Hey all, decided to take a stab at themeing some stuff for my phone. Heres a first stab if anyone wants to use it or take a look heres the like to a lightly themes calculator apk. theres a couple little small inconsistencies. but hey its for personal use.
Also if someone would be so kind as to point me to where the art for "screen" of the calculator is located. I cant seem to find.
If you want to install use root explorer or other file explorer and rename existing to .bak or .orig and copy and paste this one in its place
<a href='http://www.mediafire.com/?i3ip9p43t307ey3'>http://www.mediafire.com/?i3ip9p43t307ey3</a>
ps
i know it aint the greatest but its a start
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So now that Handcent has released skin packs I've been trying to find a way to basically rip open the skinpack APK and replace the images and whatnot to create my own skins. I haven't found a solution thus far and I was hoping the experts here could help me out. I've opened it up in APK Edit and attempted to swap images but it won't install. I'm not sure where I went wrong but I'm curious on how one of you would approach the process.
I assumed APK Edit would resign the *.apk file but maybe that's what I'm missing. I'll keep pecking away at it and see what I can come up with but any assistance would be aweome.
Hi
Any news on this? Would really like to see some Custom skins soon.. and the ability to create own... and customize for example the popup and such
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Kyo Kenshin said:
So now that Handcent has released skin packs I've been trying to find a way to basically rip open the skinpack APK and replace the images and whatnot to create my own skins. I haven't found a solution thus far and I was hoping the experts here could help me out. I've opened it up in APK Edit and attempted to swap images but it won't install. I'm not sure where I went wrong but I'm curious on how one of you would approach the process.
I assumed APK Edit would resign the *.apk file but maybe that's what I'm missing. I'll keep pecking away at it and see what I can come up with but any assistance would be aweome.
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Try MetaMorph
http://code.google.com/p/android-metamorph/wiki/MetaMorph
I'm wondering how one accesses the launcher icons. I'd like to be able to do my own tweaks if necessary. I've read up a bit on the android dev site, and saw the basics on creating them, but not on how to get to, and alter the stock icons. I'm guessing it may involved digging in with root explorer, but I have know idea where to look. Any direction on this?
I have never created my own due to the fact that there are so many already available from members of our great community, but have swapped out many png's in my system. Mostly status bar icons. But would be same process. What I usually do is copy apk from system to puter or extract from rom zip and open up with 7zip. Find said png, and copy new one to it's location. Close the zip at which time it may ask you if you would like to update, press yes. And then push the new apk to your system or create a flashable zip out of it.
How's that sound? Is that what you were looking for?
That sounds like what I would need to do, but it was a bit beyond my understanding at this point. I've never dug around in the system files, and barely understand all the terminology. I was kind a hoping for a go here, then there, then look for xxx.png, copy to pc, etc...
n8w said:
That sounds like what I would need to do, but it was a bit beyond my understanding at this point. I've never dug around in the system files, and barely understand all the terminology. I was kind a hoping for a go here, then there, then look for xxx.png, copy to pc, etc...
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You need to start looking in
Rosie.apk (/system/app/)
com.htc.resources.apk (/system/framework/)
framework-res.apk (/system/framework/)
Copy them to your PC
Then extract the res folder with 7zip, replace the png files you want to change then drag and drop the res folder back into 7zip
Typically icons start with either ic_ or icon_ but that is not always the case so search visually in the res sub folders
adb push them back to their respective folders
I saw this in an article on droid-life: Here
Original Thread: Animated status bar pulldown for GB roms
Hope this could help some devs/themers get this going for us EVO users
The Author of this is: Alastrionia
Youtube Demo
MODS: If this should not be here, please remove, and my sincere apologizes.
Animated status bar pulldown for GB roms
First off this should work with all GB based roms that use systemui.apk
there may be subtle differences but the basics should be the same all around.
after much trial and error and ripping what little hair I have left out
success was mine and it's time to share this with everyone
and it's so simple that you'll love how fast you can integrate this into ROM's / themes / whatever your heart desires
1. take your systemui.apk and decompile it
2. navigate to layout folder
3. grab "status_bar_tracking.xml" and open it up in your editor
(now for the fun)
4. to the first line - "com.android.systemui.statusbar.TrackingView" add this ""android:background="@drawable/...anim.xml""
<com.android.systemui.statusbar.TrackingView android:background="@drawable/...anim.xml...>
5. after saving that, navigate back into the drawable folder and add your animation.xml file there
5a. next navigate into the drawable/hdpi folder and add your animated images
6. also in the drawable/hdpi folder find and open up the shade_bg.png with your editor and make it 100% transparent
7. now it's time to recompile your apk , following all the usual directions with that
8. enjoy your newly created systemui.apk with a pretty animated background. new and fresh and unlike anything before
that's it. done deal. it's super easy and fast and breathes life into true customization.
I used the stat_sys_upload.xml from the framework-res.apk as my base
all I had to do was change the timing and change the image names.
also you'll notice above - don't copy it word for word on the xml.
I did the "..." meaning whatever you decide to name your file.
I'll try to throw up a video shortly of my success with this so everyone can see it.
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You lost me at "decompile"
SantinoInc said:
You lost me at "decompile"
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I think by that he means to open the systemui.apk
I used 7zip to open a cm7 nightly just now and it's located in the system/app folder. Inside the .apk theres:
res (folder)
AndroidManifest.xml
classes.dex
resources.arsc
Inside the res folder:
anim (folder)
drawable (folder)
drawable-hdpi (folder)
layout (folder)
xml (folder)
Hopefully some themers can get some pretty nice/cool things done with this.
No you would have to decompile the apk with a apk decompiler..Unzipping it will not work.Thats just for replacing images.
1 Aw3s0m3 M0d!!
i'll help people if they're having trouble. probably won't do this personally.
and yeah, to see .xml files correctly, you need an apk decompiler.
Nice find! Will definitely try this.
forgive me if im not reading this right.... is this for aosp of sense?
What will they think of next
Evolutionmods said:
forgive me if im not reading this right.... is this for aosp of sense?
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I believe this is for AOSP but reading through the entire thread someone says "this also works on the com.htc.resources.apk for sense ROMs."
Subbed and Definitely Interested!
More demos with different animations are starting to appear. This is looking really awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf7lFsAkxFA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vte37qjSiEc
Oh yeah. I got big plans for this one. Cant wait to get some time to sit down and code it. It really is as simple as stated.
It's not just for gingerbread. I shot this with my crappy 5 year old digicam.
Another demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAHoKJ2N0Xw
Has anyone given this a go on the EVO yet??
Yeah, I got it working...Needs some tweaking. I tried it with a 24 frame boot animation.. very laggy. I suspect that a 8-15 frame animation would do well
blassilando said:
Another demo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAHoKJ2N0Xw
Has anyone given this a go on the EVO yet??
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The vid I posted above yours is on an evo.
Would either of you mind posting your xml so i could use it as a reference? Not totally clear on that part of it. Thanks.
http://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEyOTE1MzA3OQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEKsfTiaif0
Ill gladly be a testbot for anyone working on this for our evos
would be nice to get a zip we can flash. so everyone including us noobs can get this mod.
thanks for the info great job
Can someone help me get these wallpapers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103342
I like the Sony Ericsson wallpapers from this ROM, but i'm switching to EB.
I'll will donate to anyone who helps, after I set up my new Paypal.
Private message me your email so I can send them to you.
EDIT: The wallpapers included are stock Android 2.1+...
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA App
You should also be able to download the ROM (make sure this is a copy that you don't intend on trying to flash to your phone), extract it, go to /system/app and change the name of Launcher2.apk to Launcher2.zip, then extract that, and go into a folder called 'res', then inside a folder called, "drawable-hdpi', you'll find all kinds of static wallpapers.
I've done that several times to pull wallpaper from roms that I saw, including the stock g2x wallpaper.
Someone told me I could also use androzip (or maybe it was astro, can't recall) to insert files like jpgs and pngs INTO a zipped folder without extracting it first, thus leaving it in its flashable state...I haven't tried it yet, but maybe I"ll toy with that today after I make a good nandroid.
edit: I can't find that particular wallpaper in that folder location, so I'm going to keep digging and report back.
edit 2: Found it...it's in \system\etc\customization\content\com\sonyericsson\wallpaperpicker\wallpapers , all KINDS of cool wallpapers I hadn't noticed before in there...so thanks for motivating me to dig.
I would like to change the default icons on some of the ROMS that I use. I have looked through the files and folders on my phone from Root Explorer as well as using a PC to explore. I have found that on many roms I can find a few files that are named "icon_....". However the "artwork" for the icon that I see on my homescreen or app drawer are completely different. Is there a way to replace either manually replace or a ODIN or some other installer that will use any icon's that I would create and want to put into a rom of my choice.
Have I explained this good enough?
Icons such as the default MMS icon or phone icon, etc....
you can use a different launcher (go launcher for example) and use different theme icons. I usually mix and match from a couple different themes myself.
As for changing the icons without using a different launcher you can cook your own themes in UOT kitchen or dsixda, however they require more extensive knowledge of android
Thanks jigglynuts. I have used different launchers Go, ADW, TW, Honeycomb and others. I have also used UOT. I have had marginal success with UOT. There are a LOT of available options there as well. Here is the real question....I don't want to "steal" anyone's hard work. I really like the black icons that RaverX3X put into the unnamed ROM RC2. Is there a way of peeling those out of the ROM and putting them into a different ROM such as ICBINB? If this is a wicked taboo move, then I apologize. If it is cool, how can this be done?
hopefully Raver or another themer will chime in on exactly how that's done. I believe you need to go inside each .apk file and pull out the drawable folders and find which one has the icon inside it. Then you can extract the image, edit it, and put it back into the apk when you are done.
I'm sure that's an oversimplified version of how it's done though.
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hopefully Raver or another themer will chime in on exactly how that's done. I believe you need to go inside each .apk file and pull out the drawable folders and find which one has the icon inside it. Then you can extract the image, edit it, and put it back into the apk when you are done.
I'm sure that's an oversimplified version of how it's done though.
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Actually it's pretty spot on... My dad themed his Rom by doing that and that's what he was telling me to do.. he also said that you can ether pull the .png files that you want to change... edit them and put them back. Or You can get icons from searching the internet and just make sure they are named exactly how the original is named. I just can't find the ROM I want lol...
Just for starter purposes I want Stock GB..
I'm currently running
GingerBread stock
Kernel: Blastoff-v2
Modem: KG4
My whole journey started with "Why can't I send long txts" Dad said to go to XDA and Root the phone. Blastoff gave me CWM and the Modem KG4 fixed the txting and gps issues... as well as took my signal back into 4g! I figure if I'm gonna keep messing with stuff... I want to do themes...