Hi there,
Great forum and such a superb source of info, keep up the good work.
I am a newie, I would like to modify the standard latest stable release of Gotham apk to incorporate some new skins, video addons, sources etc.
Hence I need to extract apk, make changes, sign apk and install apk on any android device with full functionality.
i have done a lot of research and have been trying with APK-Multi-Toolv1.0.11 for extracting and after modding then repacking in to an unsigned apk and then using SignApk to sign app.
Problem is if I make the smallest change like even add a background or add 1 video addon that should work in gotham although my apk installs it doesn't work properly. i.e no video addons work.
i know my signing tool works because if i extract and repack and sign without changes then apk installs and works....i am no coder or programmer but these are good tools and don't know why they aren't working to customise gotham apk...is it that gotham is made not to be customised?
any help/guidance/tips much appreciated. thanks. al
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I was wanting to make a complete port of the optimus 2x theme/framework. How would I go about doing this? what are the most basic changes I could make to start this?
I have Ubuntu setup and Android Kitchen JDK/SDK/NDK etc.
Most basic changes would be swapping png files around. After that would be editing xml files. I don't know about you OS, but I use APK Manager to decompile and recompile. And I use EditPad to edit the decompiled xml files.
Next step up would be smali, and after that is beyond me. There are some very talented themers in the G2x area that might help you; KingDavid63, bmann_420, and mmapcpro are the first 3 off the top of my head.
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Awesome! Thanks so much!!
I'm looking to see if it is out of my knowledge to create a custom ROM or some kind of launcher theme. Thank you.
For rom u need to know editing XML inside apks. Writing scripts which uses Java (not c++ that's for sure.
Apps are a combination of images, xml, and java. Theming is done by editing color codes in xml (or possibly some of the java files) and changing images.
jxie215 said:
I'm looking to see if it is out of my knowledge to create a custom ROM or some kind of launcher theme. Thank you.
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Shell script, Java, XML
May be try using and learning about the kitchen app for pcs ( found in this forums) to create a custom roms
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I've been at this for a little while and I have not made any headway. I know this should be in the developer thread but I'm unable to post there due to lack of post.
My goal is to get App ops back onto a stock+rooted rom by this method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...tmctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=22201272
I am able to decompile settings, framework and com.htc.resources but once decompiled i cannot find Settings.smali to make the changes.
When decompiled in the settings folder I have the android manifest and a res folder.
This is the first htc phone I've had so maybe I'm over looking something. I know the original post is using a Nexus but I think I should be able to at leaf get to the editing point.
I'm running ART which rules out Xprivacy since it runs off of xposed and I prefer to edit this in rather than running a closed source alternative.
-Any direction would be greatly appreciated.
As an update I was able to get into the settings.smali however the code for Sense is not the as what was linked in the above article.
Does anyone know the edits needed to achieve this in Sense 4.4.2?
I can supply the settings.smali if needed.
Are you trying to do it this way because you don't want to run the Xposed Framework? There is a module which will do this for you here.
Correct, I'm running ART which Xposed Framework is not compatible with.
I'm new to reverse engineering and XDA trying to learn by making edits to apps for my own personal use. I have an app that uses and installer and the installer then downloads the apk. I've got the decompile, edit, recompile and sign down. I need some advice on what part of the installer/app I need to edit to identify which app it should install. Any direction would be appreciated.
Hi,
You can go here, it could be a good help for you:
[GUIDE] How To Make An Android App
and here =>
Want to Learn How to Program for Android? Start Here
and the other link => [UTIL][Feb 02 2013] Apktool v1.5.2 - a tool for reverse engineering apk files
Good luck
Hi,
I have looking for tutorial modding BBM for cloning, So I have BBM1, BBM2 on the same device. Where the first I should modified? I use APK tool to decompile and notepad+ for my editing. My first effort I tried to compare BBM original source file and BBM modified/cloned with WinMerge. In *.xml file I see a lot of difference files, but for *.so (library) nothing touch. My goal is I want using the newest BBM version cloned... Would you give me some clue for this?
Thanks