[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] ZaryabMustafa:
" Dark Holo by Thand (Modified For Xperia S/SL) "

Setup Tutorial :​

Requirements :

- Nova Launcher Prime

- Minimal MIUI Go Apex Theme

- MultiPicture Live Wallpaper

- Minimalistic Text

- Simple Text

- Power Toggles

- Circle Battery Widget

- Eye in Sky

- Simple RSS Widget

Step 1 : Required Files

After Downloading and Installing all the apps mentioned, here is what you need to do with certain files:

1. Place .mtpref files from HC_Text.zip in the MinimalisticTextPreferences folder in your sdcard directory.

2. Place ‘home—1358621776.xml’ from Fonts.zip to the Simple Text/styles folder in your sdcard directory.

3. Place the 2 Roboto fonts from Fonts.zip into a folder that you use for fonts (might have to be a sub-directory)

4. Place both Image folders (you must extract them) onto your phone, as you will be needing them for wallpapers, etc.

Step 2 : Nova Launcher Settings

Here’s how you should set up the launcher, start off by selecting your Menu button then Nova Settings on your homescreen:

Desktop :

Desktop Grid: 12×7

Width Margin: Small

Height Margin: None

Disable: Shadows, Label Icons

Homesceens: 5

Scroll Effect: In and Out (or your choice)

Wallpaper Scrolling: On

Advanced: Enable: Widget Overlap, Overlap when placing

Dock :

Enable Dock: Enabled

Dock Pages: 1

Dock Icons: 5

Width Margin: Medium

Advanced: Dock as Overlay: Enabled

Look and Feel :

Icon Theme: Minimal MIUI Go Apex Theme (preffered)

Show notification bar: Disabled

Gestures and Buttons :

Home Button: Show app drawer (comes in handy)

You may use gestures to show/toggle the notification bar or app drawer.

Step 3 : Wallpapers

1. Make sure Wallpaper Scrolling is ON.

2. Hold down on the homescreen – Wallpaper – Live Wallpaper – MultiPic Live Wallpaper.

3. Add 5 individual screens.

4. For screen 1 settings – Picture Source – Single – Select the first ‘card’ in the Images (720×1280) folder.

5. Change Crop/Resize Ratio to “Show Entire Picture”.

6. Repeat for all 5 screens, changing the card number depending on the screen.

Step 4 : Dock Settings

1. Hold down on the homescreen – Nova Actions – Jump to Page – 1.

2. Place it at the start of the dock.

3. Repeat for all 5 pages.

4. Hold down on the first one – Edit – tap the image – Icon Pack – Simple Text.

5. Select the icon displaying ‘home’, rename the text to ‘info’, then menu – Save Icon.

6. Repeat for each icon (info, play, home, news, apps)

Step 5 : Minimalistic Text

1. Hold down on the homescreen – Widgets – Minimalistic Text – 5×1 size for all of them.

2. Select “Restore”, select the preference you wish to restore, select “Yes, do it!”.

3. Select Global Settings – Fonts folder – use the folder you placed your Roboto font.

4. Go back, Text Style – Select the font that looks modified – Font Family – Roboto light/thin depending on which text it is.

5. Repeat for all the text shown.

Step 6 : Other Widgets

Icons

- To add icons, hold down on the homescreen – Apps – Select Multiple – Add desired apps. If you installed the Minimal MIUI theme you won’t have to change their looks.

Power Toggles

- Transparency: 0

- Delete the number of toggles so that there are only 5.

- Button Colors: Change the first circle to a grey color.

- Options – Export Settings (makes setting up new Power Toggles easier, Menu – Import Settings)

Circle Battery Widget

- Select a 4×4 size

- Circle: Show Full Circle, Decrease the diameter till desired.

- Text: Decrease the size accordingly.

- Colors: Change to orange if you prefer.

Eye in Sky

- Add the Eye in Sky Cities widget.

- Icons used: Symbolicons

- Text Color: Black

- Take of “Show Edit Dots” and “Show Refresh” if desired.

Simple RSS Widget

- Select “add RSS feed”, selecting your preffered feed.

- Deselect “Widget Title”

- News Title: Select “Bold”, Increase size to around 18

- News Text: Increase size to around 10.

- Deselect “Background”

- Deselect “Show Icons” if desired.

Screenshots :

Downloads :

Dark Holo For Xperia S/SL : Download Link

Credits :

All the credits go to " Thand " for creating this amazing Layout.