Hi all. I come from the HTC Droid Eris/Desire forum. I have been working on making the notif bar all stock. I have a ported version of the ROM you guys have, Aloysius. I've replaced all graphics for the white notification bar, and have everything looking stock, except the clear button. I cannot find it anywhere. I have also looked in the .xml files in services.jar but maybe I am missing it?
This is what it looks like so far:
I really wish I could figure out this "Clear" button. Can anyone help or have any information on it? Thanks in advance!
Does no one know? Or just no one speaking up it can't be done? I'm looking for any advice here. Thanks guys.
I haven't looked yet, but it's probably a standard button kinda thing in .9.png format
My guess is that clear button might be in the taskbar cleaner service jar...
funny note: MotoBlur Roms call that particular prgoram MegaMaid...SpaceBalls FTW.
Kcarpenter said:
My guess is that clear button might be in the taskbar cleaner service jar...
funny note: MotoBlur Roms call that particular prgoram MegaMaid...SpaceBalls FTW.
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I'm sorry, where is the taskbar cleaner service jar located? Thanks.
alexhendershott said:
I'm sorry, where is the taskbar cleaner service jar located? Thanks.
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Font color for the 'clear' button is controlled in the 'status_bar_expanded.xml' file in the '\res\layout\' folder of 'framework-res.apk'.
For example, I just did a quick change from white to red for the font text:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I think he wants to change the button color chi.
That's why I said is probably a standard button, like in framework or something. ( just a guess )
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JsChiSurf said:
Font color for the 'clear' button is controlled in the 'status_bar_expanded.xml' file in the '\res\layout\' folder of 'framework-res.apk'.
For example, I just did a quick change from white to red for the font text:
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i think he is trying to change the button itself to white not black
Just confirming, yes, I'm trying to change the actual button color from black to white. Not the text.
alexhendershott said:
Just confirming, yes, I'm trying to change the actual button color from black to white. Not the text.
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Damn. Sorry about that. Saw illegible black text, and assumed that's what you wanted fixed. I've never tried to change the button color. I'll look around as well...
It may be a png with status bar in the name
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Okay, I love a challenge, and this one proved to be a tough cookie! As far as I can tell, the button color has not been changed before, until now .
For all practical purposes, if you investigate the applicable XML code for the status bar expanded view, it should be using the 'btn_default_small_normal.9.png' image in 'framework-res.apk', in the '\res\drawable-mdpi' folder, which is a rectangular white box. However, as you can see, we get a black box, and not the white box that the icon is.
So, clearly, something somewhere else is overriding this XML attribute / setting. The only place this can be is in the smali code, so this is where I went looking. Sure enough, if you dig deep enough, and poke around, following various methods for writing drawables to the screen, I found a reference to an icon in 'com.htc.resources.apk' that HTC is using to override this button set in the XML.
The button(s) in 'com.htc.resources.apk' are called:
common_b_button_rest.9.png
common_b_button_small_rest.9.png
In the '\res\drawable-mdpi' folder. Sure enough, opening up these images you can see they are the black buttons we currently see for the 'clear' button on the notification bar.
So, we can attack this in one of two ways, by either modifying the smali code to point back to the original buttons specified in the XML file OR, change the physical png files referenced above. Both will work the same way in the end.
However, by modifying the smali code, you are ONLY changing the button used for the notification clear button, but, by modifying the physical .png files, you are changing the button globally, which will affect the appearance throughout the OS, when this 'common' button is called / used.
Here is an example of modifying the smali code to point back to the original reference / button in the XML file, again named 'btn_default_small_normal.9.png' image in 'framework-res.apk', in the '\res\drawable-mdpi' folder:
Modify smali to point back to original:
And here is changing the physical png files (common_b_button_rest.9.png &
common_b_button_small_rest.9.png) from black to white in 'com.htc.resources.apk':
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The second option, modifying the .png files is easier to do, but again, changes this look globally, which may NOT be what you want.
If going the smali route, change:
const v15, 0x2020041
to:
const v15, 0x010800d3
In StatusBarService.smali file and recompile.
Hope this helps.
Edit: Also, attached are the modified .9 png files. I simply inverted the color from the original, re-ran them through drawpatch, and compiled in Eclipse, if you want to use them.
JsChiSurf said:
Okay, I love a challenge, and this one proved to be a tough cookie! As far as I can tell, the button color has not been changed before, until now .
For all practical purposes, if you investigate the applicable XML code for the status bar expanded view, it should be using the 'btn_default_small_normal.9.png' image in 'framework-res.apk', in the '\res\drawable-mdpi' folder, which is a rectangular white box. However, as you can see, we get a black box, and not the white box that the icon is.
So, clearly, something somewhere else is overriding this XML attribute / setting. The only place this can be is in the smali code, so this is where I went looking. Sure enough, if you dig deep enough, and poke around, following various methods for writing drawables to the screen, I found a reference to an icon in 'com.htc.resources.apk' that HTC is using to override this button set in the XML.
The button(s) in 'com.htc.resources.apk' are called:
common_b_button_rest.9.png
common_b_button_small_rest.9.png
In the '\rest\drawable-mdpi' folder. Sure enough, opening up these images you can see they are the black buttons we currently see for the 'clear' button on the notification bar.
So, we can attack this in one of two ways, by either modifying the smali code to point back to the original buttons specified in the XML file OR, change the physical png files referenced above. Both will work, however, you will have a choice to make, as, based on other attributes in the XML, the sizes that get displayed vary a little.
Also, by modifying the smali code, you are ONLY changing the button used for the notification clear button, but, by modifying the physical .png files, you are changing the button globally, which will affect the appearance throughout the OS, when this 'common' button is called / used.
Here is an example of modifying the smali code to point back to the original reference / button in the XML file, again named 'btn_default_small_normal.9.png' image in 'framework-res.apk', in the '\res\drawable-mdpi' folder:
Modify smali to point back to original:
And here is changing the physical png files (common_b_button_rest.9.png &
common_b_button_small_rest.9.png) from black to white in 'com.htc.resources.apk':
'
The second option, modifying the .png files probably looks a little better and is easier to do, but again, changes this look globally, which may NOT be what you want.
If going the smali route, change:
const v15, 0x2020041
to:
const v15, 0x010800ce
In StatusBarService.smali file and recompile.
Hope this helps.
Edit: Also, attached are the modified .9 png files. I simply inverted the color from the original, re-ran them through drawpatch, and compiled in Eclipse, if you want to use them.
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WOW! You are my new favorite person on XDA. Thanks so much for the help with this! I'll try both methods here in a bit and see what I can come up with.
I feel like I owe ya. Got a paypal for a little something?
alexhendershott said:
WOW! You are my new favorite person on XDA. Thanks so much for the help with this! I'll try both methods here in a bit and see what I can come up with.
I feel like I owe ya. Got a paypal for a little something?
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Only donation required is a "shout out" when you publish your final mod .
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Only donation required is a "shout out" when you publish your final mod .
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Absolutely! I'll send you a PM with a link when I do.
Hmm, talk about weird. When I push the new graphic files you made, my accounts all no longer sync and get deleted.
The button DOES work, but I can no longer sign in to anything.
Hmm...
Certainly possible that the upload / download through XDA may have corrupted the images, but I'm not sure how / why it would have anything to do with syncing, unless it's just breaking things all together.
I'd try just converting your existing images directly from your source/side instead.
Also, just to check, here are the images linked from my domain for download, rather than through XDA.
common_b_button_rest.9.png
common_b_button_small_rest.9.png
Yeah, I created my own to try and same thing happens. Very strange... I'm going to attempt your other method in a second but I am clueless as to what is going on with the replaced images.
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Yeah, I created my own to try and same thing happens. Very strange... I'm going to attempt your other method in a second but I am clueless as to what is going on with the replaced images.
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Also, are you unable to add your accounts back for syncing after the change?
No, I go to add the Google account back and it doesn't add. :/
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Linked below is a MetaMorph to apply the "stock" in appearance AOSP style white taskbar & corresponding drop-down notification menu for Fresh 2.1.2+.
Please note, the fix I've created for changing the 'clear' button from black to white required an edit to the services.jar framework file. So, the services.jar file is "stock", with the exception of the 'clear' button fix & change of the clock font color from white to black.
What this means is if you are running any sort of mod for removing the battery, clock, or both from your taskbar, they will return with this mod, as these elements are also controlled in the same services.jar file. After applying this AOSP via MetaMorph successfully, you can then flash, via recovery, whichever option you prefer, at the end of this post, for subsequently removing the time, battery, or both, from your taskbar.
MetaMorph tends to have trouble applying changes to multiple framework files in a single morph, which this mod includes, and as such, applying the MetaMorph may require multiple tries. If your phone freezes / reboots when attempting to apply the final step, it may come back up with only some of the mod/theme applied (you'll still see the black taskbar). If this is the case, apply the MetaMorph again, this time, only selecting the final sub-theme, 'framework-res.apk'.
XML MetaMorph Control File <--- Apply using the latest MetaMorph Application
THM MetaMorph Control File <--- Apply using any older MetaMorph Application
As usual, your initial boot will take some time as your cache is rebuilt. Always NANDROID & reboot after applying.
Reference:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Following are links to flashable zips (via recovery), flash, after applying the AOSP MetaMorph above, to subsequently remove the clock, battery, or both from your taskbar if desired.
Remove Clock from white AOSP taskbar <--- Flash via Recovery
Remove Battery from white AOSP taskbar <--- Flash via Recovery
Remove Clock & Battery from white AOSP taskbar <--- Flash via Recovery
For those that saw this post/downloaded earlier, when it was originally just the notification menu, I wanted to let you know that I modified the OP to include BOTH the AOSP style notification menu AND taskbar.
As I began working on the taskbar, I realized it would be much easier and make more sense to combine them, due to the number of common files and framework dependencies between them. And honestly, would you really run one without the other ?
JsChiSurf said:
For those that saw this post/downloaded earlier, when it was originally just the notification menu, I wanted to let you know that I modified the OP to include BOTH the AOSP style notification menu AND taskbar.
As I began working on the taskbar, I realized it would be much easier and make more sense to combine them, due to the number of common files and framework dependencies between them. And honestly, would you really run one without the other ?
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Thanks for the "morph"! I applied it then applied your no battery and clock mod and everything looks great. Just want to give some screen shots of the finished product.
The only two things that don't match up after applying the mod after the morph that I could find was the notification screens clear button (it reverted back to black) and the large in call notification icon (I think you modified that icon in another of your mods). I'm looking forward to your future MODs.
Looking good. Yes, as mentioned in the OP, the clock/battery mods are in direct conflict with the 'clear' button mod, as they are controlled in the same services.jar file.
Thus, to have all of them at the same time, I would need to combine them into a single mod, explicitly for the AOSP theme. I plan on doing this, there are just a number of derivatives / combinations that need to be made.
Stay tuned...
As far as the 'in call' status icon, this shouldn't be affected, as it should be controlled in the Phone.apk, which is not involved here, but I'll take a look to see what is going on.
Thanks.
I definitely will! BTW are there any plans on making a black version of this mod? If not, could you point me in the right direction to a tutorial on how to do it?
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Either through Metamorph or by making an update zip.
Yo, I PM'd you...just thought i'd let you know since you get so many noobs with stupid questions PM'ing you.
JsChiSurf,
I went through your morph and inverted all of the colors on the icons, renamed the .xml file (I get an error message but I can still aplly the theme). The icons look exactly how I wanted them to but I don't know where to go to change the color of the text in the notification bar or menu. Any help would be appreciated.
koricua74 said:
JsChiSurf,
I went through your morph and inverted all of the colors on the icons, renamed the .xml file (I get an error message but I can still aplly the theme). The icons look exactly how I wanted them to but I don't know where to go to change the color of the text in the notification bar or menu. Any help would be appreciated.
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Sorry, been out on a boat all day, just got back! Looks nice! Shoot me a PM, if you want, with a link to your Morph, and I'll adjust the rest for you.
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Yo, I PM'd you...just thought i'd let you know since you get so many noobs with stupid questions PM'ing you.
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Got it. I'm going to pull down the ROM and take a look.
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Sorry, been out on a boat all day, just got back! Looks nice! Shoot me a PM, if you want, with a link to your Morph, and I'll adjust the rest for you.
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Thanks man, PM sent!
Hey does this require the 'older' version of metamorph? I'm trying to get this app and theme working, but I just don't really know what to do to apply it. I go into the app and then select apply existing theme then I get some sort of file browser. After that I go in and select random xml files but it just returned errors. Thanks!
rt1oo said:
Hey does this require the 'older' version of metamorph? I'm trying to get this app and theme working, but I just don't really know what to do to apply it. I go into the app and then select apply existing theme then I get some sort of file browser. After that I go in and select random xml files but it just returned errors. Thanks!
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He attached a file for the new version of Metamorph (.xml) and the old version (.thm) If you just downloaded it (Metamorph) from the Market it SHOULD be the version that requires the .xml file.
Steps
1. Place the .zip in the AndroidThemes folder on your SD card
2. Launch Metamorph (Start the checks)
3. Select Unzip/Extract theme
4. Select the zip (Wait a few seconds)
5. Select Apply all!
As stated in the original post
JsChiSurf said:
MetaMorph tends to have trouble applying changes to multiple framework files in a single morph, which this mod includes, and as such, applying the MetaMorph may require multiple tries. If your phone freezes / reboots when attempting to apply the final step, it may come back up with only some of the mod/theme applied (you'll still see the black taskbar). If this is the case, apply the MetaMorph again, this time, only selecting the final sub-theme, 'framework-res.apk'.
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Hope this helps
thanks very much! I'm pretty good with update.zip files, but this whole metamorph idea is pretty new to me. I think I downloaded an AOSP white taskbar from some other post on this board. whatever. I'm flashing now and I'll edit here with my results.
again, thanks very much
rt1oo said:
thanks very much! I'm pretty good with update.zip files, but this whole metamorph idea is pretty new to me. I think I downloaded an AOSP white taskbar from some other post on this board. whatever. I'm flashing now and I'll edit here with my results.
again, thanks very much
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No problem.
whoops got vanilla battery, vanilla 3G icon, vanilla (black) clock, vanilla location indicator, yet still a black taskbar and white vibrate indicator. I know this was mentioned in a post above so I'll just go ahead and re-apply it
yep spoke too soon. just reapplied the theme and it worked beautifully. woohoo!
rt1oo said:
whoops got vanilla battery, vanilla 3G icon, vanilla (black) clock, vanilla location indicator, yet still a black taskbar and white vibrate indicator. I know this was mentioned in a post above so I'll just go ahead and re-apply it
yep spoke too soon. just reapplied the theme and it worked beautifully. woohoo!
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Glad it worked out
Thanks!
Thank you for this, that's all.
I assume that the site is down. Right after I upgraded. Darn.
I did this last night, its awesome! Anyway to get the signal bars to 6 instead of 4? If not no big deal I love it!
FYI, the OP has been updated with flashable zips for removing the time, battery, or both from your taskbar if desired.
So, lately I've been dabbling in making my own themes. Well, I've hit a wall when it comes to text fields. I want to color text fields red like the rest of the highlights in my theme. I start with the basic png and use Gimp to colorize them to red and save again as png over writing the original. After I use MetaMorph to apply the theme the text fields come out like garbage. Btw, I was stumped on GoogleQuickSeachBox and hadn't moved on to other textfields.
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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Example of result (this is actually from MicroMod777's red glass theme but, it's the same result I'm getting):
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
you probably need a patch9 png
britoso said:
you probably need a patch9 png
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Hmm, they are all the .9.png files. How do I handle them specially? Is there a certain format I'm supposed to save them as? Thanks for the help.
Actually I think you put me on the right path to figure it out myself. I found the draw9patch program in the SDK tools folder. I'm guessing you just drag and drop in your images and save them from that program. If it's this simple, then I'm happy and it works. If it doesn't work I'll be coming back for more help.
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
britoso said:
Unfortunately its not that simple.
After selecting the stretchable areas and saving the .9 file, it needs to be 'compiled'. Either add it to a project and build (eclipse), or use a standalone tool to just process the .9 (can't remember the tool name)
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Thanks agian... Sucks to be me I guess. Now I have a lot more to learn. I found this guide though, it seem pretty thorough.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5206698
Daneshm90 said:
If ur on a windows machine and background transparency is not an issue for u then id suggest mspaint, it keeps .9 info intact and doesnt overwrite/delete it when u save the file after editing it.
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I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
InsightGoalie said:
Why is it resizing all wrong? I've had other areas of trouble doing this exact same thing when all I did was "colorize" them.
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Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
mythamp said:
Easiest way to get around it is to make the new image in the larger size with the appropriate width (not the squeezed version)
(|) - Original
(||||||||||||||||||) - modded one.
That works
2ndly where do i find that modded keyboard you have on there?
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Yeah, I guess I could just expand the image. That seems kind of like cheating though. And now I think I have it figured out. I even got Eclipse to run hello world.
That modded keyboard is actually not modded at all. That keyboard is the stock swype. Its in beta and you might find it somewhere on here if you look. You can send a pm for more details.
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Ok, this is driving me nuts. I figured out how to get Eclipse set up and I created a project. Now, according the the instructions I add the .9.png files to the res/drawable-hdpi file. Then I go to my project, right click and select Android tools. Then I'm supposed to export unsigned android package. Well, I get an error saying the apk doesn't exist and it does it even if I'm using a sample that comes with the sdk. What am I not doing?
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Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
britoso said:
Does the code build without errors? Check the errors tab.
No .apk means that it could not create it because of an error.
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Ok, new day, new problems. Well, I found out my problem above was a build path error. That is apparently tricked into solving itself by adding and then removing a library. Now, I added the text fields to the res/drawable-hdpi folder. I have two errors for each one, and an error for the icon.png file it placed in there (it's the hello world test) looking at the error it says:
error: Error: No resource found that matches the given name (at 'icon' with value '@drawable/icon').
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
No marked region found along edge. - Found along top edge.
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So, I'm assuming this means I haven't placed a guide in the draw9patch program along the bottom and top of the image to stretch horizontally. So, I go back to to draw9patch, move my text field into it and try to draw a guide on the bottom of the image and this happens:
FML, I can't draw anything along the bottom. I checked, the bottom clearly has room and the top has a few pixels of transparency for room as well. I even renamed it without the .9 before I dropped it into draw9patch. It looks like in the preview area it's stretching just fine vertically though, those guides most be intact and also why I'm not getting an error for them eclipse.
Of course the problem is something as simple as being zoomed in too far. Now I got the draw9patch program running fine. I was even able to compile one without a problem. Ok, now I'm going to retry to make that GoogleQuickSearchBox and see if it all worked out for me.
Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
MicroMod777 said:
Were you able to fix that search field in the browser setting? I haven't been able to fix it. If so, what is the name of the .png fixed and how did you do it? Thanks
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I haven't got to that one yet. Your browser searchfield is what got me into this mess . Since, I'm doing it for my personal theme I was copying textfields from your theme when I ran across that issue. I started working on another theme for my fiancee after I figured it all out. I'll let you know if/when I find it.
post the original file and the color you need and I'll take a crack at it. (first with mspaint of course )
I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
InsightGoalie said:
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Not that I couldn't use paint with Virtualbox though. I'm going to try and figure out the right way to do it though.
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I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
carnegie0107 said:
I've always been confused by .9s. The rest of theming has become pretty easy, especially with MetaMorph. I don't know if MS Paint would be of use in this case.... looks like you'd want to be able to do to transparency on this image, but if you can make it look good without, then good for you. I'm surprised to hear that Paint keeps the info intact. Who knew Paint was good for anything more than entertaining 5-year-olds?
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It's pretty easy once you have it figured out. It took me a day of frustration but, I got it working now.
About that Swype... if someone wants to PM me about the stock-themed, non-expiring version, that would be great. The official beta apk has expired, and I lost the un-official one when I put my sdcard in the wash. Managed to find one that works, but it's an ugly themed one, and I can't find the images from the stock version.
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PM will be sent when I'm done typing this post.
About the theme in general.... sounds like you're going very in-depth with it... I'd like to see more of it! is there a thread for it anywhere, or screenshots?
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Well, it was just for personal use. I really love the concept of a couple themes out there but liked bits and pieces of them. So, I've taken bits and pieces of different themes and sort of put them together the way I wanted. Because, I sort of kanged it all together I hadn't planned on releasing the theme to everyone as a lot of it isn't my work. I suppose if MicroMod and Manup gave me permission I could. I took a lot of their pieces (status bar, widgets) but, a lot I've made myself (notifications, textfields, check marks).
The thought behind the theme is that I really like when people leave stock icons. When you start to theme icons, then your apps from the market that aren't theme stick out like sore thumbs and I don't like it. However, I like the dark status bar, widgets, etc... Recently I decided red goes best with black and want various check marks, text fields, highlights, etc... to be red. I attached a screenshot of it before I started changing it to red highlights. I also made a pink version for my fiancee because she likes those sorts of things. I kind of want to release that one though because I don't really see too many girly themes out there.
sn0wmis3r said:
I have the same setup and do all my work with GIMP. However you do need to recompile any 9patch images into a project to get them to work properly. I use eclipse in Ubuntu to accomplish this.
On a related note, I plan to release a big pack of xcf template files from my black matte morph that can be used for theming the entire framework. That will hopefully help more of the Ubuntu users out there. I see a lot of Photoshop files on here but no love for GIMP ever. I'd like to change that.
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I have used the Gimp and Eclipse without issue. It's pretty simple (but time consuming) once you figure it out.
xcf templates and Gimp files? You have me lost on that. How could something be done different? I guess I'll have to pay attention.
First, I have to credit and thank the creators of CHT 1.8.5. Hands down for the masters and thank you for making the HD2 much more enjoyable. Thanks to brent372 for the tip on Total Commander.
Inspirational support (does that exist? Yah, from today on it does) came from snowblindman2142, conantroutman and Paten from the today screen topic.
We are going to tweak this white background and the text:
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Prior to editing I would advise you to copy all your manila files from your \window root and save it in a folder in which you do not edit your files. If you mess up or are fed up with your adapted manila files, you can alwas revert to the old ones.
Things we’re going to do:
Extract stuff
Edit stuff
Upload stuff
Programs we’ll need:
Image editing software
CFC GUI (to extract/convert manila files; can also do this with m9editor)
M9editor (to adapt XML-parameters)
Total Commander CE (to place manila files back into your \windows root of your HD2)
These programs are part of the Manila Kitchen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=528548.
Total Commander CE is freeware and can be found at http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm
Extract stuff:
-Backing up files and make a work-file
So let’s say you make a backup file called D:\OML\ and D:\AML\ (original manila list and adapted manila list, respectively). Copy all the manila files from your device you can find . You don’t touch the OML-file EVER unless you want the old file. Instead we are going to use the AML-file in CFC GUI and m9editor. Make an additional folder D:\AML\PNG\ for the edited images.
-Load work list in CFC GUI
Start CFC GUI and click File > Select folder. Select D:\AML\
The program now displays a list of manila files on the left side and scroll down till you find 32820efc_manila. Select and then click on “Save as…” in the lower right corner. Now, save this as 32820efc_manila.png in the D:\AML\PNG\ folder.
Edit stuff:
-Edit your mail background
Basically you need the plain ‘white note’ with the two lines as a template for the upper box (name of the sender, date and subject), body text, and lower box (account name and mailcount). For simplicity’s sake, we just let the position of the text in these boxes in the same place. If you want to, you can change the positions using mode9, but this takes a higher level of extreme geeking.
In this case we use Photoshop CS2 and I use a simple three-bubble layout. I won’t go into much detail about designing your lay-out, just a way to keep the correct boundaries for the texts in those three areas.
Open D:\AML\PNG\32820efc_manila.png and you will see the white note. Let’s put up some horizontal guides:
1. make a new guide and tick horizontal and place them at, say, 2 cm
2 and 3. use the selector tool to move the guides over the lines
Now go frenzy on your design; mine is just dark blue for the top and bottom bubble and a light background for the body text in the middle big bubble.
Save your file with the same name (you can always get the old one from the back-up file) and go back to CFC GUI. Select again 32820efc_manila in the list on the left and now click on “Replace with…” Select your adapted file in the D:\AML\PNG\ folder and you’ll see the background has changed. Hoorah… Now click on “Pad”
Copy this new 32820efc_manila from your D:\AML\ folder to your SD-card of your HD2. Startup Total Commander and copy it to your \windows root folder. Restart your device and you should end up with this:
…but the black characters on a dark background are hard to read, so let’s change the font color.
-Edit your mail font color
To change these parameters we use m9editor. Open it and probably you’ll get an error. Just click “Ok” and when asked for work paths fill in D:\AML\
You’ll see it resembles CFC GUI, but in here you can also edit mode9 files. The parameters we have to change are in 3da9711b_manila so double click on it in the list.
You will see a tree opening in the upper panel. Now expand D:\AML\3da9711b_manila > movie > library manager > library and expand the fifth <character…>
Now take a look in the picture below what we have to change:
If you’re a bit of a programmer the Instance Names give away what object controls which text line so for instance <Property> Name=Instance Name Value=“SenderText” controls the parameters for the name of the sender (selected in picture above). We also have to repeat this for the other four lines (date, subject, account name and mail count)
So let’s change the RGB values for this one to make it more visible. Let’s change this in white and the RGB codes are 255,255,255 for white (look it up on the internet or in Photoshop).
Once you’ve clicked ok, you can move to the next line. When finished editing, save your manila file (you might need to remove your old manila file, since it’s read-only).
As mentioned earlier, copy the D:\AML\3da9711b_manila to your SD card and with Total Commander to your \windows root. Reboot device and your mail now should look like this:
Happy editing!
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UPDATE August 23rd, 2010
You can edit the landscape view by adapting 0656d327_manila the same way (Thanks to mickael91210!)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7759297&postcount=38
Good Job!
For those people who don't have Photoshop, I use Gimp, which is free, to edit my image files. I'm no expert in creating any designs but for simple things it gets the job done for me.
This is a really nice tutoriall!! Well done sir
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Paten said:
Good Job!
For those people who don't have Photoshop, I use Gimp, which is free, to edit my image files. I'm no expert in creating any designs but for simple things it gets the job done for me.
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conantroutman said:
This is a really nice tutoriall!! Well done sir
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Thanks guys, now let's get Bob Ross'y on our HD2's
Aww.. Im Flattered =]
I'm Glad this thread has opened as I'm sure plenty of people will want to jazz up their mail tab!
Great Tutorial!
Cant wait to see what people come up with!
Don't forget to post your screens!
Thanks again for the mention Doodkapje
Wouldn't of had my awesome mailtab with out conantroutman & Paten, Thanks again lad's
Here's my mail tab to get you started ------>
Have fun Peeps!
snowblind2142 said:
I'm Glad this thread has opened as I'm sure plenty of people will want to jazz up their mail tab!
Great Tutorial!
Cant wait to see what people come up with!
Don't forget to post your screens!
Thanks again for the mention Doodkapje
Wouldn't of had my awesome mailtab with out conantroutman & Paten, Thanks again lad's
Here's my mail tab to get you started ------>
Have fun Peeps!
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You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
Can somebody add a delete button or option in the E-Mail Tab menu. That is my only mod I am hoping somebody will find a solution for at the moment.
Like deleting spam without having to open the inbox.
conantroutman said:
You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
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Superb! Awesome, thanks!
Conan, I cannot find the right object that easily. I can try to look into it in more detail later or, if you wish, make a post yourself with your tutorial and I'll put a link to it in the opening post
Aluminum mailtab
Now,... my new tab for today Brushed Aluminium
Download the manila here
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Superb! Awesome, thanks!
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Your welcome..........
Now Im off to make myself a funky new mail tab.......
Cheer mate! =]
conantroutman said:
You might want to swap that screenshot for a new one....... with Green Tab Names.... it will change all the tabs btw......
Doodkapje, I'll post the manila mode9 file for changing the tab titles in case you want to include that in your tutorial.....
Its just a case of opening up the file tree and changing the two colour values to whatever you want..
Thanks to poyensa and paten for that one
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Spot on! Just tested, all but a couple work..
People-Green!
Messages-Geen!
Mail-Green! <--looks soo cool mow
Internet-White (might be down to a cab I use that removes all the bits around the search bar and leaves just the search window)
Calender-Green!
Stocks-Green!
Photos&Videos-Green!
Music-Green untill the album art loads then goes white..
Twitter-Green!
Footprints-Green!
Settings-Green!
So nearly all of them
This is amazing. Prob the best TUT I have seen on this. I head read some others, but let's face it, not everyone knows how to give instructions.
Questions:
* Is there anything that has a list of all Manila files and what they do?
* Do you know of any other TUTS on Manila mods or Theme Creation? (I have a bunch of Theme Ideas i would love to try
* Any TUTs on editing task bars, soft bars, or quick links? How about Toggle switches
Once again, TY TY TY!
Medievil Mail......
@snowblind.....
I didnt notice that, but I tested all the colours I did and they all do that.....
Either those tabs are affected by a different manila file or I need to add "color" values in somewhere in the file Im using.......
If I figure it out I'll let you know........
conantroutman said:
Medievil Mail......
@snowblind.....
I didnt notice that, but I tested all the colours I did and they all do that.....
Either those tabs are affected by a different manila file or I need to add "color" values in somewhere in the file Im using.......
If I figure it out I'll let you know........
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Cheers buddy.
Quick question, the font on your medievil mail tab, is that local to the tab or is it all over the phone?
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Cheers buddy.
Quick question, the font on your medievil mail tab, is that local to the tab or is it all over the phone?
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Its all over the phone Im afraid..........
However, from what I saw when I was changing the mode9 file there were things related to fonts. Im hoping that I might be able to assign certain fonts to certain tabs, Im not sure if it would be possible to restrict it to just one tab or if it would have to be on all (except music and internet) of them.......
I have no knowledge of programming at all so looking through those mode9 files means nothing to me, its easy enough to pick out where the colours / fonts / sizes are but I have no idea which part they relate to or where I would need to add in new values to change things.........
Thank you!
Thank you for the tut how to change the font colour. The skining was not my problem but the font colour.
Works fine!
Dic3ptor said:
Thank you for the tut how to change the font colour. The skining was not my problem but the font colour.
Works fine!
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that is really nice job
Thank you!
Thank you!
I hope it is not a problem that i post the cab here in this thread!?
conantroutman said:
Its all over the phone Im afraid..........
However, from what I saw when I was changing the mode9 file there were things related to fonts. Im hoping that I might be able to assign certain fonts to certain tabs, Im not sure if it would be possible to restrict it to just one tab or if it would have to be on all (except music and internet) of them.......
I have no knowledge of programming at all so looking through those mode9 files means nothing to me, its easy enough to pick out where the colours / fonts / sizes are but I have no idea which part they relate to or where I would need to add in new values to change things.........
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Shame, thought it might of been. Interesting about the mode9 files tho. Be interested in seeing what you find.
I'm just having a nosey at mode9 for the first time.. so much to figure out but hope to join you big boy's soon
Want to return the favor some day
[MOD] Custom Black HTC Dialer & Phone w/ability to set custom font (new colors added)
I originally set out to recreate the black HTC Dialer I had running on my Hero, for my EVO, as I really liked the look (see thread here). Note, this is based off of Fresh 3.3.0.1.
EDIT: See this post for additional font/button color options AFTER reading the instructions for how to apply referenced below.
EDIT 2: 10/28/2010: Modified ALL linked files in this thread to also include the "in call" keypad which is part of Phone.apk. If you've already applied, just re-download both files and re-apply. I realized after initially publishing this mod that I forgot to include the in call keypad as well.
As many of you may know, HTC changed the dialer pretty significantly with 2.2, making it a little more difficult to theme / change up the dialer. Most notably, the number buttons are no longer images, but rather, background images for the actual buttons, with actual font / text overlaying the button. However, since the numbers and letters are now actual fonts, rather than images, we can use this to our advantage for greater customization (keep reading).
So, in ripping apart the 2.2 HtcDialer, I was able to modify code and XML to get the dialer to a point where it looks pretty darn similar to the black dialer I was running previously, including moving the letters and numbers up to the same line (stock is vertical, numbers on top of letters), adjust spacing, font colors, font sizes, etc.
Following is a screen capture comparing the previous stock dialer for 2.2, to the black dialer MOD attached to this thread:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
However, what makes this mod even cooler is that I was able to hack in the ability to allow the user (you), to specify your own custom font to use exclusively for the dialer, without affecting any other system level fonts, etc. The default font I am specifying in this mod is the SAME as the default / original system font, or DroidSans.ttf.
The way this works, however, is, when you flash the provided zip below, in the first step, it will apply the modified HtcDialer.apk, Phone.apk, AND install a font named 'dialer.ttf' in your /system/fonts folder. Again, this default font, named 'dialer.ttf' is just the DroidSans.ttf copied to dialer.ttf.
So, should you want to use a different font for your dialer ONLY, simply grab a font you like (see here), rename it to 'dialer.ttf', and push it to your /system/fonts/ folder on your phone.
EDIT: Here are detailed instructions for using a font from the nice fonts thread linked above:
1. After downloading the specific font pack, open the zip file, navigate to /system/fonts/, and extract the font named 'DroidSans.ttf'.
2. Rename the 'DroidSans.ttf' file you just extracted to 'dialer.ttf'
3. Use 'adb' to push to file to your phone (assuming the dialer.ttf file is in the same folder where you are running the adb commands):
Code:
adb remount
adb push dialer.ttf /system/fonts/
adb reboot
Once your phone comes up, your new font should appear in your dialer.
Alternately, if you use Root Explorer, drop the dialer.ttf on your sdcard, navigate to it using root explorer, long press to copy to your clipboard, navigate to your /system/fonts/ folder, click 'Mount r/w', and paste.
Here is an example of me replacing the 'dialer.ttf' font, on the fly, for a few others, just to show you how it works (note: a reboot is required after changing a font):
Cool, huh?
It is imperative when using this mod to NEVER remove the 'dialer.ttf' file that gets placed in the /system/fonts/ folder, as the apk is expecting this file to be present.
Now, applying this mod is a 2 step process. First, you MUST flash the update zip, which installs the 'dialer.ttf' font AND the newly modified HtcDialer.apk and Phone.apk.
Download HTC Dialer & Font <---Flash via recovery.
After flashing the above via recovery, when your phone comes up, the mod is only half applied, so do not panic if you view your dialer. You must now applying the MetaMorph file, which swaps out the applicable graphics in your 'com.htc.resources.apk' framework. This has to be a MetaMorph to prevent changing any other themes / mods you may already have in place.
Download com.htc.resources MetaMorph for black dialer <---Apply using MetaMorph.
When applying using MetaMorph, you phone will force close on a bunch of apps, LET IT FINISH. Once the phone appears to freeze, you can issue a reboot via adb, pull the battery, etc. Whatever it takes to reboot. Again though, let the MetaMorph finish. Also, since you are MM'ing a framework file, you may need to re-login to your various sync accounts, etc. You may loose your sync data as a result of replacing a framework file while running.
NOTE: if your phone did NOT freeze when applying the MetaMorph, ironically, it probably didn't work and you'll want to try again. MetaMorph does not always succeed when trying to apply changes, live, to a framework file.
Finally, play with different fonts. Some will work well, other won't, as there is variability in font size, spacing, padding, etc, and some will not fit correctly in the space allocated on the buttons.
Note: If after applying any of the mods, if you wish to also change the top and bottom header/footer bars on the dialer and keypad to black, use the MetaMorph provided here.
very nice i try it rigth now
You uploaded the wrong morph js...
looneylu said:
You uploaded the wrong morph js...
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Just checked it, and it appears to be right to me. Did you have a problem applying?
Didn't work for me either. Changed the look if the numbers and took out the voicemail picture just like the black dialer, but the rest is the same. If the apk is modified, is it possible to extract it and install it instead of flashing the package?
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noregretzzzz said:
Didn't work for me either. Changed the look if the numbers and took out the voicemail picture just like the black dialer, but the rest is the same. If the apk is modified, is it possible to extract it and install it instead of flashing the package?
Swyped from my fresh evo
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What do you me "me either"? Did this not work for anyone else yet?
Did you run the MetaMorph and let if finish all the way through all the force closes? Sounds to me like it got partially applied, but the second half, in the MetaMorph did not.
The morph came up as no icon text... i applied anyways and didn't work
looneylu said:
The morph came up as no icon text... i applied anyways and didn't work
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No idea what you are talking about here
I just downloaded the zip and the morph, restored to an old nandroid, flashed the zip, then applied the morph, worked as intended.
Again, let the morph sit a while, even check your logcat to see when things settle down / stop, then reboot, you should be good to go.
But, "no icon text"? Sounds to me like you are confusing which MetaMorph on your SD card to apply, as this is another MM I did in the past...
Ill try again, I probably did something wrong. Lol. So flash, reboot, then apply the mm?
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noregretzzzz said:
Ill try again, I probably did something wrong. Lol. So flash, reboot, then apply the mm?
Swyped from my fresh evo
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You got it. If your phone doesn't freeze after applying the MM, be sure to reboot after that as well. Let me know. And again, be sure to wait for the MM to complete all the way through. When in doubt, wait longer .
NOTE: I just did the MM for a third time, and this time I received no FC's at all, and it appeared to finish w/o incident, and it didn't apply! So, moral of the story, MM is having a bit of trouble applying a framework update. If you don't get force closes, it probably DIDN'T work, and you should reboot and try again until it takes affect.
Unfortunately, MM is really the only way to go, but for those who want to finish the second step manually, pop open the MM, and grab the files out of the '/res/drawable-hdpi' folder, and drop them into your current. com.htc.resources.apk file and you will be good to go.
Be sure to still do step 1 first, to flash the font and dialer, followed by either the MM or manual pull / push.
Trust me, I think you'll see that it is worth it. It is really fun grabbing various fonts from the nice font thread in this section, and pushing them to /system/fonts/dialer.ttf, and seeing how it looks, w/o impacting the rest of your phone's appearance.
Im lost. I flashed tge zip but have no blac background for tge dialer
JsChiSurf said:
I originally set out to recreate the black HTC Dialer I had running on my Hero, for my EVO, as I really liked the look (see thread here). Note, this is based off of Fresh 3.3.0.1.
As many of you may know, HTC changed the dialer pretty significantly with 2.2, making it a little more difficult to theme / change up the dialer. Most notably, the number buttons are no longer images, but rather, background images for the actual buttons, with actual font / text overlaying the button.
So, in ripping apart the 2.2 HtcDialer, I was able to modify code and XML to get the dialer to a point where it looks pretty darn similar to the black dialer I was running previously, including moving the letters and numbers up to the same line (stock is vertical, numbers on top of letters), adjust spacing, font colors, font sizes, etc.
Following is a screen capture comparing the previous stock dialer for 2.2, to the black dialer MOD attached to this thread:
However, what makes this mod even cooler is that I was able to hack in the ability to allow the user (you), to specify your own custom font to use exclusively for the dialer, without affecting any other system level fonts, etc. The default font I am specifying in this mod is the SAME as the default / original system font, or DroidSans.ttf.
The way this works, however, is, when you flash the provided zip below, in the first step, it will apply the modified HtcDialer.apk AND install a font named 'dialer.ttf' in your /system/fonts folder. Again, this default font, named 'dialer.ttf' is just the droidsans.ttf copied to dialer.ttf.
So, should you want to use a different font for your dialer ONLY, simply grab a font you like, rename it to 'dialer.ttf', and push it to your /system/fonts/ folder on your phone.
Here is an example of me replacing the 'dialer.ttf' font, on the fly, for a few others, just to show you how it works (note: a reboot is required after changing a font):
Cool, huh?
It is imperative when using this mod to NEVER remove the 'dialer.ttf' file that gets placed in the /system/fonts/ folder, as the apk is expecting this file to be present.
Now, applying this mod is a 2 step process. First, you MUST flash the update zip, which installs the 'dialer.ttf' font AND the newly modified HtcDialer.apk.
Download HTC Dialer & Font
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midnightmaraude said:
Im lost. I flashed tge zip but have no blac background for tge dialer
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Yikes, why quote the whole OP?
Did you read the whole OP / follow the instructions fully? The black background, and other changes are applied in the second step using the MetaMorph file and application, as these changes are being made to com.htc.resources, as opposed to directly in the dialer apk.
The OP goes as far as to state not to panic after step one, as you won't yet see the black background and other changes until you complete the second step using MetaMorph.
Sweet! I got it. After only one force close, reboot, and bam..
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noregretzzzz said:
Sweet! I got it. After only one force close, reboot, and bam..
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Nice. You should copy your custom font over to dialer.ttf to match.
Yeah, definitely. Ill play with it some more tonight after work and post it up. Thanks!
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As a reminder for some reading this, there is a second link that does not show up using xda app. U gotta view this thread through a browser to get it.
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noregretzzzz said:
Yeah, definitely. Ill play with it some more tonight after work and post it up. Thanks!
Swyped from my fresh evo
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My pleasure. This was a fun one to hack away / get working...
Nice work. Are you planing on any colors besides black?
I got it to work. How do u change the fonts?
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midnightmaraude said:
I got it to work. How do u change the fonts?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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Come on, seriously? It's all explained in the OP.
Gday can anyone help me with a SMS notification icon on the slider of the lock screen.
I had to a hard reset my phone and cant find the one I had ,or even remember where it was from.
it looked like a little HD2 with a bubble and would pop up on the lock screen when you got a SMS.
any help would be fantastic,I have searched every where for days and can not find it.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Gday can anyone help me with a SMS notification icon on the slider of the lock screen.
I had to a hard reset my phone and cant find the one I had ,or even remember where it was from.
it looked like a little HD2 with a bubble and would pop up on the lock screen when you got a SMS.
any help would be fantastic,I have searched every where for days and can not find it.
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This lockscreen seems to be a CHT lockscreen, as such theE-mail, SMS, missed called are named:
CHT_slider_email.png
CHT_slider_messages.png
CHT_slider_missedcalls.png
I have posted here the original files from CHT Tab Mod
Thanx steve 0007,so do I just need to find the icon I want and rename it to CHT_slider_messages.png,and then stick it a folder somewhere?
thanx for you help mate
sms count
its not the icon I was looking for,but at least now I know how to change them all.
thank you very much for your help steve
one more thing....do you know what the little blue circle is called that has the number of sms's...might try and change that too
Hi
You mean the blue Bubble on your screen?
Try this file: 7fc6de76_manila
I have test it and it worked for me. Here i attached mine.
thanx
Dic3ptor said:
You mean the blue Bubble on your screen?
Try this file: 7fc6de76_manila
I have test it and it worked for me. Here i attached mine.
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yes thats the "bubble" I want to change...looks like I need to work out how to edit the file now.
photoshop I can do,cfc-gui I need to work out still.
I had a look at your post on using it....still not sure how to edit yet.
thanx again
gup_ said:
yes thats the "bubble" I want to change...looks like I need to work out how to edit the file now.
photoshop I can do,cfc-gui I need to work out still.
I had a look at your post on using it....still not sure how to edit yet.
thanx again
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true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
ericv99 said:
true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
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Well its actually quite easy I will give it a try to explain what you want to do
At first it is important to create 2 folders on your desktop. One should be named "Manila" and the other one "Images" ( its not really neccessary to use these exact names, but in my opinion it lets you keep the oversight )
You want to put the manila files you want to work with into the manila folder.
There are 2 tasks that I use cfcgui for.
1. Extracting Images from manila files.
2. Replacing the existing images inside the manila files with the one I created.
I will start with number 1.
You put the manila file into the "Manila" folder and then start cfcgui. Then you go to file->select folder and choose the "Manila" folder. That defines from where the program will get the manila files.
After you selected the folder your manila file(s) will be displayed on the left side of the screen. If you want to take the image out of a certain manila then just select the manila file in the list and click Save As in the lower right corner. And then select the place where you want to save the png. I wouldnt recommend saving it in the "Images" folder .
Thats all to extracting pics from manilas
Now for 2.
Lets say you have created an image that you want to put inside a manila file. Of course you first have to make sure, that the dimensions of your image are the same as the original .
You have to put this image into the "Images" folder and start cfcgui. You have to select the "Manila" folder again through file->select folder. After that choose the manila file you want the image to be placed in, in the list on the left. Then in the lower right corner click Replace with.. and choose the image file in your "Images" folder.After you pressed ok you are already done Now you can close cfcgui and you have the modified manila file in the "Manila" folder. It still has the old name, but the image will be changed
Thats basically what cfcgui works like.
There is something else, that might be of use though, too.
If you want to have like 5 different images stored into the same manila file, then instead of making the steps in 2. five times you can simply put all the image files into the "Images" folder and your 1 manila file into the "Manila" folder. Then you start cfcgui and select the "Manila" folder again .
Now you wanna click Tools->Import from PNGs. Then you select the "Images" Folder and the program does the rest for you
This will put all the png files you put into the "Images" folder into the manila file. So it basically does all the steps in 2. as often as there are pngs in your "Images" folder.
You will then have 5 manila files in your "Manila" folder. Which each have the name of the png file and no longer of the manila itself. So you just have to rename them to the right manila name and you are done.
Thats basically all I use cfcgui for and all I know about it
Hope that helped some of you
ericv99 said:
true that..there needs to be a good solid tutorial on cfcgui.
there is an quick old one that bignadad posted on ppcgeeks in the tp2 forum that you could look up. I'm not at my desktop at the moment so I apologize not pointing you to the link.
hope you get it worked out.
cheers.
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Gday mate,I did have a look at that post and have got to the png stage with it in photoshop.
for some reason the cfcgui interface is not showing up on my screen properly?
I cant get to the buttons on the bottom right of the screen.
but I guess it cant be too easy...that would be no fun
Nordpolcamper said:
Well its actually quite easy I will give it a try to explain what you want to do
Hope that helped some of you
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yep,that helped
thanx Nordpolcamper
ok I have made and replaced my "bubble" png in to cfcugi.
now to get it on to my phone do I just "export to device" ?
nope...that didnt change it...maybe export changes as CFC/QTC's?
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yep,that helped
thanx Nordpolcamper
ok I have made and replaced my "bubble" png in to cfcugi.
now to get it on to my phone do I just "export to device" ?
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Mhm I dont try to directly expoort it to my device because I was told, that it is much safer just trnasferring it manually so that not accidently other files are beeing changed. I would recommend you just take the manila file out of the "Manila" folder and put it somewhere you remember on your phone and then use total commander or resco etc to copy it into windows. if you did everything right then you are asked to replace an existing file and you are done
success
it worked!!
I used total commander to replace the file and there it is!!
I know it does not look like much,but now I know how to do it I can make something better.
thank you to everyone for your help
...can you point me in the direction of the top taskbar files?
gup_ said:
it worked!!
I used total commander to replace the file and there it is!!
I know it does not look like much,but now I know how to do it I can make something better.
thank you to everyone for your help
...can you point me in the direction of the top taskbar files?
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doesnt look bad
ähm...well....the taskbar isnt nearly as easy as what we did right here. There is no simple editing of files and you are done. YOu have to put up .dll files and so much other stuff. If you search the forum you will surely find someone who can explain that to you, but I would recommend you first master one craft and then go to the next
But of course, just try and see how far you get
lol...yes i think you might be right there!
im happy with my M6silver i have now,its just the sent,sending sms and mms icons dont work ...but that can wait till tomorrow lol
and thanx for your black sms widget,I like that one
lol..... I just found your blue "honeycomb" sms widget....that one looks better on my blue phone, and already pretty much has the same bubble.
missed call icon
getting there bit by bit.....
now I just need to find the name of the missed call icon on the home screen in minila
thats so awesome thank you.
I was under the impression thats you had to have the device hooked into the desktop. so cfcgui would send the newly created manila file into the windows folder. so now, as long as your aware what manila file is what graphic your good. its finding which is which thats the pain.
ok so I ask you what exactly "mode9" and "qtc" is and what do they do?
one other thing what is all this patching, trim, padding and cfc compress?
anything we should be greatly concerned about?
thanks again for taking the time to explain this.
btw your new clock widget is really nice.
gup_ said:
getting there bit by bit.....
now I just need to find the name of the missed call icon on the home screen in minila
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
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thats so awesome thank you.
I was under the impression thats you had to have the device hooked into the desktop. so cfcgui would send the newly created manila file into the windows folder. so now, as long as your aware what manila file is what graphic your good. its finding which is which thats the pain.
ok so I ask you what exactly "mode9" and "qtc" is and what do they do?
one other thing what is all this patching, trim, padding and cfc compress?
anything we should be greatly concerned about?
thanks again for taking the time to explain this.
btw your new clock widget is really nice.
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Yes, I thought so too at the beginning, but to me it feels much more easy to do it on the pc alone That also lets you have Backups of your manila files
I dont really know what the patching, trim, padding and cfc compress commands do. But I was told, that for the things we do. And that is extracting and replacing this is not needed. I am doing this now for quite a time and I have never come across an issue with those. So just ignore them
Well there are basically 3 different manila files: Mode9, Lua and QTC.
QTC manila files are the image manila files, that we can use to replace images inside the manila or extract images. They more or less give you the visual layout.
The Mode9 Manila mostly handles Font colors, the arrangement of components, font sizes etc. For my Pulse Clock Widget I of course had to make a mode9 file, too. That defines, where the text appears and what color, size and font are beeing used. But if you want some more detailed insight, then just visit poyensas thread. He is the master of the mode9 files
The Lua manila files are only needed for widgets. They define how the widget should work with the device. For example whether it is resizable, pinnable, where it should get information from and if it has layouts. This one basically is the mechanics of the widget.
So just keep in mind.
Mode9 = Creating visible/invisible Components
Lua = defining the mechanics of the Widget and working with the components from the mode9 file
QTC = the easiest to work with and used to put images into a widget or something similar.
Hope that didnt make it more complicated. And of course my explanation here isnt far as good and accurate then what others can explain to you. But I think it covers the basics
Thanks for your praise I updated the cab, so you should check back
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
Yes, I thought so too at the beginning, but to me it feels much more easy to do it on the pc alone That also lets you have Backups of your manila files
I dont really know what the patching, trim, padding and cfc compress commands do. But I was told, that for the things we do. And that is extracting and replacing this is not needed. I am doing this now for quite a time and I have never come across an issue with those. So just ignore them
Well there are basically 3 different manila files: Mode9, Lua and QTC.
QTC manila files are the image manila files, that we can use to replace images inside the manila or extract images. They more or less give you the visual layout.
The Mode9 Manila mostly handles Font colors, the arrangement of components, font sizes etc. For my Pulse Clock Widget I of course had to make a mode9 file, too. That defines, where the text appears and what color, size and font are beeing used. But if you want some more detailed insight, then just visit poyensas thread. He is the master of the mode9 files
The Lua manila files are only needed for widgets. They define how the widget should work with the device. For example whether it is resizable, pinnable, where it should get information from and if it has layouts. This one basically is the mechanics of the widget.
So just keep in mind.
Mode9 = Creating visible/invisible Components
Lua = defining the mechanics of the Widget and working with the components from the mode9 file
QTC = the easiest to work with and used to put images into a widget or something similar.
Hope that didnt make it more complicated. And of course my explanation here isnt far as good and accurate then what others can explain to you. But I think it covers the basics
Thanks for your praise I updated the cab, so you should check back
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ok that makes sense.
now i need to get busy learning photoshop...those damn drop shadows and inner glows kill me.
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The name of the file you are searching for is : CHT_slider_missedcalls
It follows the same rules as the messages and mail images. So it should be 128x128
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I changed that one,but this one is on the home screen,it was "tabsimgleandnotificationicons" or 7bedfda0_manila.
it also has the calendar icon on it.
I could get to like this editing stuff