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[REQ] Diffrent type of wallpaper animation look

I know that there are some wallpaper animations out there, I would like to thanks developers for their hard work.
However
all the animated wallpapers have things dropping.
it will be nice if there is more to it, like sony psp lines animation, or some of andriod type wallpapers.
and my idea is to have some sort of liquid in the background that respond to accelerometer moment.

mmmalas said:
I know that there are some wallpaper animations out there, I would like to thanks developers for their hard work.
However
all the animated wallpapers have things dropping.
it will be nice if there is more to it, like sony psp lines animation, or some of andriod type wallpapers.
and my idea is to have some sort of liquid in the background that respond to accelerometer moment.
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As of yet, no-one has actually made a custom animation. The ones that come on the device are a bunch of PNG files and a script that controls them. The custom ones you've seen have basically been copies of them, but with different PNG files. No-one has actually made a custom animated wallpaper yet, which is why they all look the same.
Until someone figures out how they actually work, we're stuck with that I'm afraid.

johncmolyneux said:
As of yet, no-one has actually made a custom animation. The ones that come on the device are a bunch of PNG files and a script that controls them. The custom ones you've seen have basically been copies of them, but with different PNG files. No-one has actually made a custom animated wallpaper yet, which is why they all look the same.
Until someone figures out how they actually work, we're stuck with that I'm afraid.
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thanks for the clarification.
So is there anyone planning to hack this, or have pointers how to

new themer needs some help

First things first. I want to take the current ROM I'm running, which incidentally is damagecontrol 2.07, and build a custom theme that is much darker than the stock HTC Sense, with some transparent elements, and changing every single bit of that day-glo green color into a nice cool blue, while keeping LWP fuctioning. I figured I would be using Metamorph for this, unless there's some sort of incompatibility issue that I have no clue about. Fairly simple, so I thought.
I'm new to android, but I have done themes and skins for things like winamp in the past. Lets be clear up front, I am in no way a slick coder, I haven't the slightest idea how to code Java, or Android, or the Linux it is based on. I'm a graphic designer through and through, and that's about as far as my knowledge goes.
Currently, I need help with setting up Eclipse to compile .9.png images for my theme. I've tried to research and get info on the .9.png images, and I understand how they work, I just haven't been able to find anything to tell me which version of Eclipse to download, (there's several on the site) and how to set it up with Android 2.1, (and a fairly new leak from Sprint) which is what the ROM is based on.
I can't help but think that what I'm asking help for has been asked before, but I don't know if I'm just searching or looking for the wrong thing, and I'm having a tough time finding answers to a very quickly growing list of very specific questions. If there's any thread's you guys know of to help me out, or specific resources to check out, let me know, so I can stop cluttering the forums.

In 5 days I'll have my newest thearmo theme up. Every bit of green is being replaced by cool blue. If you want, you can use my blue framework files to build your theme around. I've spent hours making everything that was green into blue. It's insanely tedious, especially the 9.pngs. I'm working on those right now. The offer stands...if you want to save yourself some time, you can build your theme with the files from my framework, etc....
hope that helps.
-alex

I hate to be a wanna-be mod, but this is posted in the wrong section. This is only for ROM development, not theming.
good luck with the theme tho, sounds awesome.

alexthearmo said:
I've spent hours making everything that was green into blue. It's insanely tedious, especially the 9.pngs.
-alex
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I agree with you whole heartedly (but you also know how rewarding it is when you see the finished product )
beyondinferno said:
I hate to be a wanna-be mod, but this is posted in the wrong section. This is only for ROM development, not theming.
good luck with the theme tho, sounds awesome.
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...and I agree with you as well

Konikub said:
I agree with you whole heartedly (but you also know how rewarding it is when you see the finished product )
...and I agree with you as well
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And I agree with you agreeing with them.

yes it is in the wrong area but still why not help answer the guys question. if you are looking to theme I wrote up a pretty comprehensive guide on how to do it you can find it in the wiki pages or just click here.

nuformzdesign said:
First things first. I want to take the current ROM I'm running, which incidentally is damagecontrol 2.07, and build a custom theme that is much darker than the stock HTC Sense, with some transparent elements, and changing every single bit of that day-glo green color into a nice cool blue, while keeping LWP fuctioning. I figured I would be using Metamorph for this, unless there's some sort of incompatibility issue that I have no clue about. Fairly simple, so I thought.
I'm new to android, but I have done themes and skins for things like winamp in the past. Lets be clear up front, I am in no way a slick coder, I haven't the slightest idea how to code Java, or Android, or the Linux it is based on. I'm a graphic designer through and through, and that's about as far as my knowledge goes.
Currently, I need help with setting up Eclipse to compile .9.png images for my theme. I've tried to research and get info on the .9.png images, and I understand how they work, I just haven't been able to find anything to tell me which version of Eclipse to download, (there's several on the site) and how to set it up with Android 2.1, (and a fairly new leak from Sprint) which is what the ROM is based on.
I can't help but think that what I'm asking help for has been asked before, but I don't know if I'm just searching or looking for the wrong thing, and I'm having a tough time finding answers to a very quickly growing list of very specific questions. If there's any thread's you guys know of to help me out, or specific resources to check out, let me know, so I can stop cluttering the forums.
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If you pm me your google talk, I can help you set it up in 5 minutes later and show you how to compile the .9s and all that

nuformzdesign said:
First things first. I want to take the current ROM I'm running, which incidentally is damagecontrol 2.07, and build a custom theme that is much darker than the stock HTC Sense, with some transparent elements, and changing every single bit of that day-glo green color into a nice cool blue, while keeping LWP fuctioning. I figured I would be using Metamorph for this, unless there's some sort of incompatibility issue that I have no clue about. Fairly simple, so I thought.
I'm new to android, but I have done themes and skins for things like winamp in the past. Lets be clear up front, I am in no way a slick coder, I haven't the slightest idea how to code Java, or Android, or the Linux it is based on. I'm a graphic designer through and through, and that's about as far as my knowledge goes.
Currently, I need help with setting up Eclipse to compile .9.png images for my theme. I've tried to research and get info on the .9.png images, and I understand how they work, I just haven't been able to find anything to tell me which version of Eclipse to download, (there's several on the site) and how to set it up with Android 2.1, (and a fairly new leak from Sprint) which is what the ROM is based on.
I can't help but think that what I'm asking help for has been asked before, but I don't know if I'm just searching or looking for the wrong thing, and I'm having a tough time finding answers to a very quickly growing list of very specific questions. If there's any thread's you guys know of to help me out, or specific resources to check out, let me know, so I can stop cluttering the forums.
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This is EVERYTHING you could POSSIBLY need.
Android Ultimate Theming Guide
LINK: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcdxIJRSH9ypZGZzc2pxNDlfMjdnazk4OHNxZA&hl=en​

[Q] How do I create my own theme (HTC HD2)

I want to change stuff like icons, the flip clock and other cosmetics. I've got loads of ideas, but no clue of how to make use of them. I am absolutely new to creating themes, but my creative and GIMP skills are superb, if I may say so myself. So how do I do it? I need some kind of program right? Will the theme work on any ROM?

whatevaUsay said:
I want to change stuff like icons, the flip clock and other cosmetics. I've got loads of ideas, but no clue of how to make use of them. I am absolutely new to creating themes, but my creative and GIMP skills are superb, if I may say so myself. So how do I do it? I need some kind of program right? Will the theme work on any ROM?
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Would also like to know this. I just got the new MIUI rom and there's so much I want to change >.<

This would be very interesting - so I´m still waiting for good posts.
cu
Michel

Major bump, I am also, very interested in this.

well i rarely leaves comment on any site but your blog is really so amazing that i can't stop myself from making comment on it...

Widgets animated gif?

So I made my Homescreen too look like WP7 but I was wondering is there a way to have animated gif widgets?

Have a look at http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/appwidgets/index.html if you have no experience making widgets. It's possible to make one that's animated by breaking the gif apart and making the widget one big ImageView that's constantly being updated with the new frames, but it might have adverse effects on your battery. I don't think it'll animate on it's own if you simply supply a gif as the drawable for the imageview.

aww man I think making widgets is way beyond my scope I would definitely try it maybe I just got into the whole rooting and flashing roms like a week ago =P but thank you for the reply

No problem, dude. Check out a book called 'Professional Android 2 Application Development' by Rito Meier if you want to take a crack at developing android apps. It's a pretty good book and goes over most of the "fun" stuff (includes widgets, live wallpapers), as well as the basics. You should probably read some Java tutorials beforehand if you've never done any sort of programming, since the book kind of assumes you know that. Good luck!

TWRP Theme - shall I keep going?

I thought it would be fun to try to create a TWRP theme. I've never been amazingly good with GIMP/Photoshop, but I really want to make a theme or two of my own to both sharpen my skills and learn more about the process.
My first idea was, for some strange reason, a Star Trek LCARS interface theme. I mocked up some screens (see attached images) and wanted to poll the readers here to see if anyone thought this was a good idea or a horrible interpretation (or both, I guess).
I know that there likely will be several problems with what I'd like to do vs. what I will be able to do, but I am trying to figure out the base set of screens before I actually go make the individual images and start working on the XML. Maybe some of you out there who have already created themes could share some tips....?
Feedback welcome!

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anorris666 said:
I thought it would be fun to try to create a TWRP theme. I've never been amazingly good with GIMP/Photoshop, but I really want to make a theme or two of my own to both sharpen my skills and learn more about the process.
My first idea was, for some strange reason, a Star Trek LCARS interface theme. I mocked up some screens (see attached images) and wanted to poll the readers here to see if anyone thought this was a good idea or a horrible interpretation (or both, I guess).
I know that there likely will be several problems with what I'd like to do vs. what I will be able to do, but I am trying to figure out the base set of screens before I actually go make the individual images and start working on the XML. Maybe some of you out there who have already created themes could share some tips....?
Feedback welcome!
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What are you using to make your shapes/frames with? Do you have Adobe Illustrator? If so, i recommend you use the pen tool in there to make your shapes/frames. It creates vector art that you can enlarge or decrease to any size without losing resolution. Check your inbox.

Right now, I'm just using GIMP (on Win7) for everything. As I said, I'm not really that good with it, but I'm trying to learn. Could GIMP do the same with the path tool?

anorris666 said:
Right now, I'm just using GIMP (on Win7) for everything. As I said, I'm not really that good with it, but I'm trying to learn. Could GIMP do the same with the path tool?
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Same in principle, but not going to look nearly as good as Illustrator. GIMP is good for open source, but can't compete with the quality of Adobe.

Now thats an awesome theme.
Keep on going.
Hey deadpool, where did you get your kindle fire font? (the one in your sig)

Jaa-Yoo said:
Now thats an awesome theme.
Keep on going.
Hey deadpool, where did you get your kindle fire font? (the one in your sig)
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Check your inbox

Doooooo iiiittttt!!!!
Sent from my CM7 Kindle Fire

@OP That. Is. Awesome.

Release this already! It looks amazing, do not stop.

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm actually reworking some of the base shape primitives to ensure better quality at the resolution. Same idea as CodenameDeadpool was getting at with the vector-based shapes suggestion, but not quite the same as having Adobe Illustrator doing the heavy lifting.