If you've been following me for a while, you know I'm big on Android customization and for this year, I've being going all in on using Linux (via Kubuntu). Since my last layout update in February to create a Android homescreen to look like the phone from The Expanse, I began thinking of creating a layout that more or less matched the taskbar in kubuntu. To that end, I've finally completed a layout that I feel does so.
Prerequisites
Grant Notification Access for notifications panel and media player
Global Variables
Image - For icon at the top left of the screen and accents
Font - To easily change font for entire layout (currently set to Ubuntu Regular)
Toggle - Text version for panel switching
Nova Launcher (any launcher that allows turning off its dock should work but need ability to access app activities to create a shortcut to Google search from its app and open app drawer)
Layout
Header
Touching image opens KLWP settings
Touching date opens Google Calendar
Search widget has quick access to search, Assistant and Lens
Apps - Open App Drawer (via Nova Launcher shortcut)
Favorites - A simple list of apps I use regularly (I manually picked the colors as there's no current way to pull colors from app icons that I could find)
Notifications - Top 10 cancellable notifications
Media Player - Shows album art and track info for mp3 player and podcasts
Weather - Icon shows current conditions icon & temp with panel showing bigger current weather conditions, the current day's high & low temp and sunrise/sunset and a 5-day forecast
Notes
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