Android has always been different from iOS for one essential thing, for allowing users to fully customize their smartphone. However, it seems that until now users had not chosen to spend time personalizing their phone. And yes, we say so far, because for some time now, launchers and customization applications are causing a sensation among users.
At least, those are the data from Flurry Analytics, which has been made taking into account 4.500 applications that are dedicated to the personalization of smartphones. In this group, there is a type of application that stands out above the rest, the launchers, which allow us to make the most important interface changes on a smartphone without rooting. The data of this agency are clear. The study analyzes the times that one of those applications has been executed. In the first quarter of 2012, these applications were used 250 million times. Two years later, in the first quarter of 2014, the data is already close to 7.000 million times that these applications have been executed.
To customize an Android smartphone we have many possibilities. Among them, there are three elements that we must take into account and that will allow us to change the appearance of the phone in a very remarkable way. On the one hand, there is the launcher, which changes the entire desktop, as well as the application drawer. The best thing is to choose a launcher that allows us to make various configurations, to adapt the interface design to what we want. Second, there are the icon packs, which allow us to customize the appearance with which the icons of the different applications are seen. And finally, there is the wallpaper, which in a moment allows us to vary the appearance of the mobile. For everything to look good, it is necessary to make these three elements have the same style. Actually, it is an opportunity to design a complete interface for Android.