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Xposed Mods

Smartphone displaying a messaging app interface with a keyboard.
Aug 11, 2014

For some reason, when you're typing in landscape mode, Android extends the text input field to cover every bit of the screen that the keyboard's not occupying. This gets pretty annoying sometimes, esp ...

Smartphone screen displaying time and connectivity indicators.
Aug 10, 2014

Honestly, Android's stock alarm icon is completely useless. It doesn't relay any information other than the fact that, at some point in the future, you have an alarm coming up. Considering how pointle ...

Smartphone interface showing a finger near the microphone icon and status indicators.
Aug 7, 2014

Even with display sizes increasing by the year, smartphone screen real estate is still at a premium. We want the content we're viewing to take center stage, and this leaves little room for functionali ...

Hand holding a glowing wireless signal icon.
Aug 6, 2014

If you're like me, then you've got an incredibly complicated Wi-Fi password with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. When friends or family come over, it can be really ha ...

Camera and microphone icons on a green background.
Aug 1, 2014

If you're one of the millions of people who use the WhatsApp service for messaging, you've probably noticed a recent propensity that the app has had for adding buttons to its interface. Two such butto ...

Settings menu on a smartphone showing wireless network options.
Jul 29, 2014

Yes, I know. Nexus owners aren't exactly the biggest Apple fans out there. That "Pure Android" experience was one of the main reasons we bought our Nexus devices. But give the other side some credit—t ...

Smartphone settings screen displaying Wi-Fi and Bluetooth options.
Jul 26, 2014

Surely you've heard of the wildly-popular custom ROM CyanogenMod, right? As the longest-tenured third-party firmware for Android devices, CM has been able to maintain its popularity by supporting a wi ...

Smartphone displaying a website with a colorful background.
Jul 12, 2014

When it comes to theming your Android device, it's the little touches that count the most. That's why developer SArnab created the Android Theme Engine, an Xposed Module to theme those hard-to-reach c ...

Smartphone interface showing wallpaper, houses, and settings icons.
Jul 10, 2014

As Matias Duarte and the team over at Google's Android Design department ready their wares, they've given us a preview version of the upcoming "L" release of Android to try out. A new design philosoph ...

Smartphone displaying settings menu options.
Jul 9, 2014

The new preview build of Android is out, and it looks good. But if you're not quite ready to install Android L on your phone, there's still another way to enjoy some of these new visual elements on yo ...