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If you are a more organized type, you can change all the tiles to be the same style if you so desire. If you remember the visual style of the Windows Metro UI, every tile is a different color adding sort of a rainbow appeal. You can change the icon, text label, and the color for both the text and the background individually. You can long press on any tile to open an additional context menu that allows you to edit the parameters or delete it completely. When first setting it up you have the option to choose how many tiles are displayed on-screen and you can also select between horizontal or vertical scrolling.Īpp shortcuts and icons are displayed as a single tile and tapping on one will launch the respective application. Tile Launcher basically replaces the homescreen with a Windows Metro look-alike UI.

I recommend you choose vertical scrolling for the pages, horizontal scrolling can really mess up your mojo (this is more of a preconceived opinion brought on by the stock Android UI).

The tiles only display app icons by default, even though you can customize this it’s nothing more than an elegant app drawer on the home screen most of the time.

Relatively light on system resources for a launcher.

The app drawer opens up like a Holo style menu.

Widgets still work perfect with the tile based UI.

You can change the background wallpaper (to be expected really).

Change how the launcher reacts to a tilting device (screen orientation).

Replaces the stock homescreen and app drawer.

Tile Launcher is a homescreen replacement and app launcher app for Android that is based to look like Windows Phone/Windows 8 Metro UI style. Thanks to Tile Launcher, you don’t have to purchase a Windows branded device in order to experience the UI. The minimal approach and overall responsiveness is part of what makes the design so attractive.

The Windows Phone and Windows Metro UI is attractive to some (including myself).

Tile Launcher is one such application that essentially turns the Android user interface into something from the Windows Phone platform. The most popular way to give Android an overhaul, besides installing a custom ROM of course, is to install some kind of launcher app. Unlike the other mobile platforms, you can truly change the entire appearance and operation of Android to suit your personal tastes.

As I’m sure you already know, the ultimate beauty and convenience of the Android platform can be attributed to the incredible customization options you have at your fingertips.