hi i m new to this editing themes so plz anybody can guide me to edit
touchwiz launcher for custom Message,Contact, Phone icon..
tried to use singApk, Apktool to edit no luck
launcher has icons in drawable-hdpiv4 folder in res folder i put custom those icons naming ic_launcher_phone.png singed with singApk also Apktool both are giving 'appliction not installed' error.
anybody can help me plzz.....
press long on the icon and then choose custom icon and search for your icone that you need
icon can be changed using desktop visualizer app but
that icon cant be placed on Dock Bar
need to know how to edit launcher so that i can place custom icons which are not there????
Tools Needed :
APK Manager (to decompile and recompile apks)
Photoshop or other photo editing software’s ( corel draw etc etc)
FS Resizer or GIMP( to resize or reshape png)
NOTEPAD ++(edit xml files)
Eclipse
AXMLPrinter (convert xml to txt files)
From the start:
Make sure u hav a deodexed ROM….If your ROM is not deodexed den use xultimate to deodex….
• You will get a zip or rar file in which u will find “meta inf” and “system”…. We will be concentrating only on the system folder…..Extract it to the desktop or which ever location u want….
• Inside the system folder u would see folders called “app” “framework” “media” “bin” etc….
Let me explain what does these folders Hav to do.
“app” is the major folder which has to do with all the pre installed apps(default apps) like calculator camera mms(messaging) touchwiz bluetooth etc…..
“framework” is the folder associated with the body formation (i.e) the skeleton of out fit…..examples like the battery icon,icons in the notification panel like “autorotate” “Wi-Fi” “GPS” etc….
“media” consists of “bootanimation.zip” file allows u to change the boot animation ( we would discuss about this later)
TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CHANGE THE ICON OF APPS:
STEP 1: First go into the “apps” folder and extract everythin(if u wish extract everythin or extract only the file u want) to the desktop…….
• Don’t be bothered about the .odex files… concentrate only on the .apk files…..
• for ex: if u wish to change the “messaging” icon…select mms.apk….enter into that and u would find folders called “res” “metainf”…….. ENTER into “res” folder and u would see folders such as “drawable” “drawable ldpi”( or similar to that) leave the folders like “xml” etc and just concentrate on “drawable-ldpi” and extract it to the desktop…..enter into that folder and u would find all the images which u see on the mobile while messaging….. Hope u would remember how the icon for the messagin app be….now search for that….for this apk it would be as “ic_launcher_smsmms”….. and BINGO your done…… download a png of the icon u want from google (for that go into google and type message icon png and select images…. Select the image of ur choice and save it) now copy that downloaded image (for ex the downloaded image name is 123.png replace that name to “ic_launcher_smsmms”)After renaming it copy and replace the default image in the “drawable ldpi” folder….. Similarly make changes for wat ever icon u want but REMBEMBER the icon ur changing should hav the same name of the default icon”
• Since u’ve modded(changed) only the “drawable ldpi” folder copy that folder in which u hav changed the icon to the folder in “res” of “mms.apk”…… to make it clear delete the default drawable ldpi and replace it with the one u modded from the desktop……(to replace just drag from the desktop to the rar file) IF WINRAR asks a confirmation “update changes made” click YES…… cool now u’ve changed the icon of the messaging app….
• Similarly try replacing the default icon of the calculator camera dialer tab activity etc by just moving into the apk file “res””drawable ldpi (hdpi, land-ldpi or wateva)
• To go more interior take dialer tab activity and follow the above steps first.,….den replace the number icons, dialer_tab_background image with any image u like but it should be of PNG and of the same default name while replacing it in the folder……
• That’s it now u’ve learnt how to change the icons and images……
• Now do the reverse of STEP 1….. copy the modded(changed) apk files from the desktop into the “system””app” folder and don’t forget to save the changes…..
• TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CHANGE THE ICON OF FRAMEWORK :
SIMILARLY just like how u replaced the icons of “apps” try replacing icons of framework folder….
• Open “framework” folder…..u’ll find many .JAR files and “framework-res.apk” and “twt-framework.apk”
• Go into framework-res.apkresand extract drawable (ldpi,hdpi,mdpi,land-hdpi) or wateva file is der to ur desktop…. Just as how u did it in “apps” replace the PNGS in it…. For ex: replace the alarm clock icon “auto rotate” “vibrate” “sound””battery icons” etc…..
• After doing all the changes in drawable folder replace the drawable folder in “framework-res.apk” and replace this “framework-res.apk” in the framework folder of the RAR file….
XML EDITTING:
XML editing is the trickiest and difficult part yet a challenging part
To do this u must need “apk manager” version 4 or higher…..
These are the folders inside the apk manager
Take the apk file for which u r goin to edit the xml for example to change the conversion of sms to mms from 4pgs to any no of pgs u want……copy the “mms.apk” file from “system””app” to “PLACE APK HERE FOR MODDING” of the apk manager….. HINT: for beginners u can edit only one file at a time After this open “SCRIPT”
IF u hav placed mms.apk file in “PLACE APK HERE FOR MODDING” den “NONE” would be shown as “mms.apk” or if u had placed “touchwiz.apk” it would show as “touchwiz.apk” on the place of NONE
Now press no 9….. the “DECOMPILING” would start and would finish with no alert…
now go to the “APK manager” folder and go into “PROJECTS” u’ll find mms.apk or wateva apk u hav used….
Den go into “RES””XML” ..... u’ll find “mms_config” open it with notepad or notepad++….(notepad++ is advisable and recommended)
You will find a line called <int name="smsToMmsTextThreshold">4</int> replace that four with whatever number u want….
Well u hav learnt how to edit the XML’s also… ….try to edit xml of touchwiz (androidmanifest.xml) to enable touch wiz rotation or touchwiz(launcher_config{to change number of rows and columns}….”default_mainapplication_order”{to change order of the apps in the touch wiz}
All the changes must be made in the projects folder and COMPILE it again by pressing number 11…..
copy the COMPILED .APK back into “apps” or “framework-res” or from wer ever u took the apk file….. THEME DEVELOPING DOESN’T COME WITHIN A DAY SO TRY IT REPEATEDLY TILL U GET THE ART OF IT My sincere thanks to Amit who motivated me and thanks to pratyush and dev for helpin me at the beginning, Rishee for the support rendered from the beginning and all the group members for your support…..
THE SCERENSHOTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE LINK BELOW
www.multiupload.com/7EVOSODEHX
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Thnx bro! That was really helpful!!!
wilfredcool007 said:
Tools Needed :
APK Manager (to decompile and recompile apks)
Photoshop or other photo editing software’s ( corel draw etc etc)
FS Resizer or GIMP( to resize or reshape png)
NOTEPAD ++(edit xml files)
Eclipse
AXMLPrinter (convert xml to txt files)
From the start:
Make sure u hav a deodexed ROM….If your ROM is not deodexed den use xultimate to deodex….
• You will get a zip or rar file in which u will find “meta inf” and “system”…. We will be concentrating only on the system folder…..Extract it to the desktop or which ever location u want….
• Inside the system folder u would see folders called “app” “framework” “media” “bin” etc….
Let me explain what does these folders Hav to do,,,,,
“app” is the major folder which has to do with all the pre installed apps(default apps) like calculator camera mms(messaging) touchwiz bluetooth etc…..
“framework” is the folder associated with the body formation (i.e) the skeleton of out fit…..examples like the battery icon,icons in the notification panel like “autorotate” “Wi-Fi” “GPS” etc….
“media” consists of “bootanimation.zip” file allows u to change the boot animation ( we would discuss about this later)
TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CHANGE THE ICON OF APPS:
STEP 1: First go into the “apps” folder and extract everythin(if u wish extract everythin or extract only the file u want) to the desktop…….
• Don’t be bothered about the .odex files… concentrate only on the .apk files…..
• for ex: if u wish to change the “messaging” icon…select mms.apk….enter into that and u would find folders called “res” “metainf”…….. ENTER into “res” folder and u would see folders such as “drawable” “drawable ldpi”( or similar to that) leave the folders like “xml” etc and just concentrate on “drawable-ldpi” and extract it to the desktop…..enter into that folder and u would find all the images which u see on the mobile while messaging….. Hope u would remember how the icon for the messagin app be….now search for that….for this apk it would be as “ic_launcher_smsmms”….. and BINGO your done…… download a png of the icon u want from google (for that go into google and type message icon png and select images…. Select the image of ur choice and save it) now copy that downloaded image (for ex the downloaded image name is 123.png replace that name to “ic_launcher_smsmms”)After renaming it copy and replace the default image in the “drawable ldpi” folder….. Similarly make changes for wat ever icon u want but REMBEMBER the icon ur changing should hav the same name of the default icon”
• Since u’ve modded(changed) only the “drawable ldpi” folder copy that folder in which u hav changed the icon to the folder in “res” of “mms.apk”…… to make it clear delete the default drawable ldpi and replace it with the one u modded from the desktop……(to replace just drag from the desktop to the rar file) IF WINRAR asks a confirmation “update changes made” click YES…… cool now u’ve changed the icon of the messaging app….
• Similarly try replacing the default icon of the calculator camera dialer tab activity etc by just moving into the apk file “res””drawable ldpi (hdpi, land-ldpi or wateva)
• To go more interior take dialer tab activity and follow the above steps first.,….den replace the number icons, dialer_tab_background image with any image u like but it should be of PNG and of the same default name while replacing it in the folder……
• That’s it now u’ve learnt how to change the icons and images……
• Now do the reverse of STEP 1….. copy the modded(changed) apk files from the desktop into the “system””app” folder and don’t forget to save the changes…..
• TUTORIAL ON HOW TO CHANGE THE ICON OF FRAMEWORK:•
SIMILARLY just like how u replaced the icons of “apps” try replacing icons of framework folder….
• Open “framework” folder…..u’ll find many .JAR files and “framework-res.apk” and “twt-framework.apk”
• Go into framework-res.apkresand extract drawable (ldpi,hdpi,mdpi,land-hdpi) or wateva file is der to ur desktop…. Just as how u did it in “apps” replace the PNGS in it…. For ex: replace the alarm clock icon “auto rotate” “vibrate” “sound””battery icons” etc…..
• After doing all the changes in drawable folder replace the drawable folder in “framework-res.apk” and replace this “framework-res.apk” in the framework folder of the RAR file….
XML EDITTING:
XML editing is the trickiest and difficult part yet a challenging part
To do this u must need “apk manager” version 4 or higher…..
These are the folders inside the apk manager
Take the apk file for which u r goin to edit the xml for example to change the conversion of sms to mms from 4pgs to any no of pgs u want……copy the “mms.apk” file from “system””app” to “PLACE APK HERE FOR MODDING” of the apk manager….. HINT: for beginners u can edit only one file at a time :O After this open “SCRIPT”
IF u hav placed mms.apk file in “PLACE APK HERE FOR MODDING” den “NONE” would be shown as “mms.apk” or if u had placed “touchwiz.apk” it would show as “touchwiz.apk” on the place of NONE
Now press no 9….. the “DECOMPILING” would start and would finish with no alert…
now go to the “APK manager” folder and go into “PROJECTS” u’ll find mms.apk or wateva apk u hav used….
Den go into “RES””XML” ..... u’ll find “mms_config” open it with notepad or notepad++….(notepad++ is advisable and recommended)
You will find a line called <int name="smsToMmsTextThreshold">4</int> replace that four with whatever number u want….
Well u hav learnt how to edit the XML’s also…….try to edit xml of touchwiz (androidmanifest.xml) to enable touch wiz rotation or touchwiz(launcher_config{to change number of rows and columns}….”default_mainapplication_order”{to change order of the apps in the touch wiz}
All the changes must be made in the projects folder and COMPILE it again by pressing number 11…..
copy the COMPILED .APK back into “apps” or “framework-res” or from wer ever u took the apk file….. THEME DEVELOPING DOESN’T COME WITHIN A DAY SO TRY IT REPEATEDLY TILL U GET THE ART OF IT My sincere thanks to Amit who motivated me and thanks to pratyush and dev for helpin me at the beginning, Rishee for the support rendered from the beginning and all the group members for ur support….. THANK U
IF U LIKE MY THREAD DONT FORGET TO CLICK THANKS
THE SCERENSHOTS ARE PROVIDED IN THE BROKEN LINK BELOW
multiupload.com/7EVOSODEHX
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This is very helpfull thankx bro
N again thankx for adding my name :-D
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rajrocks said:
This is very helpfull thankx bro
N again thankx for adding my name :-D
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Do you guys have any video tuts for this one?
it maybe easier if you see how it's done visually, aside from still images of course...
thanks..
reikableu said:
Do you guys have any video tuts for this one?
it maybe easier if you see how it's done visually, aside from still images of course...
thanks..
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If u hav any doubts feel free to ask.......
where do you use Eclipse? and which eclipse should i get?
Example, for step 1, how do i extract the file using APK Manger?
sorry i am very noob about this things...
I was able to run apk manager and it asked me to choose an option, i chose extract an APK... but it just closes and does nothing... or i am doing something wrong?
thanks...
reikableu said:
where do you use Eclipse? and which eclipse should i get?
Example, for step 1, how do i extract the file using APK Manger?
sorry i am very noob about this things...
I was able to run apk manager and it asked me to choose an option, i chose extract an APK... but it just closes and does nothing... or i am doing something wrong?
thanks...
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U need not use eclipse.... just use the apktool to deompile the apk file.... u will find folders called res xml value etc etc after u decompile the apk usin either apktool or apk manager.... If u want to change the icon or appearance use the drawables's folder where all the pngs's are present if u want to make any changes in xml use the folder"xml" and open the files usin notepad++
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Nice work bro.....
wilfredcool007 said:
just use the apktool to deompile the apk file.... u will find folders called res xml value etc etc after u decompile the apk usin either apktool or apk manager.... If u want to change the icon or appearance use the drawables's folder where all the pngs's are present if u want to make any changes in xml use the folder"xml" and open the files usin notepad++
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Sorry, I am really noob at this... how do i decompile? i tried doing that in apk manager, but i don't seem to get it to work... do i have to have the phone connected to the computer? can you give me a link where i can learn on how to use it?
reikableu said:
Sorry, I am really noob at this... how do i decompile? i tried doing that in apk manager, but i don't seem to get it to work... do i have to have the phone connected to the computer? can you give me a link where i can learn on how to use it?
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downlaod the "complete set of tools" by me it'll be in the posts under android development and hackins ection.... in that ull find apktool and apk manager and some more
copy the apk file u want into "keep here for Modding" folder of apk manager den open "script".... press 9 to decompile... the decompiled files wil be in the "projects" folder of apkmanager... go into it and do ur modifications...more than this no one can be taught for more reference search using google..
wilfredcool007 said:
downlaod the "complete set of tools" by me it'll be in the posts under android development and hackins ection.... in that ull find apktool and apk manager and some more
copy the apk file u want into "keep here for Modding" folder of apk manager den open "script".... press 9 to decompile... the decompiled files wil be in the "projects" folder of apkmanager... go into it and do ur modifications...more than this no one can be taught for more reference search using google..
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i did download all that is in here... so i'll give it a try again...
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i always get an error for decompiling...
i attached a log where the error is, maybe you can check it...
reikableu said:
i did download all that is in here... so i'll give it a try again...
...edit...
i always get an error for decompiling...
i attached a log where the error is, maybe you can check it...
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listen...ill teach u now as simple as possible.... first hav the apk file with u for example take mms.apk
den download my tools
den in that go to apk manager
place the apk file in the place here for modding folder
now open script den press 9... u will hav hav no response but a folder with the apk name u hav will be created in the projects folder.... now go into the projects folder and there u will find folder called res
open that and further go to drawable folder or which ever folder u want... replace the icon which u want to be replaced with the same name as it was in the folder... for example if u want to change the mms icon the default icon is "icon.png" now download a png of ur choice rename it as "icon" and replace it in the folder.... now open the scripts again
press 11 to compile
it'll ask whether its a system file press "y" den again press "y"
den follow the instructions as given in that box... and thats it
DarshpreetGulati said:
Nice work bro.....
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Thanks darshpreet
reikableu said:
i always get an error for de-compiling...
i attached a log where the error is, maybe you can check it...
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as i said, i followed your instructions... and like i said as well...
de-compiling gives me an error that is why i uploaded the error log...
thanks...
Nice share....
really help me to mod icon and status bar .....thank's
AldoSebastian said:
Nice share....
really help me to mod icon and status bar .....thank's
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Dont just say thanks press it
wilfredcool007 said:
Dont just say thanks press it
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arrrgghhh...sorry sir...I miss that thing...hehehehe
do it now...n thank's once again for remembering me
I have been trying to get apk icons on Windows 64-bit and have installed SDK Manager. What else do I need to install to show the proper icon for each apk?
You could make a shortcut and apply an icon change to that.
yeah that wll work for u just goto properties n change the icon
making folder by dragging icons is very fascinating change i think,
and the folders are even in somewhat iphone-like folder icon (or background..)
but i want to change folder icon (background??) ex)like iphone style..
so I decompiled rosie_folder.m10 and rosie_shortcuts.m10 by m10 tools.
there was folder image! so I modified it...but it is not working ....
NEED HELP!!! HELP ME OUT HERE...
my device is HTC holiday(Raider, vivid, velocity)
hi!
i just want to change my recentapp background, i've tried to modify the systemUI.apk in res\drawable there is a file "recent_background.png" but when i modify it nothing chnage ...
Are you using the stock ROM?