Modify your Honeycomb Interface Experience with Circle Launcher and Minimalistic Text

Blog Article: http://www.sleeplessninja.com/?p=358

Every once in a while you browsing online and you come across something that just makes you stop. I happen to be looking at an older post on Droid Life about customizing your droid interface and a person by the name of ghoticov posted a picture of his Xoom, and I immediately envious. When I saw this I knew what my next video would be on and so I went on to create my very own User Interface. A little digging led me to discover a few of the culprits behind ghoticov's design, Minimalistic Text and Circle Launcher.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Honeycomb
• Interface
• Minimalistic
• Circle Launcher
• UI
• LauncherPro
• Android
• Xoom
• Overview
• Howto

[Gielb88]

Could you give us a link to the wallpaper?

[sleeplessninjas]

@Gielb88 it is actually a picture of my cat :-) . Put when I get home later I can post it

[jayanvoy]

hey man, after this video, i had a little problem. I saw you had a colon on you screen where you use minimalistic text to display the timer. could you tell me where i can find this little colon? I just cant find it on my minimalistic..

[sleeplessninjas]

@jayanvoy So this is a customized time. So if you click on your widget and go to Custom Layout (this is not a predifined widget layout) . You then have the options to add particular peices to the layout by clickng on the green circle that has a plus on it. So the time peices i got from the Clock tab. The colon was something I did manually if you go into the Misc tab, you can select static text. Then just Add a colon there. And you can add virtually any text to your screen this way.

[Zolarmew]

In that pic of the other guys Xoom what battery widget was he using? Thats exactly what I've been looking for :3

[sleeplessninjas]

@Zolarmew if you google ghoticov and minimalistic text you should find his forum posts which he describes how he did this. He frequents XDA Forums. I believe its minimalistic text, but he customized it

[Jasonhooi90]

hi,hw do u create da circle battery widget??n 1 more thing, i using samsung 10.1 instead of Zoom, n i cant seem to place da minimalistic text at da top right or left corner. It only allows me to place it on da center horizon when i try to reach the top right or left corner. Anyone know da answer??

[WHATSaDavid]

How did you get your clock looking like that in the bottom right... everyones videos I watch all seem to have that...?

[sonyplusgigabyte]

Hey gr8 vid man......i just got a toshiba thrive and wanted to change the appearance without having to run a program like launcher pro in the background. I rather like this widget approach....and it makes a big difference.......thanx alot man....keep the interesting vids coming!!!

[pcgeek86]

Great tutorial video, for those willing to sit through the whole thing! :) I like how you show practical use for your particular needs, and explain how things work exactly.

I'm on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" but same idea :)

[Gielb88]

@sleeplessninjas Great picture then. ;)

[SuperStirFryTofu]

Thank you so much. Your Xoom vids are so helpful! :)