No ads, no trackers, inspectable licences, public icon requests. Ten open-source packs judged on design system, coverage, and how they behave in Smart Launcher.

A folder cover is a promise about what is inside. When to replace the stacked preview, which art survives at folder size, and how covers behave in categories and the dock.

A QHD+ screen makes weak artwork look worse, not better. Trace blur through density buckets, pack assets, and caches — in that order — and fix the real link.

Icons that flip with dark mode are three different mechanisms wearing one name. Which one you actually want, and how to make its whole chain work.

A photo of your partner on the dialer can look like design or like a sticker. Source-image discipline — 512px+, square, subject in the safe zone — makes the difference.

Size, shape, and shadow are one decision viewed from three angles. How each control changes what you perceive, and a sane order for setting them.

Badges depend on three separate Android systems, and each fails differently. Set them up in the right order and learn which layer to check when they disappear.