Hey Guys/Girls,
There's a topic on what im about to ask here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480256 however no-one has replied, hoping s4 mini users may be a bit more helpful .
Basically, I'm using Nova launcher and for the life of me can't get my widgets to look like they do in Touchwiz, is there any way to reduce the padding on the widgets?
I've seen someone saying that this is the reason they don't use Nova but Apex instead, can anyone confirm this?
With the screenshots, the one on the left is using Nova launcher and the one on the right stock Touchwiz.
Any help would be grweatly appreciated .
Cheers.
Pawel04 said:
Hey Guys/Girls,
There's a topic on what im about to ask here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2480256 however no-one has replied, hoping s4 mini users may be a bit more helpful .
Basically, I'm using Nova launcher and for the life of me can't get my widgets to look like they do in Touchwiz, is there any way to reduce the padding on the widgets?
I've seen someone saying that this is the reason they don't use Nova but Apex instead, can anyone confirm this?
With the screenshots, the one on the left is using Nova launcher and the one on the right stock Touchwiz.
Any help would be grweatly appreciated .
Cheers.
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The Yahoo Weather widget is a 2x2, not 4x2.
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arsradu said:
The Yahoo Weather widget is a 2x2, not 4x2.
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Do you mean in my screenshot? I know as this is a size option with the Yahoo weather widget and i don't want the 4x2 widget. As you could see though, it looks much nicer in the Samsung Touchwiz than in Nova launcher (looks much more elongated).
I've set the number of rows and columns the same as Touchwiz as well as seting the height margin to non and width margin to small but that hasnt helped.
Cheers.
Pawel04 said:
Do you mean in my screenshot? I know as this is a size option with the Yahoo weather widget and i don't want the 4x2 widget. As you could see though, it looks much nicer in the Samsung Touchwiz than in Nova launcher (looks much more elongated).
I've set the number of rows and columns the same as Touchwiz as well as seting the height margin to non and width margin to small but that hasnt helped.
Cheers.
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Looks the same on my s4 mini... It's not elongated unless you manually resize it. Have a look at the attached screenshot, please. Tell me if that's what you mean.
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arsradu said:
Looks the same on my s4 mini... It's not elongated unless you manually resize it. Have a look at the attached screenshot, please.View attachment 2665674 Tell me if that's what you mean.
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Hmm that looks much better than mine! How many rows/columns are you using? Also are you using Nova launcher? If so which version?
Cheers,
Pawel04 said:
Hmm that looks much better than mine! How many rows/columns are you using? Also are you using Nova launcher? If so which version?
Cheers,
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LOL. Yeah, I'm using the default everything in Nova Launcher. Nova Launcher is version 2.3.
BUT
The Yahoo Weather widget is a 2x2, default size. The BBC News widget is a 3x3 RESIZED into a 2x2 to fit into the top right corner. Like in the attachment.
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LOL. Yeah, I'm using the default everything in Nova Launcher. Nova Launcher is version 2.3.
BUT
The Yahoo Weather widget is a 2x2, default size. The BBC News widget is a 3x3 RESIZED into a 2x2 to fit into the top right corner. Like in the attachment.
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Wow, complete amateur hour moment for me haha, realized that stock Touchwiz grid is 4x4. Changed this in Nova and now lines up better however there still seems to be quite a bit alot of padding above and below the alarm widget (small i know but annoys me ). Going to swith to Apex launcher and see what that looks like.
Anyway, thanks for replying arsradu :good:
Cheers.
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I use weather bug elite 4x1 widget and have tried the met office app too, also 4x1. When you place the widgets they don't center to fill the whole width of the screen.
I'm using touchwiz but other launchers are the same. I'm guessing this is due to the hd resolution of the s3?
Will the application devs need to fix this to be 5x1 etc, or is it something that I can change?
Altering the columns and rows in the various launcher settings make no difference, or resizing the widget.
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I have no problem with any widget on Nova launcher. Dunno about stock launcher. I belive the Weather Bug Elite widget is to blame for the odd behaviour. Have you tried other widgets?
kbkrogs said:
I have no problem with any widget on Nova launcher. Dunno about stock launcher. I belive the Weather Bug Elite widget is to blame for the odd behaviour. Have you tried other widgets?
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Yes the met office widget is the same
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Met office dev is looking at this, would help if others can confirm too
Thanks
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Hmm, here's my scenario.
My standard widgets (battery, alarm, music) fit perfectly on the standard TW launcher. But after changing to Apex Launcher, the 3 widgets mentioned above does not fit anymore.
The content of the standard widgets are mis-aligned and cannot see everything. Have tried various settings in Apex launcher but could not resolve.
Anyone have similar issues?
yuhaohuang said:
Hmm, here's my scenario.
My standard widgets (battery, alarm, music) fit perfectly on the standard TW launcher. But after changing to Apex Launcher, the 3 widgets mentioned above does not fit anymore.
The content of the standard widgets are mis-aligned and cannot see everything. Have tried various settings in Apex launcher but could not resolve.
Anyone have similar issues?
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Same here.
Yeah widgets don't fit as good in Apex but it's a small price to pay for what is the best launcher for ICS / Galaxy S3
jonny68 said:
Yeah widgets don't fit as good in Apex but it's a small price to pay for what is the best launcher for ICS / Galaxy S3
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Beg to differ. They're unusable - see the screenshot in the post above my last one. What use is that music widget?
My issue is that the widgets that displayed fine on my s2 don't on my s3. Met office etc.
Apex or touchwiz, they don't fit fully across the screen, leaving a gap.
If the stock widgets don't fit apex then surely that means they've messed about with standard widget sizes on the s3, or is it just because it's hd resolution?
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I'm not having any problem with widgets fitting properly via Nova, all sit centre if that's where I put them, maybe it's just down to TouchWiz?
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I can confirm that I am having the same issue with regards to the widget size on Apex 1.2.5.
Its a shame as I would be using it in a heartbeat if this was fixed. I would even treat myself to the pro version as its so tidy.
No problems with nova.
Try resizing or tweaking grid size/margins?
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spamcakes said:
No problems with nova.
Try resizing or tweaking grid size/margins?
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I will try nova out and see if I like it
I still cant get those widgets to behave like they do under TW, even with messing around with all of the margins and the grid size. Its a shame as otherwise I would be using Apex full time
Experiencing the same problem. Apex Launcher Pro v1.2.5.
This worked for me. Since margins are on screen borders, when theyre large apex squeezes widgets while keeping all their sizes and some start overlapping. Making apex margins samller in settings made all widgets fit for me on sgs3. May depend on device though.
spamcakes said:
No problems with nova.
Try resizing or tweaking grid size/margins?
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I've noticed some people taking screenshots while in tablet mode and their icons are either normal or larger
I'm running cm9 at 213dip and I really can't understand how you could possibly change the icon size any larger- although if there was a way it would not only be very beneficial; but extremely convenient
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Have a look on your launcher settings, should be able to size them in there
My launcher doesn't have those settings. Is there something in the build prop I could edit?
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Doing that would change the size of the entire system... There is more than one launcher
studacris said:
Doing that would change the size of the entire system... There is more than one launcher
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I have not tried Go Launcher EX yet - does it will allow you to resize homescreen icons, not just widgets? I have not seen this option in Apex or Nova. I would also like to see a launcher that vertically centers the icon in the grid square when icon labels are not used so they line up with widgets in the same row, not display them at the top to leave room for the label. Anyone know a launcher that will do this?
I'm stuck on ADW ex just for this reason. You can blow up your icons as big as you want. I haven't found a newer launcher that can do this as well as ADW.
Someone has got to have made this but I can't seem to find it. I'm using a "hubs" layout (one screen for social media, one for productivity etc) and I'd like to essentially have a horizontally scrollable launcher widget on each screen with apps that make sense for that hub.
Currently using simi folder widget which is cool, but I'd prefer the launcher bar that is activated by clicking on the folder to live in a widget right on the home screen.
Could anybody point me to a widget app like this? I'm pretty sure I saw a video where someone had this but didn't see details on what they were using. Thanks!
Edit: sorry if this would have been better posted in themes and apps. Please move if necessary.
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If I'm understanding you then what you're looking for is a dock that can display icons that are specific to the current page? Something close would be Nova launcher which provides a scrollable dock. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it!
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If I'm understanding you then what you're looking for is a dock that can display icons that are specific to the current page? Something close would be Nova launcher which provides a scrollable dock. If you haven't tried it, I highly recommend it!
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Thanks, I'm currently using Apex and I really like it. I don't want just 1 dock (no matter how many pages on it you can scroll through). I want a different set of apps in a horizontally scrolling launcher bar widget. Then I could put an instance of this widget on each of my homescreens with different apps in each one. Then when I swipe from my "Office" homescreen to my "Photo" or "Video" homescreens this "launcher" widget has the appropriate apps for that hub. Hopefully that makes sense.
Like I said, simi folder widget is pretty good for this kind of setup, but I thought there might be a better solution out there.
Is there any way to resize a widget more than aklowed? I have a 4x3 widget that can be resized to 4x2, but i want it in 4x1. I don't care if its layout messes up, so, is there any way, trough external apps, mods, or even code hacks to do that?
Thanks people!
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requeiperrechon said:
Is there any way to resize a widget more than aklowed? I have a 4x3 widget that can be resized to 4x2, but i want it in 4x1. I don't care if its layout messes up, so, is there any way, trough external apps, mods, or even code hacks to do that?
Thanks people!
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Take nova launcher and set your maximum grid size for the home screen and you can resize it to the maximum grid size. (I'm not 100% if it's nova but it could give you the option to create and size widgets over 2 or more home screens)
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Take nova launcher and set your maximum grid size for the home screen and you can resize it to the maximum grid size. (I'm not 100% if it's nova but it could give you the option to create and size widgets over 2 or more home screens)
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That's not the answer of what I asked. I just want to resize it to 4x1, I don't want to change my launcher
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requeiperrechon said:
That's not the answer of what I asked. I just want to resize it to 4x1, I don't want to change my launcher
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You asked for an external app that could resize your widget. Nova is an external app and the solution.
Could you provide informations about your installed launcher or rom? That would help to find a solution.
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You asked for an external app that could resize your widget. Nova is an external app and the solution.
Could you provide informations about your installed launcher or rom? That would help to find a solution.
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it's htc sense 4.1, so I don't think there's a solution based on the launcher. I was thinking of moding the widget itself, or something like that
I've occasionally had luck somehow squeezing it in, but I still can't really reproduce. I was able to get a 4x2 to a 3x1 by making some room for it in a different part of the same homepage it was already on so I could move it to the other corner, but not quite enough space for it to fit full size. I then moved it there, thinking it would just move the other apps around, but (maybe because one of the things in its way was also a widget), but it didn’t! It shrunk! I haven't yet been able to reproduce with a different 4x2 widget, so either i'm remembering the exact configuration i did wrong, or there's some "hard limit" on the widgets even beyond what it lets you resize to easily. Good luck
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Actually, check this solution out! Works for some other widgets, I managed to get my other 4x2 to a 3x2 at least. I'm a noob so I can't post links yet but it looks something like this
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The trick posted in OP community worked nicely for me. Writing it here for others.
To resize widget less than permitted (i.e. resizing a 4x2 to a 4x1):
Go to Settings > Display > Display Size > make it small/smaller as required. Then resize your widget. Revert back the display size settings. The widget will remain reduced size.
Looks like the launcher is different on the N2 - different icon layouts for folded/unfolded screens...
Wow. Want this for N1
I will try it and let you know what's the new.
Unfortunately there's no option to arrange the icons layout (4x4 or 5x5 etc). Would there be any way to change that?
bump!
we want that layout!! Please Oppo!
Find and give us
The layout looks great on the unfolded screen. Hope it can be updated in N1.
Still no update?
Update to PEUM00_11_F.31 for the N incl. Launcher from N2.......
That will be nice...
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Update to PEUM00_11_F.31 for the N incl. Launcher from N2.......
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lol.. i have F.30... i dunno if i have the launcher..
abiesalbamiller said:
Unfortunately there's no option to arrange the icons layout (4x4 or 5x5 etc). Would there be any way to change that?
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Layout allows for 4x5, 5x4 and 5x5 on main screen. Front screen shows half of the main screen in succession.