First off I have searched other threads and google'd to the point of madness and haven't come up with a good solution...
Ok so I used the apkTool to decompile the SystemUI.apk and I can see all the files and png's but I'm not sure which ones are actually used anyone know of a walkthrough on editing this stuff? I found some tutorials but they were other phones and somethings were not the same so I didn't feel comfortable continuing.
I'm also looking at making an animated notification dropdown background but the tutorials I've come across are for other phones and the files it lists (res/drawable/*.xml) aren't there and I looked through them and can't seem to located what it's listing...
I'm feeling pretty confused and finally decided to give up and ask for help.
Thanks,
Ryan
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This is probaby going to get thrown out! But I'm a noob to the WM environment, after MANY failed attemps to customise my TP it would seem that I need some assistance.
Can someone either point me in the direction of a youtube video or something as simple as that to show me how to a) change my ROM b) change my theme and c) change my icons.
I know there are threads out there that cover this, but either, the dl links are dead or the .cab files will not install on my device for whatever reason.
Also, what to look for in a good ROM.
ANY help would be appreciated, but of course, links to other threads will not lol.
I searched the forum and didn't find any guide to theming rosie. I want to start making my own themes. I have alot of ideas.. I just need to kow how to modify the apk or change it.
Best way to start learning how is figuring out where all the files are located, the majority of taskbar files and etc are stored in com.htc.resources.apk and framework-res.apk these will change the most images for you.
Also good way to learn where to put stuff is download a bunch of metamorphs and unzip them to your desktop and have a good look see through all of them you will start getting an idea of where everything is and what does what.
If you need help always feel free to pm me. You are free to use any work from my theme at any time just holler
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=588351
This is Godsons 1.5 and 2.1 theming thread. The first page has alot of useful links to different tutorials as well as the thread itself is a fantastic tutorial just search for what you want to know more about or ask, its really friendly and alot of good advice.
My advice is decide what you want to theme first find something close to it pick it apart find out what makes it tick and replace images with other ones to get the hang of it. Remember nandroid is your friend if something goes awry post it in that thread and ask for advice as to what you did wrong youll get feedback. Good luck and have fun with it.
I don't know where it's at now after all the changes but i put together a lil how to without alot of the nonsense that you don't need to worry about just yet together. I do agree that on this subject the searchbutton will take you places you don't wanna go
1)7-zip
2)cs4 & Gimp
3)sdk for a million things (signing,ddms,screen shots, etc..)
4)Notepad++ for editing scripts
5)learn the file system and where the things you want to edit are located
6)Lots of time, and a little luck
Hey, I've been "googling" for a couple days now trying to find how to do this and even searching the forum but any posts I find say download this and flash. However, I'm developing for the LG Ally, so I know for a fact without even trying those services.jar files listed on those "how-to" threads will not work. I understand some of you dont like to help others when they have really low post counts, but I don't come here often because of there being no support for the LG Ally. All I am looking for is what files to modify and what modifications to make on how to do this. Please, just point me in the right direction if you can help, and don't say "use the search function". As I said, I have already used the aforementioned search function to no avail. If I missed something when i was searching, which is possible as I am only human, please point me to it.
Thanks.
And in case you were curious about my post history and all that, i usually post over at androidforums.com just search the user database for this username and you will find me.
Thanks again in advance.
If this is vague i apologize and will help clear it up if need be.
I've got a problem: I want to change the image that Zune uses as lockscreen image when playing music (the colored image, not the artist's image...) but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Looked for it in the os.nb but there's nothing there...
Does someone know how I can change that?
btw: I know that I have to cook it into a rom
Thanks for your help!
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find a *. dll: D
Good luck)
Thought something like that and I hope I can find it
EDIT: Took me quite a long time to find the DLL but I finally found it
Ok, a quick resume: I am not a real programmer. I know a lot more about it than the average guy, but the closest I get to programming is script stuff. I am pretty fluent in HTML and CSS.
As I understand it, this isnt necessarily a requirement for making some apps. The one I want to make is relatively simple; I want to make a GoLauncher theme that I can upload to the market and that can be installed to a phone from there.
Can anyone give me a few tips on where to start? I have the content ready. I do have a developer ID and can publish stuff to the market. I just need to know how I go about constructing the APK itself and making GoLauncher recognize it.
Have a look at this - it may help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139757
I'm totally guessing here, but the themes are probably based on XML files and resources. If you've got experience reading and writing HTML then you've got at least a good start as you'll understand elements and nesting.
Good luck mate
Thank you.
My impression was that it is kinda like how ePub books are packaged...you put the content (all text files or images) into a folder, configure some text files and then ZIP it and rename the ZIP to .epub
When I did this with .epub books, I just used a template and changed elements of the template so I would not need to build it from scratch. I thought maybe I could do something similar with theme APKs?