Android L - Is it going to be Lollipop or Ladoo?..

         

   Android L - The new big thing in android world.Google recently announced its upcoming version of the ever growing awesome android OS in the Google I/O 2014.And it codenamed it as android l -Wonder what L will be called when it is released.ha..we indians are fond of our sweet Ladoos hehe...so we vote for ladoo.Jokes apart it will most probably be Lollipop.

          Google also released a Developer Preview of the Os for its flagship devices that are the NEXUS 5 and the NEXUS 7.In the developers preview we see a number of UI changes and new feature additions.And as it is not the final release there is going to be much more to come to it later.This developers preview just was for the devs to have an idea about the new design philosophy of google that is "Material Design:".

          Now what is Material Design?.Its basically a kind of flatter and cleaner look to the android OS way better and simpler than the Holo look of the ICS till KK.And most amazing thing about it is that you wont be bored to use it since every new window opens with a new animation .It slides out from some side.

          Now let us have a look to the UI changes seen in the Android L dev preview.

1)Google Now Launcher:

   As you see the the app drawer icon in the google now launcher has been changed to look somewhat shinier and flater.Also the wallpaper ,widget and settings icons have changed .

2)Navigation Bar:

        A you see the navigation bar has become completely transparent as compared to the KitKats shadowy nav bar.Also the three navigation buttons are also changed to triangle,circle and square for the back,home and recent apps respectively.

3)The Notification Panel:

           The notification panel has seen the most drastic change in its look and feel. The color of the notifications was black and also it rested on a translucent panel.Now we have white colored notifications resting on transparent panel.You can do the regular operations like touch to open and swipe left or right to dismiss them.New thing added is that when you pull the notification further you get to see the quick toggles and a brightness control bar.

4)Heads Up Notifications:

        This new feature is going to let you do your work and simultaneously reply to an SMS or a whatsapp message or any other IM.Futher more all other notifications will pop down from the top of your screen and show in front of you as shown in the screenshot.

5)Settings UI:

        As everything in android L has become somewhat flatter ,even the settings app will be revamped a lot.Now you see everything in plain white and you get end of page feedback in the shadow animation and the top and bottom of the settings page.This I thought looks more like HTC sense Settings at first look but there are new things in it.Also there is addition of new settings .

6)Lockscreen:

      The new lockscreen is quite different.Earlier you had to hold the bubble and move it to any direction to unlock your device,but now unlocking is just swiping up the lock icon.There is shortcut to dialer to the left and the camera as earlier to the right.

7)Dialer and Contacts App:

8)Recent Apps:

      Recent apps are going to be shown as the google chrome tabs.And new thing is that each instance of the app is going to be shown in the recent apps section.For eg.When you open an app suppose Settings >Display,You will see both the settings main page and the display settings page in the recent apps . Also every single of your google chrome tabs will be seen on the recent apps list.
 If you have seen the IOS 7 Recent apps feature you would say android l has copied it from them.

9)Google Keyboard:

  Google keyboard app also changed its skin.It is now more flat and minimal looking.color has changed and it suits the material design philosophy.

    Along with the above mentioned things lot more things are going to change as final Android L will be released.

ENJOYED READING ?WANT TO HAVE ANDROID L UI ON YOUR DEVICE?

How to get Android L goodies on Rooted android 4.4 devices?

                        Howdy people!!..With this years google I/O we have seen a lot of fun goodies.The new upcoming version of android is going to see a lot  of mind blowing changes.It is going to be the most drastic GUI change since ICS.Yes Guys I am talking about the Android L.Google released its developers preview image for NEXUS 5 phone and NEXUS 7 tablets.But i am sure you all want to get Android L on your Devices.

So here is my method to get Android L UI on your Andy's.

NOTE: IN MY METHOD YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH YOUR SYSTEM ROOT FILES SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS WHILE DELETING AND MANIPULATING THE SYSTEM FILES.IF YOUR DEVICE GETS BRICKED I AM NOT GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
CHEERS!!


PRE-REQUISITES:
1)Android 4.4
2)Rooted Device
3)Xposed  Framework installed

DOWNLOADS:

1)Xposed Modules :

     a)Android L Navigation Bar
     b) Heads Up Notifications
 To download these modules make sure you Xposed Installer in your device.
Go into XPOSED INSTALLER APP >DOWNLOADS>search for  a)Android L Navigation Bar
     b) Heads Up Notifications one by one>and install them t your phone.
Now go to XPOSED INSTALLER>MODULES>Tick the newly installed modules to activate them.

DOWNLOAD XPOSED INSTALLER HERE.

2)Android L apps.

Some Xda members have extracted all the apps from the Android L image and uploaded them for public.
So Visit this XDA post and download all the apps from the post.

Google Now Launcher

Android L Apps [Separate apps/ All apps]

1 ) Google Now Launcher:Install the Google Search Apk and also play services before this (Velvet.apk).

2 ) Google Play Services 5.0:

3 ) Google Search APK

4 ) Google Playstore

5 ) Private Apps These apps did not install in my device.But you may try and tell me if it worked.

Google KeyBoard

6) Keyboard :For Devices with stock android you have to first backup and remove the Google Keyboard App from system>app>LatinImeGoogle.apk .And those who have downloaded the Google Keyboard from playstore they must uninstall it before installing the LatinImeGoogle.apk from the Android L apps.

 7) Wallpaper:Download them and set them like normal wallpapers.

Flashable zips can be flashed from recovery.But take a backup of your device before flashing .

App Drawer

If you are not so familiar with recovery just download the non flashable apks and follow the further instructions.

MAKE BACKUPS OF THE OLD FOLDERS BEFORE REPLACING
USE TOTAL COMMANDER OR ROOT EXPLORER TO DO THE FOLLOWING.

8) Fonts [Flashable zip/ non-flashable zip]:

           Replace the old system>fonts folder with the new fonts folder.

9) Ringtones and alarms [Flashable zip/ non-flashable zip] 

          Replace the system>media>audio folder with the new audio folder.

10) Bootanimation [Flashable zip/ non-flashable zip]

           Replace the system>media>bootanimaton.zip with the new zip file just rename the new         one as bootanimaton.zip .
           If this doesn't work try moving the bootanimation.zip file to data>local.

WHAT YOU WILL GET:

GOOGLE NOW LAUNCHER
ANDROID L NAVIGATION BAR
ANDROID L GOOGLE KEYBOARD
ANDROID L WALLPAPERS
HEADS UP NOTIFICATIONS

Heads-Up Notifications

MEDIA(Includes Ringtones Alarms n sounds)
FONTS
BOOT ANIMATION

How to get WhatsApp media from bluestacks?

STEP 1:Go to your Bluestacks Sdcard .

Use a File manager like Astro to do it.

STEP 2:Now to WhatsApp>Media

STEP 3:Now Go into desired folders ieWallpaper,WhatsApp Audio,WhatsApp Video,WhatsApp images and WhatsApp voice Notes.

STEP 4:Copy the desired content to sdcard>bstfolder>Documents .

STEP 5:Minimize Bluestacks and go to the My documents folder on your pc.

There you will find all the content that you copied.

WANT TO GET APK FILES FROM BLUESTACKS ...

GO OVER HERE.

How to get iOS 7 ui on any android mobile?

      Recently Apple Inc launched the 7th version of its iOS.It has completely revamped the User interface of the legendary iDevices.Tech geeks (includes me Too) all over the world are accusing Apple to have stolen some features from the rapid growing Android OS.Even though it is true some android users would love to have the ios 7 ui on their android devices.So here is what you need.

Here is a list of apps you need to Download
1)Espier Launcher
2)Ios 7 theme for espier Launcher.
3)iOS 7 Lockscreen Parallax HD
4)Super Status Bar(PAID)
iStatusBar theme for Super Status Bar app.(PAID)

Other iOS styled Apps You might wanna Try:
1)Hi Music
2)Hi Notes
Click HERE to see more such apps that are ios styled.

STEPS TO GET IOS 7 UI:
STEP 1)Make Sure You have downloaded and installed all the apps mentioned above.
STEP 2)Press your Home Button and set Espier Launcher as your default HOmescreen Launcher.
STEP 3) In the home screen of Espier Launcher, tap "Espier Hub" icon, choose "Themes for Launcher", and apply the Ios 7 Theme.
STEP 4)Enable the iOs 7 Lockscreen.
STEP 5)Open the Super Status Bar app Go to Themes >Select The iStatus Bar theme.

WHAT YOU GET AFTER THIS:
*Newest Ios UI
*iOs 7 styled wallpapers,icons.

*iOs 7 styled Lockscreen with the Control center .
TIP:Keep updating the lockscreen app for more features on the control center.Currently there are 5 toggles viz Airplane mode,Wifi,Bluetooth and the Screen orientation.It also has the brightness adjustment option.Along with that it has 5 app shortcuts.The Music controls will be added in later updates.




*Ios styled apps like the music player ,notes,calender,clock etc

*The music player also comes with the famous iDevice's feature the "COVER FLOW".

Concept Key Lime PIE

    Android OS is being developed at a very rapid rate.In the year 2009 android OS went into 3 upgrades.In 2010 Google launched its 2 new versions.The year 2011 was a boon for the OS development.With millions of Developers and millions of apps already developed the 2011 year was really a big milestone in android history.But the growth continues.Last year 2012 witnessed the latest and the most powerful update Jelly Bean.It is the 2nd most used versions of android after Gingerbread.

  But since last 8 months no new version was launched.Google is trying the best to COOK its next big boon in android history.The next expected version of Android is going to be named 'KEY LIME PIE'.The news of its development  new features , revisions in old features have been a key topic of discussions among tech enthusiasts for a long time now.

  Many People expressed their expectations through various apps.In this post i am going to tell you about the most promising UI that a developer has conceptualized.

Version	Code name	Release date	APIlevel	Distribution (June 3, 2013)
4.2.x	Jelly Bean	November 13, 2012	17	4.0%
4.1.x	Jelly Bean	July 9, 2012	16	29.0%
4.0.x	Ice Cream Sandwich	December 16, 2011	15	25.6%
3.2	Honeycomb	July 15, 2011	13	0.1%
3.1	Honeycomb	May 10, 2011	12	0%
2.3.3–2.3.7	Gingerbread	February 9, 2011	10	36.4%
2.3–2.3.2	Gingerbread	December 6, 2010	9	0.1%
2.2	Froyo	May 20, 2010	8	3.2%
2.0–2.1	Eclair	October 26, 2009	7	1.5%
1.6	Donut	September 15, 2009	4	0.1%
1.5	Cupcake	April 30, 2009	3	0%

Concept key lime pie HD 7 in 1

This app is a theme for many different home screen launchers including Nova,Apex,Go launcher,Holo Launcher and ADW.

     The best thing about this theme is that it works with a bunch if different famous launchers.The next good thing about Concept KLP is that it comes with some amazing HD wallpapers and exeedingly fantastic icon set.The icons as you see have a little 3D glass kind of effect which makes it look elegant and KLP material.Seriously...!!!

 In the above shown screenshot the deveoper has used a Vertical Clock widget.I could'nt find it anywhere on the net so i decided to like.. create it on my own. 

 I have used UCCW app to create an exact replica of the above used clock.You can DOWNLOAD it 

here.

This theme is a paid theme .It costs about $1.It is 12 Mb in size so make sure you have a fast internet connection. 

For installation procedures for different launchers make sure you read the description provided by the dev.

It is compatible with any android device that runs Android 2.0 and above.Which is piratically all the devices today.

UCCW-Simple Clock and Calender Skin.

Here is a simple Vertical Clock And Calender widget created with the help of UCCW app.I don't have a developers account so i uploaded it on  4Shared.Please Download and Tell me how it looks.

FEATURES:

1)Simple text used.

2)Opens Clock app on Click.

You need UCCW app to use this skin.

HOW TO USE:

1)Make sure you have enabled the Unknown Sources from Settings>Security>Unknown Sources.

2)Download the .apk file from the link.

3)Find the apk file in your file manager and open it.

4)Install the app.

5)Go to your homescreen.Long press and select Widget.Select UCCW>1 x 4 widget.

6)Now select the "clockwhite" skin.

DOWNLOAD HERE.

iOS 7-REVAMPED iPhone.

  

     Today Apple announced its new generation phone OS the iOS 7.It is the 7th successor of the previous OS'ss and is the most different of them all.If you take a look at all the 7 iOS's side by side this version stands out differently.It has completely redesigned the old look of the idevices.

Although i think that apple has tried to copy features from Android and BB.Rather they not only copied the features but gave them a more stunning look.

iOS 7 has brought about significant changes in the design of each and every famous feature of the previous iOS's.They have tried to make it more and more user friendly.

The older features like the keyboard,the font,the homescreen wallpapers, the messaging apps,The safari browser and all the old cool stuff is now even cooler.

KEYBOARD:
The older keyboard was a dark grey background with big light grey buttons and bold letters and now it has a creamy white background and pure white keys with non bold letters.

THE SAFARI BROWSER:

Safari unlike before opens in a full screen mode which gives a wide view of the websites you visit.The new feature i liked in the new safari is the TABS.This time the tabs appear as vertical carousal which you can slide up or down and select the tabs.You can now have any number of tabs open at a time unlike earlier in which you could open just 8.

CAMERA:

The camera has also been revamped this time.You can change modes just by sliding your finger left or right.Real time FX and many more cool features are introduced.It categorizes the pictures you take according to place occasion and time taken automatically.

SIRI:

The new SIRI has become smarter than before.Now it can speak with you in different voices including new male voices.It can also be told to toggle setting like Bluetooth and Wifi or brightness.It has a new interface too.It is now integrated with twitter and wikipedia,.

LOCKSCREEN:

The old  'Slide to unlock' lockscreen has now changed.It also comes with a drop down notification center that is much similar to the androids drop down status bar.

NEW FEATURES:

CONTROL CENTER:

This works as the name says, it controls all the basic things of you idevice like adjusting brightness toggle Bluetooth,Wifi,Rotation and airplane mode.It appears on the screen by pulling it up from the bottom of the device.It also has a quick music player and shortcut to apps like clock,calculator,camera and also flashlight.

The airdrop (covered later in the post) can also be toggled here.

MULTITASKING TRAY:

This is a feature that all android 4 guys are familiar with.It is same as the multitasking tray in android.You can access it by double tapping your homescreen .It has become easy to jump between apps and kill them when not in use just by pushing them up.

AIRDROP:

You can share files with your friends just by tapping on their faces.Also sharing is possible with unknown contacts by toggling the 'EVERYONE' option.Airdrop uses your wifi ad-hoc network. 

iTUNES RADIO:

This was the much awaited feature of the iOS7.You can now listen to thousands of songs and buy them from iTunes.You can create you own radio channel.You can browse as many stations and select the appropriate song you want.

 DO YOU THINK IOS 7 HAS COPIED A LOT FROM ANDROID? SHARE YOUR VIEWS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION.