDA Labs
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-rootless-pixel-2-launcher-aosp-t3741483
If you guys like the mod by amir. I found another one that's better in my opinion. It gives you options for how the the gradient is and more columns and rows, etc. I use the 6.1 mod.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-rootless-pixel-2-launcher-aosp-t3741483
for some reason my colors and themed icons are gone as shown below. Running today's new updates. Has this been removed?
hello00 said:
for some reason my colors and themed icons are gone as shown below. Running today's new updates. Has this been removed?
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Weird. I still have those options after today's (December) update.
Lughnasadh said:
Weird. I still have those options after today's (December) update.
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Found out you can't use Nova and have these options
hello00 said:
Found out you can't use Nova and have these options
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Hmm, I'm using Nova and have those options.
hello00 said:
for some reason my colors and themed icons are gone as shown below. Running today's new updates. Has this been removed?
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Do you have a custom launcher enabled? I know trying to set those options disappear for some reason on a custom launcher, so try using the default launcher if so.
EDIT: I had my reply ready in the background but didn't get a chance to send before you posted your reply lol
Lughnasadh said:
Hmm, I'm using Nova and have those options.
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So you are using Nova and you get these options like wallpaper colors and basic colors? The rest I have
RetroTech07 said:
Do you have a custom launcher enabled? I know trying to set those options disappear for some reason on a custom launcher, so try using the default launcher if so.
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I get the dark themed icons but not the wallpaper colors where the entire UI changes the color to match your wallpaper
hello00 said:
So you are using Nova and you get these options like wallpaper colors and basic colors? The rest I have
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Yep. Nova7
EDIT: Ironically, I don't have the grid size and themed icons options.
Lughnasadh said:
Yep. Nova7
EDIT: Ironically, I don't have the grid size and themed icons options.
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Yeah, nova doesn't display themed icons or grid size, I'm assuming because you can do both of those within the app itself.
RetroTech07 said:
Yeah, nova doesn't display themed icons or grid size, I'm assuming because you can do both of those within the app itself.
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Ah, I never noticed that. Actually just went back to Nova yesterday after using Hyperion and Lawnchair for the last few years.
Lughnasadh said:
Yep. Nova7
EDIT: Ironically, I don't have the grid size and themed icons options.
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Mine is always black and grey. it doesn't change colors. weird
Lughnasadh said:
Ah, I never noticed that. Actually just went back to Nova yesterday after using Hyperion and Lawnchair for the last few years.
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I've only ever used nova. It has a plethora of options and even allows you to use a notification count as an icon badge the way apple does instead of just a dot.
My only critique is, when using gestures to go back to the home screen, the icons don't bounce the way the default launcher does.
RetroTech07 said:
My only critique is, when using gestures to go back to the home screen, the icons don't bounce the way the default launcher does.
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Yeah, that's one of the reasons I was using Lawnchair in the past, because of the stock animation support they had for a while. Was using Nova for a long time before that.
Lughnasadh said:
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I was using Lawnchair in the past, because of the stock animation support they had for a while. Was using Nova for a long time before that.
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I just tried using lawn chair and I'm not seeing any stock animation support. I'm wondering if that's a very restricted API they don't want anyone using...
RetroTech07 said:
I just tried using lawn chair and I'm not seeing any stock animation support. I'm wondering if that's a very restricted API they don't want anyone using...
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I was referring to in the past about that. Currently on Android 12 it doesn't, unfortunately.