Resizing Apps for Flip Phones

Android
1

I have some basic experience modifying apps. I’m looking for a way to make an app display well on a flip phone. What do I need to change?

2

Here is a guide I found on reddit. Credits: u/elmosface @NotABird

Most apps are made for phones with bigger screens and the display is usually not optimized for dumbphones with smaller screens. You can change the resolution of the phone but that will affect all apps, even the ones that were originally sized normally. Here is guide to change the DPI for only specific apps (and customize for each app on its own). This will only work on a rooted phone with Magisk installed (maybe I’ll make a guide for that later) and I only tried it on the TCL Flip 2 but it should work on any rooted phone (QIN F21 Pro and the like).

  1. Download LSposed, SCRCPY, App Settings Reborn and FX File Explorer
  2. Install FX File Explorer and App Settings Reborn and copy LSposed to your phone storage (do NOT unzip it)
  3. If you’re using a non-touch phone unzip and run SCRCPY (your phone needs to be in debugging mode to run SCRCPY)
  4. Open Magisk and tap the settings icon (top right)
  5. Scroll down a bit and select the option to install Zygisk, reboot the phone after it’s installed
  6. Open Magisk again and tap Modules (the little puzzle piece on the bottom)
  7. Select Install from Storage and select FX File Explorer to choose the file (for some reason it wouldn’t show up in the phone’s file explorer)
  8. Select the LSposed zip file and follow the instructions and then reboot after installing
  9. LSposed manager should pop up in notifications and you can open by tapping the notification, if it doesn’t show up you can also launch it by dialing ##5776733## (##lsposed##)
  10. Tap on Modules (little puzzle piece) and activate App Settings Reborn, then tap on Expand and select the apps you would like to give it access to
  11. Exit LSposed and open App Settings Reborn
  12. Tap on the app you would like to customize from the list and tap the switch on top to allow changes
  13. Set the DPI you would like (try 120 and see if you like it, You can always change it) and hit the save icon on top
  14. Enjoy your resized app! ( you may need to clear the app from recent apps and open it again for the changes to take effect)
6 Likes
3

Thanks!
That seems like a way to modify it on the phone itself, I’m also looking for a way to modify the actual apk file (decompiled) to resize it

2 Likes
4

Did you find an answer

5

U can also use app cloner to adjust the DPI of a app

2 Likes
6

what option in the app cloner changes dpi?

7

Display options\ display size

8

It’s a percentage bar. How can I get the right dpi?

9

go for 50 minus

2 Likes
10

You first need to launch the FX File Manager and grant permissions. (It took me 10 min. to figure out why my files weren’t showing up when I was in Magisk)

1 Like
14

How can I get the actual LSPosed manager to be lower DPI. I can’t find the package. I tried lowering the DPI of the app called “shell” and it didn’t help.

15

thats i dont think you could

1 Like
16

Does it slow down the amount o time it takes to open the app (the ones your using lsposed to lower dpi) because it has to go through lsposed?

17

L’choira, yes (when the app starts up), but it’s worth the additional second of lag

1 Like
18

I followed this guide for my rooted Cat. It comes in very handy for certain apps.

I would like to lower the DPI of the pull down notification list. Is there a specific app that runs that or it’s an activity within an app and I won’t be able to lower the DPI.

19

perhaps systemui com.android.systemui

(I take no responsibility for anything you do…)

20

I am guessing that will make the entire system ui smaller I am looking to just do the notifications

21

Is it not even worth a try?

22

Well I sort of don’t see any reason why it would only affect the notification screen also the interesting part is I used a current activity tracker and the activity does not change when I open that screen.

23

Notifications are part of the systemui package (along with some other stuff like status bar, navigation bar, recent apps, etc etc).

I don’t know the internals of systemui or app settings reborn, but I feel like it would be worth a try based on what you are trying to accomplish.

3 Likes