La Android customization it is an argument that almost always breaks into the eternal struggle (so to speak, editor's note) between the supporters of the green robot or the bitten apple operating system. The iOS software ecosystem of Apple-branded products allows us to modify very few details of the user interface, while on products with Android on board we can really indulge ourselves by unleashing our imagination, making our smartphone truly unique.
The column dedicated to Android customization, now in its fourth appointment, allows us to give an overview of the best tips to take advantage of the best apps and your imagination in order to create your ideal phone, at least from the point of view of the graphical interface. Using the best Android launcher, The best Android wallpapers app and other applications we will guide you step by step in the creation of a unique combination of colors and lines, with a single goal in mind: to be able to give you the satisfaction of being able to say: "I did this!" whenever you look at the home screen of your smartphone.
In this fourth installment of the column we show you how to achieve effective customization in a simple way, recreating the appearance of Microsoft and Nokia's Windows Phones!
What you need
To carry out our customization we will need the following elements:
- LAUNCHER 10
- Resplash
LAUNCHER 10 It is one of best android launchers available on the Play Store. Its advantage is to be able to install this simple launcher on your smartphone and have dozens of options for customization totally free. If you want to recreate the style of Windows Phones on your Android smartphone, Launcher 10 is a mandatory download. One of the outstanding features of this launcher is the presence of Live Tiles: the tiles of the launcher come to life, animating with the messages contained within the apps or with the photos of our gallery, in a feed that looks alive and that is iconic of Lumia smartphones. Unfortunately this function is paid and costs, at the moment, 6.99 €: you can try it for free for 14 days and then freely decide to buy it or not.
Resplash is one of the best apps for android wallpapers, with hundreds of high quality wallpapers and backgrounds that we can use to complete the customization of our Android smartphones. Every day many high quality wallpapers to better customize your smartphone!
A personalization cannot be defined as complete without a background that highlights the fruit of our work. We can find many wallpapers on the Internet or even here download one Android wallpapers app from the Play Store, such as InsWall, with hundreds of wallpapers optimized for our Android smartphone.
Finally, the last key ingredient is an icon pack. We can find dozens of them for free, and every week the Google store offers many on offer or to download for free. In this episode we advise you MINIMUM, a completely free icon pack where the icons are strongly inspired by Material design.
You just have to watch the video on the Android customization lesson # 4 and learn how to build the same user interface on your Android smartphone. As always, for any doubt or question there is the comment box below!
