I'm surprised this didn't come up more often (just another poor soul on the Vz forum asking the same question, no replies): am I the only one that HATES the white dull incoming call screen?
I have a dark theme (a lot of them actually) but this screen is not part of the exposed GUI changes that a theme can make.
Tried HD Caller ID, etc (a ton of them) and:
- they don't preserve all the functionality (i.e. bringing up the dialer to punch in a code brings up either the white screen again - despite having a dark dialer - or kills BT)
- they are just an overlap on top of the ugly screen...any function, or when the call ends, you are still presented with what Google thinks you should like. Or don't care if you do
Had KK 4.4.2 for the longest time and quite frankly I liked the system UI a LOT better than MM. Themes can help, but a night mode is sorely needed.
No, I cannot root as I use Knox and MobileIron.
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Do any exist and what does it take?
Basically I'm envisioning the standard Android lock screen, except for the right slider. I don't use it for vibrate, so it goes unused.
So, I would like to replace the right side slider with a smart button that allows you to open notifications based upon what you have received.
If you have an unread text, it shows a text message icon and sliding it opens to your texting app. Same thing for Gmail. Obviously its possible to have more than one type of notification, so there would need to be some sort of hierarchy (say Texts > Gmail > Email > WordFeud > Facebook > etc) so that it only opens the most important to you. Users could choose like 3-5 apps that would work with it.
If you have no notifications, then it should default to a single app you use regularly, but does not necessarily have/need notifications (Camera, Google Reader, etc).
Changing the background color of the icon would also be a good way to help differentiate between the default slider, and one that would open a new notification. For example, on the current stock lock screen, the vibrate slider has a gray background. You could keep the gray background for the default app, but when you have a text or email, the icon would change to that app and the background could change to a specified color (say orange for a text, green for an email, etc).
In addition, I wouldn't mind having the weather on the lockscreen as well. Too often do I find myself having to unlock my phone just to check the temperature outside. Obviously the down side to this is having to poll for weather data, but it is something I'd be more than willing to live with. Especially if one could chose how often it updated (30 mins, 1 hour, 3 hours, etc).
I realize most of this can be done with Widgetlocker (or maybe Cyanogen), but honestly I don't like using it and it does not feel polished enough for me. So would something like this have to be baked into a ROM, coded from scratch or whatever? Are there any devs who do this kind of work? is this level of detail even realistically possible given the nature of Android? is this even the right forum?
Just saw the last part, but I think it's still your best bet.
Just curious why don't you like widget locker, it does everything you asked for?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker&feature=search_result
custom puzzle slider for widget locker
can some one please make a puzzle slider for widget locker.
i love the puzzle unlock feature.
i would love for the puzzle piece to be the chicago whitesox logo.
thankyou in advance.
I've seen numerous people ask about this but it's always either ignored or put down. I just want to understand once and for all, since I constantly see screenshots of folks running Omnirom that have the white accents as opposed to blue throughout the system theme. I'm pretty sure some screenshots from the Omnirom developers themselves I've seen even have this. Though all nightlies I've downloaded have had the blue so I'm incredibly confused. I prefer the consistent white. Can someone clear this up for me?
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I've seen numerous people ask about this but it's always either ignored or put down. I just want to understand once and for all, since I constantly see screenshots of folks running Omnirom that have the white accents as opposed to blue throughout the system theme. I'm pretty sure some screenshots from the Omnirom developers themselves I've seen even have this. Though all nightlies I've downloaded have had the blue so I'm incredibly confused. I prefer the consistent white. Can someone clear this up for me?
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Statusbar and such are white. Things that use the "default" Holo themes (Settings is a good example of this) will still be blue. This is by design from Google - same as their own official firmwares.
Changing these aspects will also impact any app running on the system, and as a result, we will *not* be changing the default configuration Google implemented here.
At some point we'll bring back theme engine support (not necessarily the classic T-Mobile theme engine, we're considering the ChameleonOS theme engine as an alternative) that allows the defaults to be overridden, but until then, we can't risk that changing the defaults will have unintended consequences (such as the app breakage that resulted from Samsung mucking with the system themes on some of their devices.)
@gkassee37 -- I really, really dislike that blue. Always have, for some reason.
I wish it was as easy as just globally replacing one hex code with another. It's pretty much a "one-liner" to do -- just one command typed at a terminal. Arguably not a trivial command line to craft, but still not a complex task.
While I'm an "in the code" kind of guy, I totally respect the work of the better "themers" out there as there are so many things they need to check and make sure all are still usable, not just looking good.
Let's say that you did just replace all the ugly blue codes with shiny, bright white.
What happens if you have an element on a white background?
How do you tell that it is "on" or "active" or what have you? All of a sudden, it just disappears.
What if it isn't even in the "system" or a system app? You've got some third-party app that is depending on a core widget of some sort and is rendering it on a white background...
To do it right, you really have to look at each element in the UI and make sure that you have done something reasonable. I'll let the Google folks do that if it means that the OmniROM team can focus on a stable, fast, and usable ROM for my phone.
as much as I hate that blue.
jeffsf said:
@gkassee37 -- I really, really dislike that blue. Always have, for some reason.
I wish it was as easy as just globally replacing one hex code with another. It's pretty much a "one-liner" to do -- just one command typed at a terminal. Arguably not a trivial command line to craft, but still not a complex task.
While I'm an "in the code" kind of guy, I totally respect the work of the better "themers" out there as there are so many things they need to check and make sure all are still usable, not just looking good.
Let's say that you did just replace all the ugly blue codes with shiny, bright white.
What happens if you have an element on a white background?
How do you tell that it is "on" or "active" or what have you? All of a sudden, it just disappears.
What if it isn't even in the "system" or a system app? You've got some third-party app that is depending on a core widget of some sort and is rendering it on a white background...
To do it right, you really have to look at each element in the UI and make sure that you have done something reasonable. I'll let the Google folks do that if it means that the OmniROM team can focus on a stable, fast, and usable ROM for my phone.
as much as I hate that blue.
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Yup. That's pretty much it. A number of those blue items are highly likely to get rendered against white by an app. End result could be really nasty. (Many of the themes out there break horribly with some apps... And from memory, the "all white" themes have a bad habit of being the most likely to break.)
Greetings people,
As TW Lollipop has landed, most of the devs have been trying to brew ROMs for the people, and unfortunately there is no control as what MODS should be included, i have found it terribly difficult to choose a ROM as it didnt feel normal to use mods that made no sense (or at least have a minority audience).
Particularly,what annoys me a lot, is dealing with the mods that change the visual space available, now there is no need to blame devs here at all, but rather Sammy should be here to blame for just trying to make a normal UI into a complex useless UI in to their own, and they have effed it up with the new Notifications Drawer.
While i noticed a lot of devs have found options/parameters to change the view of the notification drawer, a lot of ROMs include a very annoying feature called Quicklaunch, however im pretty sure a lot of people like it. While Quicklaunch in my personal opinion sucks, it looks way better compared to S-Finder and Quick Launch buttons. I personally lack any kind programming/scripting skills, but luckily, thanks to a nice dev called @alfaroolg with a similar taste, he brewed it for me straight away.
This is what i planned on seeing:
Remove S-Finder and Quick Connect
Remove 3minit Quicklaunch
Remove the Brightness Bar
Currently, im on @g00h s Note 4 Port, which makes me believe that the Brightness Bar is not removable anymore as i could not find the setting on either the Display settings or Notification Panel editor, HOWEVER, the brightness bar disappears if under 5% battery so you cant push the brightness up, and to my surprise, found out sammy screwed up adopting to the Lollipop rules.
This is how it looks without S-Finder/QuickConnect and Quicklaunch: First Pic
This is what happens with the same configuration, under 5% battery after the Brightness Bar disappears: Second Pic
And to my surprise, if there are any Notifications going on, things return well: Third Pic
Is this a general issue Sammy mustve skipped? quite an eye catcher. Also, the area where the brightness bar disappears, usually Notifications get the place, and the first Notification is not Swipeable, i end up clicking the notification rather then removing it, and it can result in very unpleasant moments.
Hello. I've been trying to find a good alternative to the crappy looking incoming call screen. I want something dark to match the rest of the theme I've got going. I've checked dozens of Samsung themes but few have the incoming call screen themed, and none that I've found are dark. I've also tried 3rd party apps but I haven't found any that provide the call answer options that the stock screen provides. Any one know of a dark incoming call screen that has all the answer options? Thanks.
I use the Material Dark theme. Not sure if it is dark for incoming calls but it is free so it shouldn't be too much for you to try it out for yourself. I would test it for you but I can't bring any wireless devices into my work place.
The oneplus's gaming mode has some pretty nifty features, especially how it shows notifications without obscuring the screen (plain white text). It's even more useful/convenient when you're watching an episode or something. I haven't seen any (so called) gaming mode app like it. It can even keep the call screen in the background so you don't have to switch back to the game when you answer the call. I think it is the least talked about feature of the device here at xda or anywhere else for that matter.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zappcues.gamingmode
This may help for now
safwankatharudheen said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zappcues.gamingmode
This may help for now
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I've tried this one. But it can only hide the notification banners and other things which are not required. Call handling is not as great as OP's gaming mode. OP's can even suppress whatsapp call screen to a notification so it doesn't take over the game screen.
Hence, there's nothing quite like it out there.