Anyone considered theming the stock messaging app? Its actually not that different from wp7 messages app except the colors. Would quite like to see this happen, I love the black background. Seems it would only take editing a few Res files, tho more than I know how to do.
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is there anyone out there that could theme the stock htc mms.apk to look like wp7? i've looked in the apk at the res files, the apps aren't dramatically different. the chat bubbles could likely be changed quickly and then you'd just have to maybe change an xml for the background to be black and the text to be white. it's more than i can accomplish myself, but it seems like someone who knows what they're doing could likely pull it off in a short amount of time...
I would be curious to see this as well, or any theme/skin for this app specifically...
You seen this? https://market.android.com/details?id=com.zapnus.messaging
Not full featured yet, but promising
I was wondering if there was a different stock messaging app (not 3rd party. not really fond of those) kinda like airfluip's gingerbread theme for valhalla, there was a different messaging app, with a different threaded view. Is there something like that? or possibly, something better?
Im getting tired of the old, default blue and yellow bold design.
Searched, missed it if it's out there.
Does VB use a non-stock dialer? Just curious because none of the themes I've tried change the little phone icon... and the "black phone on black wallpaper" is hard for me to see. Would like the green phone back if possible.
(I realize this is extremely minor, just curious if it's possible, and what I need to do.) Thanks!
Check this out maybe you can use some of the apk's and push it to the system... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500701... follow the op for further instructions..
Cool thanks. There's no way to change the icon in the VB dialer? (I do like it better, other than the icon.)
Look at a different launcher (golauncher, launcher pro) - or the paid version of adw. You can change the icon to whatever you want.
lumin30 said:
Look at a different launcher (golauncher, launcher pro) - or the paid version of adw. You can change the icon to whatever you want.
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Cool. So I got the paid ADW. Figured out how to change icons, which is COOL.
But I still haven't found a phone icon I like. I extracted the .PNG from the VB dialer, recolored it to dark green, re-saved it as a PNG and... ADW acts like it doesn't exist.
So now I'm trying to figure out if there is some requirement for icons of which I'm unaware. Seeing as all I did was change the phone color from black to green you'd think it'd be okay... :dunno:
JaimeZX said:
Cool. So I got the paid ADW. Figured out how to change icons, which is COOL.
But I still haven't found a phone icon I like. I extracted the .PNG from the VB dialer, recolored it to dark green, re-saved it as a PNG and... ADW acts like it doesn't exist.
So now I'm trying to figure out if there is some requirement for icons of which I'm unaware. Seeing as all I did was change the phone color from black to green you'd think it'd be okay... :dunno:
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If you have Titanium backup make adw system app. Also make sure its moved to the internal memory.
i made this for myself and though i would share it. i use GO SMS Theme Maker 3.0 and i themed everything even though half the stuff i have never seen in the app.
Still editing some things here and there like text colors.
I am a latecomer to Android 6, as KitKat has been the best for my outdated hardware, until now with the S7 (woohoo!) I've always needed to run custom ROMs because stock Android looks very boring to me. I am a big fan of everything "inverted" so that instead of black text on all white backgrounds. white text on all black backgrounds looks EXCELLET, especially on Samsung's AMOLEDs. Now with Android 6, I am quite pleased with how much I can customize the look, with function baked right in. VERY nice. (Also running Nova Launcher).
That said. I have looked through many of the themes available for Marshmallow, but one part of this OS that is driving me nuts is the ugly phone app--it's a very plain black on white. I've also tried different dialers, but those all launch the stock "phone" app when an actual call is in session, switching from a nice white on black dial-keypad (stock or third-party dialer) (btw, the "phone" app is on the play store, by Google Inc.)
So, does anybody know, first of all, what the deal is with the stock black on white phone app not following a theme's colors? is this a fault of the theme dev or Google's "phone" app?
Secondly, does anybody know if there is a fairly recent phone.apk version that has been modified to invert the colors?
Man! almost every other app I have is white on black, except this phone app!
If you are not sure what I'm talking about, try applying a dark theme and then start a call, and watch your phone app revert to the ugly black on white in-call screen.
gruuvin said:
I am a latecomer to Android 6, as KitKat has been the best for my outdated hardware, until now with the S7 (woohoo!) I've always needed to run custom ROMs because stock Android looks very boring to me. I am a big fan of everything "inverted" so that instead of black text on all white backgrounds. white text on all black backgrounds looks EXCELLET, especially on Samsung's AMOLEDs. Now with Android 6, I am quite pleased with how much I can customize the look, with function baked right in. VERY nice. (Also running Nova Launcher).
That said. I have looked through many of the themes available for Marshmallow, but one part of this OS that is driving me nuts is the ugly phone app--it's a very plain black on white. I've also tried different dialers, but those all launch the stock "phone" app when an actual call is in session, switching from a nice white on black dial-keypad (stock or third-party dialer) (btw, the "phone" app is on the play store, by Google Inc.)
So, does anybody know, first of all, what the deal is with the stock black on white phone app not following a theme's colors? is this a fault of the theme dev or Google's "phone" app?
Secondly, does anybody know if there is a fairly recent phone.apk version that has been modified to invert the colors?
Man! almost every other app I have is white on black, except this phone app!
If you are not sure what I'm talking about, try applying a dark theme and then start a call, and watch your phone app revert to the ugly black on white in-call screen.
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Look here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/themes/google-dialer-v5-ui-mod-v4-t3554315:mad:
That is a nice dialer, indeed, but the in-call phone app is NOT the same thing as a dialer. There are many dialers, but I am asking about the app that a dialer launches when a telephone call is running.
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That is a nice dialer, indeed, but the in-call phone app is NOT the same thing as a dialer. There are many dialers, but I am asking about the app that a dialer launches when a telephone call is running.
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What type of dialer you prefer?
saxena1 said:
What type of dialer you prefer?
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I'm not looking for a dialer. Please see the original post.