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Customize springboard in Android?

Hi,

How can the home screen be customized? and also how can the springboard layout be customized?

I want to make an application which makes a clone of users current theme and allows user to customize content that he wants to view such as phonebook, pics and etc.

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How can the home screen be customized?

You can write your own home screen application.

and also how can the springboard layout be customized?

What is "the springboard layout"?

CommonsWare  2010-09-30 13:16:08
How can we write homescreen application? Springboard layout is the one where we can see all the applications on Android device. I think its Iphone term. For example there is an application called sweeter home in Android market. Also, can you let me know how to develop our own homescreen application?
sunil  2010-10-01 04:52:33
@sunil: "How can we write homescreen application?" -- there is a sample Home screen app in your SDK. Look in the `samples/` directory. It is mostly a matter of adding the `HOME` category to an activity's `<intent-filter>`. "Springboard layout is the one where we can see all the applications on Android device." -- that's the "launcher".
CommonsWare  2010-10-01 11:50:42

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