New Builds!
July 13, 2010 by Lemon · 5 Comments
If you haven’t been checking sweeterhome.com for builds lately, now is the time! Several new builds have been released in the last week. Go get the latest build NOW, and check back regularly. (Read: installing new builds).
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!)…
LWP [video]
April 15, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Looking for editors
I need help with editing and adding to the official Sweeter Home documentation. This is a user project but editors will be chosen by me. To participate you need to be a full time Sweeter Home user, with good theming skills (looking for power users) and you’ll need to have examples of your written support (doesn’t have to be Sweeter Home specific).
Please don’t harangue me if I don’t choose you, or get back to you. I only need one or two contributors and the decision to choose or not shouldn’t be any indicator of your skills or passion about SH. 
If you’re interested please post in the comments on this post. Leave your SH user name and any links to forum or blog posts etc where you show organised written communication skills. I’ll contact you back via the email address you use in the comment form.
Sweeter Home 2 Beta – NEW BUILD
March 3, 2010 by Lemon · 4 Comments
There is a new beta build now up that contains bug fixes and a couple of small feature additions.
PLEASE UPDATE TO THIS LATEST VERSION:
Sweeter Home 2 BETA [UPDATE] Download
This build contains bug fixes, improved memory handling, and some new widget handling.
Important info:
- Please ensure you download and install the correct build for your phone (1.5, 1.6 or 2.0+).
- If you experience bugs or crashes please log them!
- Remember this is a BETA with all that beta means and entails.
If you’re new to Sweeter Home:
- On starting the app create an account and log in
- Sweeter Home Forums
- Sweeter Home Documentation (work in progress)
- Sweeter Home FAQ
- More!!!
Sweeter Home Beta 2 – NEW BUILD
There is a new beta build now up that contains bug fixes and a couple of small feature additions.
PLEASE UPDATE TO THIS LATEST VERSION:
Sweeter Home 2 BETA [UPDATE] Download
This build contains many bug fixes, more improved image handling and caching, better pixel grading on rounded corners, the option to turn off portrait mode, and hierarchy in Springboards (closing parent closes children).
Important info:
- Please ensure you download and install the correct build for your phone (1.5, 1.6 or 2.0+).
- If you experience bugs or crashes please log them!
- Remember this is a BETA with all that beta means and entails.
If you’re new to Sweeter Home:
- On starting the app create an account and log in
- Sweeter Home Forums
- Sweeter Home Documentation (work in progress)
- More!!!
Sweeter Home 2 beta – NEW BUILD
January 22, 2010 by Lemon · 3 Comments
There is a new beta build now up that contains many bug fixes and several security fixes.
And oh yes, there’s a 1.5 version too!
PLEASE UPDATE TO THIS LATEST VERSION:
Sweeter Home 2 BETA [UPDATE] Download
This build contains over 40 bug fixes including but certainly not limited to widgets updating and blurry icons. Depending on performance in the wild there may be another close release to address memory issues.
Important info:
- Please ensure you download and install the correct build for your phone (1.5, 1.6 or 2.0+).
- If you experience bugs or crashes please log them!
- Remember this is a BETA with all that beta means and entails. Crashes, lag and slowdown are an unfortunate part of the beta process. With your help and patience the developers can continue to improve the app.
If you’re new to Sweeter Home:
- On starting the app create an account and log in
- Sweeter Home Forums
- Sweeter Home Documentation (work in progress)
- More!!!
Community
Since the launch of the Beta there are thousands of users building theme’s with Sweeter Home, and hundreds of themes have been shared to the Sweeter Home server.
A vocal and helpful community is developing too, so here’s some more places you can go to talk to others other Sweeter Home:
Here! sweeterskins.net!
- Subscribe to my RSS feed so you don’t miss out on news and fresh info
- Follow me on Twitter
- Check out the #SH2tips hashtag. Use it to add your own tips.
- Connect with other users, ask questions and share your themes in the Forum
- Read through the Documentation (work in progress). You can add docs through this topic.
There are several Android forums with great Sweeter Home topics right now. The most vibrant are:
There is one particular situation where Sweeter Home needs community feedback desperately. A small number of Droid users are reporting a boot hang after a crash where the screen appears stuck on the Red Eye. While there are a couple of quick fix workarounds, what we really need is is a logcat of the boot process. If you have experienced this (or are experiencing it right now) please READ THIS HELP PAGE. With your help we can fix this experience for all Sweeter Home Droid users.
Sweeter Home 2 – Public Beta
January 11, 2010 by Lemon · 28 Comments
You’ve been such a patient bunch and now the wait is over!
SWEETER HOME 2 PUBLIC BETA IS LIVE!
This release is a public beta and is not available on the Android Market.
You will not automatically receive updates.
Subscribe to this blog here, or follow me on Twitter here.
A few important notes from me:
- READ all the notes on the download page. THEY ARE IMPORTANT!
- DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT FILE. Are you on Android 1.6 or 2.0+?
- Create an account and sign in. Tag Trays make things so much easier and the syncing is automatic as long as you’re signed in.
- Please use the forums on Sweeter Home for discussing feature requests before logging a feature ticket. Your idea might already be in the pipeline or others might be able to expand and improve on your idea.
- If you log bug reports please be detailed. The devil is in the detail. Detail is ALWAYS good.
- Have fun.
- Share your themes!
Now go get it:
I’ll be uploading some help videos for the Beta tonight if I can. These will be an intro to break down the basics of how Sweeter Home is laid out, and then a second vid giving you some insight into a few of the deeper functions.