HotDock
January 23, 2010 by Lemon · 19 Comments
Built on 1.6 for G1, Magic etc.
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “Lemon”
- Search Theme: “HotDock”
Updated: 24 Jan ‘10
- Used Text blocks instead of images
- Added indicators to active springboards
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!!!
Friday Feature – 22 Jan
January 22, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Today’s inaugural Friday Feature is from theme author LJB: the highly anticipated Android 2.0.
Built on Nexus One, should work for Droid.
Find it in the Sweeter Home Theme List:
- Search Author: “LBJ”
- Search Theme: “Android_20″
Read more and post comments:
http://www.sweeterhome.com/boards/10/topics/599
Friday Feature!
January 20, 2010 by Lemon · 4 Comments
Starting this week – every Friday I’ll be featuring a Sweeter Home theme from you readers out there. The theme must be live and downloadable from the Sweeter Home theme list, or the SLX must be available online.
The best place for you to show off your themes is in the Themes Forum, but I may find themes from browsing other Android forums, or in the SH theme list itself. We want you to SHARE!
I’ll be picking themes that use custom content, or inventive layouts, or clean, beautiful design – OR a combination of all these.
So for consideration post your theme previews up for all to see!
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.
Android 2.0 Theme
Really great work in progress here from LJB. Keep an eye out for it when he drops it.
Sharing your themes
January 14, 2010 by Lemon · 8 Comments
There are a ton of people sharing themes on Sweeter Home right now. If you’re building themes to share here’s a few tips for you:
Attach a screen shot from your live theme to your upload. This is actually very simple to do but not many people are doing it. When you’re in your active theme (ie: not in edit mode) set it up looking it’s best, then hit the menu button > More > Screen Capture. There you’ll see an option to ‘Use as Preview for upload’. Make sure that is selected, then click save. The next time you upload this theme it will use that image as the preview. It’s good way to make sure your theme look it’s best at upload, and will guarantee you downloads.
If you’re building to share with others, then think about content. Not everyone has the same widgets installed that you do, so maximise the use of the internal widgets (like SMS). If you have many widgets in your theme, those are going to be mostly avoided or replaced by your users, so consider leaving them out in the first place.
Embed and lock Custom Trays. The content in any Custom Tray will not be shared unless you set Embed to Yes. Also once your Custom Tray is set up consider locking it, so your users don’t accidentally drag the apps out of the tray. Custom Trays are also the only trays to receive icon replacements using apps like Better Cut, so if you want your users to experience your custom made icons then use a Custom Tray.
Share through a blog or forum. You can upload your SLX theme file from your SD card to the internet. Wanna get fancy? Link using the sweeterhome:// protocol (instead of http://) and the theme will launch to Sweeter Home right from your phone browser. (Test by visiting this post from your phone – click here: DarkRisingStars)
Get to it and share your themes!
Running Android 1.5 and can’t install the beta?
January 13, 2010 by Lemon · 65 Comments
At the moment the developer is considering releasing a 1.5 build but he’s not sure if the effort is worth it or not. To this end, please comment here with your request that Sweeter Home be released for you guys on 1.5 as well! The louder and better your argument the more chance there is.
Use your voice!!!
UPDATE: Android 1.5 Build now available!
Using Tag Trays
January 13, 2010 by Lemon · Leave a Comment
Very quick intro video – SH2 beta
January 12, 2010 by Lemon · 5 Comments
