Imagine a handful of official themes that users could choose from, and then every app on their device could adjust its appearance to reflect that theme. Macworld’s Jason Snell suggests that Apple should respond to this demand by creating more iOS themes (which some argue are more properly termed modes).Īpple needs to seriously consider expanding its theme system beyond Light and Dark modes. It’s a bit clunky, but it’s the price we have to pay for a custom iOS 14 aesthetic (at least as long as Apple doesn’t allow changing icons of the actual apps). Something to keep in mind when you make an iOS 14 aesthetic with the Shortcuts app/custom icons, when you tap them to launch an app you will briefly see the Shortcuts app on your iPhone before it opens the app linked to it. IPhone owners have been incredibly creative in some of the results they’ve achieved, but some may not be happy with both the work and the clunky nature of the Shortcuts approach. The result can be as colorful and aesthetically pleasing or as information-dense as you so desire.Ĭreating custom app icons in Shortcuts is a little more involved, with an 8-step process. From there, you have additional customization options including the font style, tint color, and background color.
The first decision you have to make is what sort of information you want the widget to display on your home screen Within each data type, there are a variety of different options for displaying whatever data type you’ve picked. You simply click the “Add” button for the size of widget you want to create, then tap on the widget to customize it. The Widgetsmith process is incredibly straightforward. We responded by bringing you hands-on guides to creating both customized widgets in Widgetsmith and customized app icons using Shortcuts. Widgetsmith topped the charts, while Color Widgets and Photo Widget rounded out the top three apps, providing testament to the huge popularity of customized home screens. Indeed, one app designed to help users create customized widgets shot to the top of the App Store charts …
But the way that iPhone users have been taking advantage of widgets and shortcuts in iOS 14 to completely transform the look of their devices suggests that there is demand for more system-wide iOS themes. We got the first iOS themes last year, when Apple brought a system-wide Dark Mode to the iPhone as part of iOS 13.
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