You can build Android widgets easily using third-party apps. KWGT and WidgetClub make it simple to design custom tools that ...

The most notable user-facing change in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 is the ability to use custom app icon shapes. Besides a circle, ...

For Android app developers that have been slow to adopt Google’s push for themed app icons, there’s no longer a choice.

Custom icon packs are not all created equal. Many, sadly, introduce more problems than they solve. But every now and then, I ...

Google released Android 13 in H2 2022. Among other changes, it shipped with themed app icons support, allowing apps to change ...

In recent years, iOS has started to catch up to Android when it comes to customization, but Android is still well in the lead. That's partly because it supports alternative launchers, which replace of ...

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