Avatar Team is proud to present the first beta release of Layout Themeing.
We all have seen how themes change images, icons, drawables, colors etc. But this is the first time you will see how a theme can change the position, size and shape of UI elements (buttons, labels, etc). Never before an attempt like this was made in the history of Android.
Eg: "Close all apps" button in the recent apps list is on the top-right corner. If you are a left handed user, reaching the top-right corner on a 5 inch phone is not easy. With layout theming, you can move the position from top-right to left-bottom.
Lets take up a simple example. We have seen different version of dialer in different operating systems. By applying a theme, we can now have the exact same dialer in Android. Not only the buttons look the same, it is also positioned at the exact location.
Demo Video:
Downloads:
Contacts App (Dialer application) - Link
System UI App (System app) - Link
Iphone style (Theme) - Link
Circular dialer (Theme) - Link
Blackberry dialer (Theme) - Link
Recent apps (Theme)- Link
Install Instructions:
1. You should be on a 4.2.2 ROM, preferably Avatar ROM (because thats where it has been tested)
2. Push Contacts.apk to /system/app
3. Push the SystemUI.apk to /system/app (Eg: "adb push systemUI.apk /system/app")
4. Install the themes as any normal android application (Eg: "adb install -r iphone.apk")
5. Go to theme chooser and apply your preferred theme
6. Open the dialer and check out how look and feel changes which each theme.
What Changes:
1. In all dialers, notice that the Call button, Delete button, etc have been placed at different places compared to standard android dialer.
2. In iPhone Theme, check out the clock position on the status bar. Yes it is centered. We can move anything to anywhere.
3. In the recent apps theme, we have moved "Close all apps " in the recent apps list from top-right to bottom-left
Layout themeing will be part of AvatarROM soon and we are working on some cool concepts. We would love to hear what you want to see in layout theming. You can post your ideas in our feature request page.
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We all have seen how themes change images, icons, drawables, colors etc. But this is the first time you will see how a theme can change the position, size and shape of UI elements (buttons, labels, etc). Never before an attempt like this was made in the history of Android.
Eg: "Close all apps" button in the recent apps list is on the top-right corner. If you are a left handed user, reaching the top-right corner on a 5 inch phone is not easy. With layout theming, you can move the position from top-right to left-bottom.
Lets take up a simple example. We have seen different version of dialer in different operating systems. By applying a theme, we can now have the exact same dialer in Android. Not only the buttons look the same, it is also positioned at the exact location.
Demo Video:
Downloads:
Contacts App (Dialer application) - Link
System UI App (System app) - Link
Iphone style (Theme) - Link
Circular dialer (Theme) - Link
Blackberry dialer (Theme) - Link
Recent apps (Theme)- Link
Install Instructions:
1. You should be on a 4.2.2 ROM, preferably Avatar ROM (because thats where it has been tested)
2. Push Contacts.apk to /system/app
3. Push the SystemUI.apk to /system/app (Eg: "adb push systemUI.apk /system/app")
4. Install the themes as any normal android application (Eg: "adb install -r iphone.apk")
5. Go to theme chooser and apply your preferred theme
6. Open the dialer and check out how look and feel changes which each theme.
What Changes:
1. In all dialers, notice that the Call button, Delete button, etc have been placed at different places compared to standard android dialer.
2. In iPhone Theme, check out the clock position on the status bar. Yes it is centered. We can move anything to anywhere.
3. In the recent apps theme, we have moved "Close all apps " in the recent apps list from top-right to bottom-left
Layout themeing will be part of AvatarROM soon and we are working on some cool concepts. We would love to hear what you want to see in layout theming. You can post your ideas in our feature request page.
