Though it must be said that getting all these assets into shape, including coloring in the backgrounds of the transparent PNG icons by hand, was a complete pain and took at least an hour. Some designers are already sharing these in easy to download packages (as with the Animal Crossing example above) but a bit of Googling will usually get you what you need.įor the Windows 98 layout I made for the top image of this article (inspired by this tweet) I found all the background images and app icons I needed through some quick searches.
The main thing you’ll need is the actual visuals: a custom wallpaper and accompanying icon pack. Making your own custom home screen is easy but time-consuming. Made mine look like a ps2 memory card screen✍️ #ios14homescreen /ZYiZ9LQtTW- jenni SeptemHow to customize your iOS home screen All in all, it’s the sort of beautiful, visual chaos you usually associate with custom PC themes or Winamp skins. Some even recreate older user interfaces, riffing off the PlayStation 2’s memory card screen, for example, or making iOS 14 look like iOS 6. Many are themed around pop culture phenomena like Animal Crossing, Steven Universe, Harry Potter, Minecraft, and BTS, while others focus on a single aesthetic, like line drawings or neon icons.
(Be careful, though, as a couple of results for those searches are very much NSFW.) All over TikTok and YouTube, too, people are showing off custom home screens and layouts. Search “#ios14” or “#ios14homescreen” on Twitter, for example, and you’ll see hundreds of examples of themed layouts that combine custom app icons, wallpaper, and widgets.
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But with the launch of iOS 14 last week, iPhone and iPad owners are suddenly discovering how to make their phones and tablets look and feel truly different. Google’s mobile OS allows more control over how the software looks and feels, while Apple limits these changes in the name of consistency and usability. One of the biggest differences between iOS and Android has always been customization.
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