sweeterskins.net » News/Blog http://sweeterskins.net Themes and news about Sweeter Home Thu, 21 Jul 2011 02:49:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 I. Am. Alive. http://sweeterskins.net/i-am-alive/ http://sweeterskins.net/i-am-alive/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:07:45 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=1128 Continue reading →]]> Hi team. My apologies for the long delay between posts! I’ve been busy with work and a few other projects. I’m still using Sweeter Home daily, but I haven’t worked on a theme in a while. That being said, I’m getting the itch again so expect news from me soon!

Remember you can follow me on Twitter, and I’m on Google+ now too.

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/i-am-alive/feed/ 0 RED PYE http://sweeterskins.net/red-pye/ http://sweeterskins.net/red-pye/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:59:17 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=1106 PYE theme to include a little Easter Egg. Find the hidden link in PYE which will launch a red colour variant.
Continue reading →]]> I’ve updated the original PYE theme to include a little Easter Egg. Find the hidden link in PYE which will launch a red colour variant.

Get PYE

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/red-pye/feed/ 2 A little something I’m working on http://sweeterskins.net/a-little-something-im-working-on/ http://sweeterskins.net/a-little-something-im-working-on/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:07:56 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=913
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]]> http://sweeterskins.net/a-little-something-im-working-on/feed/ 1 New Site Design http://sweeterskins.net/new-site-design/ http://sweeterskins.net/new-site-design/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 07:23:52 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=878 Continue reading →]]> Hi everyone. After several days of messing around in WordPress I’ve got the new site design mostly finished. Unlike with Sweeter Home themes, I usually don’t have much of an idea of how I want things to look when messing with site designs, so luckily this one came together pretty quick. If anything’s broken please let me know. And remember: this site is for you. If there’s any extra features you’d like, just let me know.

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/new-site-design/feed/ 0 Minimal challenge http://sweeterskins.net/minimal-challenge/ http://sweeterskins.net/minimal-challenge/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:45:14 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=838 I’m a bit late on this but Colour Me Android had a Sweeter Home challenge a few weeks ago. Go see if you want to resurrect it!

Sweet Minimal Challenge

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/minimal-challenge/feed/ 0 New builds – November http://sweeterskins.net/new-builds-november/ http://sweeterskins.net/new-builds-november/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:34:19 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=826 Continue reading →]]> You may have noticed a few update builds hitting sweeterhome.com in the last few days. Please make sure you check back every once in a while and update to the latest build.

They mostly contain bug fixes, however there are a couple of feature changes:

  • Account settings in the “More” menu option
  • Editable text HEX values for colours, for precise editing and matching (long press to edit)

Download Now

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/new-builds-november/feed/ 6 Alive? http://sweeterskins.net/alive/ http://sweeterskins.net/alive/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:24:48 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=808 Continue reading →]]> Hi kids. A quick note to say I am alive! Just got back from a holiday in Japan and Thailand. Work is busy as heck so haven’t had much Sweeter Home time right now.

Sweeter Home development has slowed a little which the dev gets some infrastructure in place. Should see some more releases soon.

I’ll try and have some new content soonish.

Peace.

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What’s new?

Embed wallpaper with your theme (new!)
There’s now a check-box in the upload screen which allows you to “Include Wallpaper” in your theme package!

Updated Theme List
No longer limited to 20 themes, you can now scroll through hundreds. Note that the first download will take some time, while subsequent loads of the theme list will be much quicker. View theme pages, including reading comments and ratings, and full screen preview of each theme. If you experience bugs please report them (Menu > Report Bug). The developer is rolling out incremental improvements so be patient and keep looking for new builds.

Current Time block
Make your own time widget with the Current Time block, which will natively show in all Sweeter Home themes when shared. Highly customisable right down to changing the separators between HH and MM.

If you have any questions or comments hit me up in the comments here, the forums at sweeterhome.com, or follow me on Twitter (reminder: I’m not the developer of Sweeter Home!)…

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/new-builds/feed/ 5 New Build: Live Wallpapers! http://sweeterskins.net/new-build-live-wallpapers/ http://sweeterskins.net/new-build-live-wallpapers/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 09:20:58 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=733 Get it!

]]> http://sweeterskins.net/new-build-live-wallpapers/feed/ 3 A quick note regarding bitmaps and out of memory http://sweeterskins.net/a-quick-note-regarding-bitmaps-and-out-of-memory/ http://sweeterskins.net/a-quick-note-regarding-bitmaps-and-out-of-memory/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 23:16:43 +0000 Lemon http://sweeterskins.net/?p=728 Continue reading →]]> I know you guys sometimes get frustrated at the crashes in Sweeter Home, and although I’ve covered this in several forums I thought I’d mention it here as well (with a nice example).

Sweeter Home isn’t a ‘normal’ home replacement app. In a ‘normal’ home replacement you are working within a set UI paradigm; working within the framework of that home app. No matter how flexible and customisable it is, NO home apps allow you to completely add, remove, or replace elements of their UI, let alone doing this on-the-fly. So Sweeter Home is unique in this, but in doing so it also opens some doors to functionality that Android is not optimised to perform. A good example is bitmaps. Read this article to see an example where using bitmaps in a gallery app just to find image widths was crashing his app, and his solution was to avoid using bitmaps! This is problem with how Android allocates memory for bitmaps and all apps have to deal with this. Now imagine adding more bitmaps, a completely editable UI, the half-baked Android widget framework and multiple devices all with varying processing power and RAM, and you’ll have some idea of what the developers of Sweeter Home have to work with when trying to get the app running smoothly on your phone.

Remember the app is in beta, and the developers are working on getting more resources to start expanding functionality. Until then have fun with Sweeter Home and be patient! :) Oh, and share your themes!

(PS – Theme tutorial is coming soon)…

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