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POSP custom ROM adds 4 cool volume panels in its latest build
The latest update to Potato Open Sauce Project (POSP) custom ROM enables users to customize the appearance of the volume panel manager. Read on!
Potato Open Sauce Project (no, that's not a typo!) aka POSP is the go-to choice of many users when it comes to a lightweight AOSP-based custom ROM that also offers a handful of UI/UX customizations. Founded by XDA Recognized Developer Agent_fabulous, POSP is known for integrating useful features on top of its stock Android base, such as the Android Pie’s missing expandable volume panel. Talking about the volume panel, the development team behind POSP has now revamped the volume panel manager with four different panel styles.
Volume Styles lets you theme Android's volume panel with different styles
Volume Styles app by XDA Member TomBayley1 lets you theme your Android smartphones's volume panel with different styles and customize it even further!
Android's volume panel has seen a fair few customizations over the years. However, the changes are a little difficult for the average users to keep track of, mainly because this is one area that OEM skins end up customizing to suit their own overall design aesthetic. These UX skins themselves tweak and vary their design languages across flagships and generations. The end result is that we have seen a lot of volume panel designs over the years, but no real way to customize the panel beyond what the OEM has provided for, if they have. If you are looking to change things up on your phone, check out Volume Styles, an app that lets you customize the volume panel on your Android device.
Floating Volume lets you quickly adjust your Android's volume levels on any screen
XDA Senior Member Adam Myczkowski has put together an application called "Floating Volume" that takes the idea of floating heads for messages and uses it as a way to quickly access all three of your volume sliders.
It can be very important for some people to have quick access to all of the different volume sliders that Android has to offer at the same time. Stock Android tries to give the best of both worlds by letting you tap a down arrow after you press a volume button, but that requires an extra step, and in some instances just isn't quick enough. So XDA Senior Member Adam Myczkowski has put together an application called "Floating Volume" that takes the idea of floating heads for messages and uses it as a way to quickly access all three of your volume sliders.
How to Add more Steps to your Volume Slider [Root]
Here's a nifty build.prop tweak we discovered that allows you to easily add more granularity to your media or in-call volume slider.
In my quest to discover interesting tweaks to share with the XDA-Developers community, I frequently came across one request across many different forums: