I have just started to learn Photoshop and been making some icons. I would like to make an apk of these icons so they can work with all launchers. Is there a super easy way to make this ( like a program that you choose the files press a button and let it do it's stuff) . Been googling but everything I find out about it is so confusing???
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adz63 said:
I have just started to learn Photoshop and been making some icons. I would like to make an apk of these icons so they can work with all launchers. Is there a super easy way to make this ( like a program that you choose the files press a button and let it do it's stuff) . Been googling but everything I find out about it is so confusing???
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I have never seen such a program, but you should try searching around for an APEX icon theme template. Usually it will give you an APK that you decompile, edit following the instructions that they give you, and recompile. So yeah, just use the search bar real quick and find it.
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I've asked a few people and searched like crazy with no real answer so I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I'm running Calk's HD rom and it's awesome. I would just prefer a 4 row app drawer as opposed to the 5 it comes with. Is there an easy way to change this? I haven't been able to locate the setting in the rosie.apk. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
What if you use adw launcher? You can change it from 3 to 8.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/adw-launcher/org.adw.launcher
Oh wait I think he is using adw, well then go to settings, adw launcher settings, screen preferences, under desktop layout change the Desktop Columns from 5 to 4.
Thanks. I'm referring to sense though. I should have specified. I know how to do it with adw and launcherpro. I wish it were that easy in sense.
Get to duh choppa!
ah crap, sorry
You need to decompile your Rosie.apk and change the "5" value in the all_apps_view.xml (its actually titled something like that) to a "4". Then you will need to recompile and flash.
ericwgarza1 said:
You need to decompile your Rosie.apk and change the "5" value in the all_apps_view.xml (its actually titled something like that) to a "4". Then you will need to recompile and flash.
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Thanks so much. It looks like to do this the xml would need to be converted first or done with hex editing. Way beyond my skill. But I'm going to trying recompiling the apk using the all_apps_view.xml from a different rosie with a 4 app drawer. I'll post my results.
That didn't work. Not sure the setting lives there. The rom I grabbed the all_apps_view.xml file from has an opaque app drawer, calk's has transparent. After compiling the rosie with the new xml file and rebooting, I still had a 5 row app drawer but the background was opaque.
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That didn't work. Not sure the setting lives there. The rom I grabbed the all_apps_view.xml file from has an opaque app drawer, calk's has transparent. After compiling the rosie with the new xml file and rebooting, I still had a 5 row app drawer but the background was opaque.
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there are 3 changes to be made.... one is the one u were given already.
keep in mind that u MUST decompile cuz it changes things inside the resources.arsc file
the second one is inside values/integer.xml
change
Code:
<integer name="allprogram_grid_columns">5</integer>
to have the value 4 instead of 5.
and in values/dimens.xml change
Code:
<dimen name="all_program_grid_view_horizontal_spacing">1.0dip</dimen>
to have the value 6.0dip.
that should work.
good luck.
edit:
just saw u said u using the HD rom... i was referring to the a non HD rosie... so although it should still be the same thing, it might not be... so keep that in mind in case it wont work... but thats how u would do it for the regular Rosie.
aamikam said:
there are 3 changes to be made.... one is the one u were given already.
keep in mind that u MUST decompile cuz it changes things inside the resources.arsc file
the second one is inside values/integer.xml
change
Code:
<integer name="allprogram_grid_columns">5</integer>
to have the value 4 instead of 5.
and in values/dimens.xml change
Code:
<dimen name="all_program_grid_view_horizontal_spacing">1.0dip</dimen>
to have the value 6.0dip.
that should work.
good luck.
edit:
just saw u said u using the HD rom... i was referring to the a non HD rosie... so although it should still be the same thing, it might not be... so keep that in mind in case it wont work... but thats how u would do it for the regular Rosie.
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Ok, that's a little over my head considering I don't even see the xml files you're referring to. I'm only able to play with what I can see by unpacking the apk using simple methods. Changing the all_apps_view file changed the drawer background, which is undesired. If I simply swap out the the full rosie.apk from the other rom, I can achieve the 4 row drawer with the opaque background but I'm looking to retain the translucent. So, perhaps it's easier to start with the other rosie with the opaque background and modify that to have a translucent background? Can using the original all_apps_view accomplish this or is there an easier way?
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Ok, that's a little over my head considering I don't even see the xml files you're referring to. I'm only able to play with what I can see by unpacking the apk using simple methods. Changing the all_apps_view file changed the drawer background, which is undesired. If I simply swap out the the full rosie.apk from the other rom, I can achieve the 4 row drawer with the opaque background but I'm looking to retain the translucent. So, perhaps it's easier to start with the other rosie with the opaque background and modify that to have a translucent background? Can using the original all_apps_view accomplish this or is there an easier way?
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U wont see those xmls unless u decompile man... that's why I said u have to do it.
U using calk hd? Right?
Ill make u one real quick.
aamikam said:
U wont see those xmls unless u decompile man... that's why I said u have to do it.
U using calk hd? Right?
Ill make u one real quick.
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Yeah I'm running calk's HD. Thanks man. I was just getting ready to try another frankenstein rosie.
DeathBySnuggles said:
Yeah I'm running calk's HD. Thanks man. I was just getting ready to try another frankenstein rosie.
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here u go... let me know how it worked.
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here u go... let me know how it worked.
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Absolutely perfect! Thank you so much. Donation sent. (well, sent before I knew it worked just for the effort but double bonus that it does!) Why can't sense be as configurable as lp or adw?
Thanks again.
DeathBySnuggles said:
Absolutely perfect! Thank you so much. Donation sent. (well, sent before I knew it worked just for the effort but double bonus that it does!) Why can't sense be as configurable as lp or adw?
Thanks again.
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thank you very much.
Hello everyone,
I recently started working at my own custom theme which will be mainly flat black with white icons and android green highlights. I've shown it to a couple of friends and they really quite like it. I've updated every single image in the Framework-res.apk so it really is a complete revamp.
Now, I also want to edit some of the applications that I installed to match the theming (for example Handcent SMS and Winamp). I managed to pull the apk files from my phone, decompile them, edit the images and rebuilding them. But I can't seem to manage to push them back to my phone with succes because they get "uninstalled" when I push the files back to overwrite the originals (they are removed from the app drawer).
I wonder if anyone of you knows why and if it's solveable, I really like Winamp and Handcent SMS.
Cheers in advance!
Do you resign the app ?? use apk manager ??
I am not that clever to do that stuff, but it sounds like when you mod widget locker and you dont sign the apk file, if i am completely wrong sorry just trying to help
chiefy009 said:
Do you resign the app ?? use apk manager ??
I am not that clever to do that stuff, but it sounds like when you mod widget locker and you dont sign the apk file, if i am completely wrong sorry just trying to help
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I did not resign the app, I didn't even know such thing excisted. I'm not that smart myself, I'm just a stupid designer knowing how to photoshop really well But other than that I just followed some tutorials.
If you could explain to me how to resign an app that would be of great help. Thanks!
Search for widget locker mods and in that post at the top there is a piece of kit called apk manager, follow the instructions and it will resign your apk and allow it to be used
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=825553
thats the link with the apk manager in the thread
Yup it seems it worked guys. APK Manager is awesome, makes it all so much easier and faster
Thanks for helping me out!
FricoRico said:
Yup it seems it worked guys. APK Manager is awesome, makes it all so much easier and faster
Thanks for helping me out!
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Pleasure share your work once complete?
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You'll be the first one to know when the theme is finished. I'm making quick progress now. I'm gonna edit some more apps that I frequently use. Winamp is almost fully customized. I'm not quite sure how to pack everything up into an easy installer for you guys to use. But by that time I will ask for help again, I'm sure there will be loads of people who will teach me how to do that when they see the final product.
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You'll be the first one to know when the theme is finished. I'm making quick progress now. I'm gonna edit some more apps that I frequently use. Winamp is almost fully customized. I'm not quite sure how to pack everything up into an easy installer for you guys to use. But by that time I will ask for help again, I'm sure there will be loads of people who will teach me how to do that when they see the final product.
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I will always help where I can with what little I know or St least try to point you somewhere, good luck
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Hey guys, I have read the other "[How to] Metamorph Theme" thread but i still have a few questions and hope someone can answer and maybe help. I use ninjamorph alot to change images on my DX, one by one, but that gets tedious after awhile, can i use metamorph to change multiple images at once? If not is there a program/app/way that i can do so?
You can do multiple pngs at once. I'm unsure on posting to other forums so I'll play it safe. Just google "how to use ninjamorph Droid-Xer" and it'll be the first result. Look in post #2
You can do as much changing as you want in Ninjamorph in ONE project.
Pull what you are working on, make all the changes, then use the blue arrow to get back to the main. After that you can finish your project.
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You can do as much changing as you want in Ninjamorph in ONE project.
Pull what you are working on, make all the changes, then use the blue arrow to get back to the main. After that you can finish your project.
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Yea I know you can, but I find it very tedious to have to choose a single file everytime. For example what if i want to change all my battery icons is there a way i can select all at one, instead of have to pick 100% then 90% and so on?
see my previous post
I remember someone wishing there was a way to do this, and i found this in the Nexus 7 forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1985592
I tried it just for fun and it sorta worked, the nav bar was gone, but system ui kept force closing about every minute... but in the meantime i could browse around. But i hadn't installed a different launcher or nav app so it was kinda hard.
Anyway, i wonder if there was a further edit that could be made, perhaps in systemui, to make this work better? Anyway, try at your own risk, i was able to navigate to my /system folder and delete my new build.prop and take the .bak off my original one to get back to normal.
You can modify systemui to make the bar smaller maybe even remove/hide it altogether
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cool, thanks. would it be navigation_bar.xml? any advice on editing that? when i click edit it opens it up in a notepad, but it's a bit unintelligible to me. I also downloaded a trial of an XML editor, but it said the XML can't be opened.
you have to decompile the apk with a tool. apktool is most often used and then i use notepad++
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You can modify systemui to make the bar smaller maybe even remove/hide it altogether
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Ohhh the nav bar smaller? Where can change this?
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As the title states, does anyone have a zip that can be flashed or copied that can make settings dark..
Running monx 757rom.
Cheers.
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Wrong section mate
Use Q&A for this...
BTW - you have tutorial in crossection "how to make transparent framework" you can use that or any tutorial online to edit settings app.
Only instead of translucent, use dark.theme settings.
Try to google "how to make black framework" then apply that on setting.
You'll see, it's really not that hard..
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funky0308 said:
Wrong section mate
Use Q&A for this...
BTW - you have tutorial in crossection "how to make transparent framework" you can use that or any tutorial online to edit settings app.
Only instead of translucent, use dark.theme settings.
Try to google "how to make black framework" then apply that on setting.
You'll see, it's really not that hard..
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I'll give it a whirl, just suprised that no ones already done it. I've never had to do it so don't want to mess it up. I suppose it's easy once you know how.
dladz said:
I'll give it a whirl, just suprised that no ones already done it. I've never had to do it so don't want to mess it up. I suppose it's easy once you know how.
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There are some tryings and few ROMs but im not sure is there any based on latest firmware.
You have jfxperias ROM - dark...
Z1 is looking great and elegant in white so I guess that's the reason - there's no "market" for dark apps....
But here you go, open thread, mod some apps to dark and change that... - Why not..
Android is awesome platform, you have dark and light assets (backgrounds, icons, buttons) in every ROM.
You just have to change few xml files and few smali (for settings/apps) and it'll work.
That's the huge advantage - just imagine you should draw every single png!
That should all have in mind when spits on manufacturers...
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