Since the android stock messaging app kinda sucks and handcet is slow ass hell i decided to try this app, and i really like it, i know its a total ripoff from the iphone messaging app tough ,i modified the colors used for the text bubbles but can the "send button" be tweaked too? it screaaams iphone x.x
I'd try modifying the following files in the APK. They're in the drawable folders. You can use an app like 7-zip to modify them and resave the APK file:
Code:
send_via_carrier_button_unpressed.png
send_via_carrier_button_disabled_background.png
send_via_carrier_button_pressed.png
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Hey everyone
I'm pretty happy right now using the leaked 2.2 froyo, with Touchwiz + Launcherpro + Beautiful Widgets, etc. However, one thing i really don't like is the bubble theme in messaging. Is there any way to change it to the vanilla Android messaging theme? (For some reason my friends' Epic 4G has it in that format instead of the Bubble theme, and she didn't change it.)
I don't really want to use a complete SMS replacement app since I didn't like Handcent much.
Thanks for any help!
You can just replace it with the vanilla (or a variant) Mms.apk.
Oh, thanks, I don't know why I didn't think of that... anywhere I would be able to get that file easily? or just download a vanilla android ROM and extract it?
Download cognition Aosp , look in framework and steal the mms.apk .
Use root manager set to R/W
Remember to backup the orignial in system/app before you swap it. Not sure if you have to delete mms odex but hey, give it a try.
hmm okay thanks for the advice, i'll just run a nandroid backup and then start experiment. i expect the stock mms.apk will break the touchwiz puzzle piece screen, too bad.
Just a heads up for anyone not impressed with the stock mms app(I wasn't)...I installed mms.apk from cm6 with root explorer without any problems..looks much better imo. Just move it to system/app,delete the old apk,and odex,set permission 644,reboot,profit!
I have been using MMS.apk from CM 6 beta for Vibrant and it works great too. I hate threaded/buble SMS interface, it wastes half of the screen space for stupid bubbles which only make it look ridiculous.
Yeah it really looks ridiculous. Just a stupid copy of the iPhone app...
How does MMS.apk from CM 6 look ?
Like vanilla/stock android,'cept more options...black background,back to all threads,etc...
Ive recently converted to using handcent, has heaps of options for how you want to display the "threads", also mms just attaches like a email and shows up in the msg
I have been swapping out pngs in framework-res, systemui, system apps, and data apps rather successfully.
Typically, I adb pull the file, use 7zip to open the archive, replace the pngs, sign the apk (for non-system apps), adb push, and then adb shell reboot.
This works for most of the the apps that I'm altering. However, I have run across some apps, that when I use this method to replace the menu icons (actually, all I"m doing is colorizing them), it breaks the app. Some of the apps that I've been having trouble with are root explorer, xda premium, out of milk, and beautiful widgets. I have had no problems with any of my other apps and system files.
edit: I also make sure to set the permissions to be the same as the other apks in the folder, generally rw-r--r--. I have tried both overwriting the existing apk that I originally pulled, as well as uninstalling the apk and dropping the new on in the folder. Either way, it doesn't appear in my app drawer, and if I try to install it, it comes back adn says, "app not installed."
Anybody have a clue how to guide me?
I got xda and out of milk to work. But Beautiful Widgets and Root explorer still force close on me.
Also, the Webroot app is a .zip file in /data/app
It's called com.webroot.security.full-1.zip. I got one of my icon changes to work, but the menu icons don't change. Not sure what's up with webroot.
bump...nobody knows about this sorta thing?
It sounds like you are editing apps you paid for. Some paid apps run a check (md5?) that prevents them from working correctly. Example would be if you try to edit the apk for LauncherPro, you lose the ability to use LauncherPro Plus.
Also, if you screw up a .9 png file, that can throw your app in the crapper. You're simply pulling the png's, not decompiling and editing the xml files right?
Maybe this will shed some light on the issue, maybe not
Yeh, pretty much as I described, I'm pulling the apks, using 7zip to open them, but not extract. Then I already have colorized versions of the icons I want to change on my computer, so I just copy them into the archivel Then I sign the archive with apkmanager, and then push it back into /data/app/ and correct the permissions.
For anyone who wants it. I like them and I did this just to show my wife that android can do the same and better things than iphones!
1st I flashed a emoji enabler from here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879056
Make sure you thank iridaki for this! I used the v3 zip for the bigger emoji's.
Next you can do 1 of 2 things or both.
I use the 4.2 keyboard w/ trace. If you use this you can also get the 4.2 emoji keyboard from here--- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056558
I didn't flash I just put the system apps and lib in corresponding places and rebooted. This will have the android emoji's.
Or you can download this mms.apk that allows you to insert emoji's and look mo like the iphone's emoji's. You get this from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33957466.
If I knew how to modify apps I would love to modify our messaging app to insert the emoji's.
Enjoy and please thank these people for their work
Edit: if you use the mms.apk you need to freeze the stock text app or you will get duplicate messages.
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i really hate some UI of some apps. like instagram and whatsapp. I would like to edit instagram to look more like the iPhone instagram (as in the bar containing home, explore, me, etc.) to have the iPhone icons
and same with whatsapp to edit the chat bubbles so theyd look like the iPhone aswell. so that means I will have to get both apks and both ipas but how do I actually edit the app itself?
running omega rom on galaxy 19100
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i really hate some UI of some apps. like instagram and whatsapp. I would like to edit instagram to look more like the iPhone instagram (as in the bar containing home, explore, me, etc.) to have the iPhone icons
and same with whatsapp to edit the chat bubbles so theyd look like the iPhone aswell. so that means I will have to get both apks and both ipas but how do I actually edit the app itself?
running omega rom on galaxy 19100
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U have to decompile the apk using apktool and it's simple if u want just the icon replacements, then have to recompile back. Else u have to edit smali codes for other adjustments in the UI.
Search for it and learn.
Hit thanks rather than typing it now Free
Try apktool to baksmali the apk, do some modifications, then smali to apk again.
If you only wanna different UI, change the icons in res/ direcotry.
_ahmeddd said:
i really hate some UI of some apps. like instagram and whatsapp. I would like to edit instagram to look more like the iPhone instagram (as in the bar containing home, explore, me, etc.) to have the iPhone icons
and same with whatsapp to edit the chat bubbles so theyd look like the iPhone aswell. so that means I will have to get both apks and both ipas but how do I actually edit the app itself?
running omega rom on galaxy 19100
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_ahmeddd said:
i really hate some UI of some apps. like instagram and whatsapp. I would like to edit instagram to look more like the iPhone instagram (as in the bar containing home, explore, me, etc.) to have the iPhone icons
and same with whatsapp to edit the chat bubbles so theyd look like the iPhone aswell. so that means I will have to get both apks and both ipas but how do I actually edit the app itself?
running omega rom on galaxy 19100
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Hi, I'm trying to change the instagram app, do you have any news and suggestions to give me? I want to change the stickers of the stories and can you help me out?