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PREFACE
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PitchBlack Theme for Zooper Widget Pro was created in order to give your phone a new look, shortcuts to numerous functions, settings and apps and hopefully make your battery last longer due to dark colors.
PitchBlack Theme for Zooper Widget Pro is Phase 1 of a series of PitchBlack Themes in order to give your phone an overall dark look:
- Phase 1: PitchBlack Theme for Zooper Widget Pro
- Phase 2: PitchBlack Lockscreen
- Phase 3: PitchBlack Theme for Theme Engine *
* This time focusing only on UI, framework and selected system apps.
What I want from you as my time is extremely limited due to job and family obligations is the following:
- read thread guidelines, I write things in detail so I can help you
- be patient concerning my responds
- seek help from other experienced members
- seek help on XDA's zooper widget forum for general usage and tips about zooper/media utilites
- keep thread as clean as possible
- donate in order to support my work.
Stay Tuned for Phase 2 & 3....I'M BACK!!!
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PHASE 1: PitchBlack Theme for Zooper Widget Pro
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Thanks to:
- TwiPi Production for MIUI X5 HD Icon Pack link
- Vicino for Grunge Icon Pack link
- Screenlicious for the amazing YouTube video tutorial of how to create a zooper scin apk using Eclipse link
**** Useful Tips & Info @ 2nd post ***
- battery friendly due to dark colors
- 5 custom homescreens
- different wallpaper on each screen
- custom weather panel
- custom music player
- vital info on every homescreen
- predefined targets for on-screen elements
- easily customisable by the end user
* a complete set of features is illustrated at 2nd post.
- zooper widget pro (paid)
- media utilities (free)
- nova launcher * (free/paid)
- simple rss widget or similar (free)
- power toggles (free)
* this will also work on apex launcher but some actions for on-screen elements must be re-assigned to work with new launcher. I suggest you stick with Nova!
- stock dpi 320p only !!!
if you are on a different screen density templates will not work out of the box and must be resized.
- expanded desktop or immersive mode
xposed framework and GravityBox module (or similar) on a stock rom will also work well
- any variation of PIE
xposed framework and GravityBox module (or similar) on a stock rom or LMT Launcher app will also work well
- halo (to pickup notifications since the status bar is hidden)
floating notifications app from Google Play is also a very good alternative and will also work well
- rss widget
choose one from Google Play
- power toggles
download from Google Play
- at first run it will ask you to enable notifications. Do it
- if not done automatically add your favorite music player as a media app
- settings/application integration/ select Zooper
- settings/experimental features/ select Make coverart available
- desktop grid 10x8
- width margin none
- height margin none
- persistent bar never
- show shadow off
- home screens 5
- scroll effect wipe
- infinite scroll on
- scroll indicator none
- widget overlap on
- overlap when placing on
- enable dock off
Installing PitchBlack Theme
- download .apk attached here and transfer to your phone's sd card
- install as like any other apk. No permissions are required
Creating the homescreens
- for start we create 6 homescreens. We need the 6th in order to create power toggles, music player and RSS widgets and then drag & drop them to the correct screen. After we're done creating all 5 homescreens, the 6th must be deleted.
- go to screen 1, create any zooper widget and resize it to fit half screen.
- tap it, go to "PitchBlack Theme Zooper" and choose correct template (top or bottom).
- repeat that one more time and screen 1 is finished
- do this for screen 2, 3, 4 and 5.
- after finishing creating all 5 homescreens, create power toggles on screen 6 and drag & drop it to screen 1
- do this again for RSS and music player widgets.
- when done delete home screen 6
Music Player first run
- after widget is created press the folder icon. This will open google music
(you can set the target to point at a different player and don't forget to add it as a media app in media utilities)
- choose a song to play. This way album art, play and pause buttons are created
That's about it. The video guide illustrates this procedure in real time in order for easy guidance and also show how things are easier in action than they seem on words.
YouTube Playlist - 3 parts video guide
Give credits and link to this thread if for any reason you are using the templates provided at this post
- for commercial purposes
- if you start a new thread with PitchBlack Theme adapted to your phone or tablet's screen resolution
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