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Anybody interested in helping create a theme or two?

Hoping there might be one or two of you out there that would be willing to help or teach me how to create themes that can be applied using theme chooser. Also I have a boot animation that I have made from a video clip that needs some tweaking. Currently choppy and sluggish.
If your interested please PM me.

If you check in the main android forum there are several guides on how to make those themes.

I'll keep looking. So far all the ones that I have found require a knowledge of xml which i am still trying to learn.

ShadyAce80 said:
I'll keep looking. So far all the ones that I have found require a knowledge of xml which i am still trying to learn.
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You can make a theme on the Go Launcher website... It requires you to have ether Google Chrome or Firefox..
the only issues that I have found with this website is that you can't change how the notifcation bar stuff shows up.. like if I wanted to make the battery look different than the stock one... I can't do that on the website.
Go Launcher Theme Factory
http://gotheme.3g.cn/golauncherthemefactory/main/jspController/welcome.html?locale=en_US
I have been using it to kind of organize the images that I want to put in the theme... I will be themeing a Rom when I actually start the process but I have been using it to load in the backgrounds and the icons that I want to use and seeing what looks good. Once I find what I think looks good then I move the files into a folder that I name and I make sure that the name on the theme in theme factory for quick reference so I can see what it looks like.
Theme Factory hint... if You make a theme that is good enough and submit it they will sell it in the Market!..... opps... Play Store.

Uot kitchen is the best I've come across.
Just follow the directions and play with it ,learning as you go is the best way.
Although you can't theme app icons,you can theme everything else including battery to windows and dividers,fonts,animations,status bar,etc.etc.

deepest level theming

Hiya lads, I was wondering what options are available for theming the note 3 (stock or custom rom) at the deepest levels. by this i mean that the themes wont be limited to only theming the icons and home screens, but will go as deep as theming the way the buttons and switches and dialer etc. look in the framework of the UI. I'd like an answer regardless of whether its a single resource or multiple resources that are required for accomplishing this so i am hoping the more knowledgeable lads out there can shed some light on this for me and for those who are similarly curious..
thanks in advance..

You should consult Vertumus - author of the great domination themed.
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virustwin said:
Hiya lads, I was wondering what options are available for theming the note 3 (stock or custom rom) at the deepest levels. by this i mean that the themes wont be limited to only theming the icons and home screens, but will go as deep as theming the way the buttons and switches and dialer etc. look in the framework of the UI. I'd like an answer regardless of whether its a single resource or multiple resources that are required for accomplishing this so i am hoping the more knowledgeable lads out there can shed some light on this for me and for those who are similarly curious..
thanks in advance..
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Theming requires a few apps to do properly.
Apktool, image editing app of your choice, draw9patch application, good xml editing app, some imagination.
Not a whole lot of apps needed, but lots of practice needed. The more you do it, the better you will get. Hope this helps
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cbucz24 said:
Theming requires a few apps to do properly.
Apktool, image editing app of your choice, draw9patch application, good xml editing app, some imagination.
Not a whole lot of apps needed, but lots of practice needed. The more you do it, the better you will get. Hope this helps
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thanks cbucz24. I am not a developer at all though, so I was looking for advice from a user point of view. I saw a home screen in the home screen thread and the poster had his entire ui themed so I asked him(some others asked him as well) how he did it but he hasn't replied to a any of us and I wondered what resources were available for regular users like us to have our ui themed. whether they are xposed resources our otherwise like roms which allow you to do that natively, that's what I'd like to know in a nutshell. Thanks again in advance.

[Theme] Material+

There are many themes out there but this one is mine.
It's all about material... Blue !
I can't assure everthing works properly on anything else than a Mate 8 running emui 4.1, but it surely should.
You have to put the file as it comes into the HWthemes folder, at the root of your internal sd card. Create the folder if needed.
Some littles details requires a reboot, have I found.
Big credits to the author of Material 1st version theme, from wich I used many assets.
Cheers.
here you go -> https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzKIirvq4uKNYVlKNXpHLVQ1QzA [10/06/2016]

Tank brother beatiful
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You're very welcome.
I might tweak the parts I left mostly untouched (settings) to make it more consistant and original, stay tuned as they say

Great theme. Couple of things I observed: the navigation buttons background sometimes turns white so the buttons can't be seen. Also the icon for vibration and silent mode seems to be the same. Please keep up the great work
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Thanks !
Icons for those differents modes seems ok to me:
Maybe they're a bit too similar to each other.
About your nav button disappearing I have no precise idea what's happening. Maybe some app colors your nav bar in light grey, thus making them invisible ?

Finished theming the dial/contact app, tweaked a few other things here and there, OP updated.

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Finished theming the dial/contact app, tweaked a few other things here and there, OP updated.
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Thanks! It looks great, the mute/vibrate icons seem ok now. Maybe it's something on my side since I use KangVIP and the navigation buttons are a little modified, but this is what happens with the white background:

Oh yap, I'm on Kang and have that too. Never bothered me so I didn't looked into it, but it might very well be caused by the theme.
I'll check how to fix that.

White nav bar is fixed, among other things.
Sadly a few little things will stays un-themed or not themed as I would like them to be (not much), cause it's a freaking hell off intricated files and hex color madness down there, and I don't have the time to learn chineese and lurk emui forums.
Also I'm starting to see everything in my phone as a potentialy photoshopable .PNG, wich is rather unpleasant
So I guess it's probably "final version" (op updated).
Thanks for you remarks.

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White nav bar is fixed, among other things.
Sadly a few little things will stays un-themed or not themed as I would like them to be (not much), cause it's a freaking hell off intricated files and hex color madness down there, and I don't have the time to learn chineese and lurk emui forums.
Also I'm starting to see everything in my phone as a potentialy photoshopable .PNG, wich is rather unpleasant
So I guess it's probably "final version" (op updated).
Thanks for you remarks.
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Thanks a lot for your work. This is my favorite theme for the Mate8 by far. It would be nice to be able to continue of course, but I'm happy with it as it is .

duck from space said:
There are many themes out there but this one is mine.
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Well done, thanks!:good:

I downloades this to my Themes folder but dont know how to install it. The Themes app cannot find it.
Appreciate advice.
Think for yourself. Question authority.

Other custom themes works properly ? Mate 8 or another phone ?

Impressive theme! Greetings from a grateful P9 user. [emoji106]

Zechosenjuan said:
I downloades this to my Themes folder but dont know how to install it. The Themes app cannot find it.
Appreciate advice.
Think for yourself. Question authority.
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Be sure to copy it to \system\Themes not \sdcard\HWThemes.

Oh well, I might be a theme alcoholic.
Please, have this new version, unified in blue.

I love blue

albireox said:
Be sure to copy it to \system\Themes not \sdcard\HWThemes.
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The HM8 File Manager has no access to system. Do I need root access?
Think for yourself. Question authority.

This is the place where default themes are stored, worth a try, but in theory custom themes are to be placed in HWthemes folder directly in internal SD card (unroot path) with correspond/equal to system/sdcard/HWthemes (rooted path).

Thanks
Great Theme.

[THEME] terpsichora_N (S8 spoiler)

"new OP (still WIP)
theme got updated to support nougat, now with S8 influence.
PLEASE REMOVE COMPLETELY OLD VERSION IF YOU HAVE ANY BEFORE INSTALLING THIS. The newest version is "0terpsichora_N_RC3. apk" and "0terpsichora_N_RC3_lightnotif"
PLEASE INSTALL ONLY ONE, you cannot install both at the same time. If your rooted and have means to change title text color on notification or just can bear with the dark one use the ..RC3.apk, if you're not rooted and want a bugless theme use the ..RC3_lightnotif.apk one.
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Still bugged (dark colored on 3rd party apps) notification title text (need help on this, or ask rom developers to support dark notification template on their ROMs) please report any miscolored, bugs or give bright ideas to improve this. thanks for using, enjoy and please atleast let me know if you kang any part of this theme.
INSTALLATION for rooted devices (you should do all this before 5min trial ends) :
-install and apply theme
-go fast to your root file manager and navigate:
-root/data/overlays/preferences folder
-delete all its contents (7files) not the actual preferences folder.
-then navigate to:
-root/data/overlays/jsonfiles
-from there, CUT and paste the contents (1file) of trialjson folder to inside of userjson folder.
-restart phone and reapply theme.

reserve for Q/A

Nice keep up the good work mate, will test this bad boy and post feedback later..
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Very well made theme, liked everything especially the tinted backdrop in settings and keyboard. Just had a question of the icon size. They ate too big and look very old style or Android Kitkat style. Wish they were a bit smaller and sleek. Thank you

virafhavewalla said:
Very well made theme, liked everything especially the tinted backdrop in settings and keyboard. Just had a question of the icon size. They ate too big and look very old style or Android Kitkat style. Wish they were a bit smaller and sleek. Thank you
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those icons are Grace UX icons mate, I just reduced the roundness of the original. as for the sizes yeah I think it's kinda big if you use 4x4 grid on homescreen try to use 5x5 and see.. (thanks for input, I will try with smaller icons for system apps and the rest and make an update )

Wowww beautiful thank you
Can you fix the bugs and make more themes like these? Btw i think the blue sym, smiley, enter and back button on the keyboard isn't that nice. Can you make it grey. And the keyboard swipe color too
Thanx
Oh and the blue quick toggles too. I think the blue that is used in this theme isn't very nice. Gray will b much nice o white

only for root!
The theme is only for those with root devices?

lizaph9 said:
Wowww beautiful thank you
Can you fix the bugs and make more themes like these? Btw i think the blue sym, smiley, enter and back button on the keyboard isn't that nice. Can you make it grey. And the keyboard swipe color too
Thanx
Oh and the blue quick toggles too. I think the blue that is used in this theme isn't very nice. Gray will b much nice o white
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I also don't like the color scheme of the keyboard that I made haha it took me a lot of time on that, OK I'll change it, but the blue one on the toggles supposed to be like that 'coz that's the primary color for this theme
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The theme is only for those with root devices?
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nope there is a way for non rooted devices, but I won't tell how to do it, there's a lot of tutorials on this forum already.
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guys be sure to restart after applying the theme as there are assets that can only be seen ones the Theme applied fully loaded. I try to include dynamic icons on the clock but it's only semi dynamic (it changes only if the home screen refreshes/restarted)
**and also if someone can post a proper screenshots for this I'll be glad.
(blame the ships wifi, it's very limited)

envy~ said:
I also don't like the color scheme of the keyboard that I made haha it took me a lot of time on that, OK I'll change it, but the blue one on the toggles supposed to be like that 'coz that's the primary color for this theme
nope there is a way for non rooted devices, but I won't tell how to do it, there's a lot of tutorials on this forum already.
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guys be sure to restart after applying the theme as there are assets that can only be seen ones the Theme applied fully loaded. I try to include dynamic icons on the clock but it's only semi dynamic (it changes only if the home screen refreshes/restarted)
**and also if someone can post a proper screenshots for this I'll be glad.
(blame the ships wifi, it's very limited)
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mate i do not need to tell me how, thanks for your hard work.....you will be great if you can save the theme in wqhd and not fhd resolution!!!!!

Great theme but it is a shame to have to use a 3rd party unknown chinese app that needs to have total control of your device just to run the theme. I really liked the theme but any app like package disabler asking for such permissions is beyond my security concerns. Thank you a lot for the theme, truly a great piece.

I'm having an issue with theme being in trial mode, can only use it for 5 minutes.
By the way, really nice theme, I love it!

seby_guritza said:
mate i do not need to tell me how, thanks for your hard work.....you will be great if you can save the theme in wqhd and not fhd resolution!!!!!
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I made the Theme even before the Theme Editor is released so I just used the Olympic theme as my base, that one having a fhd resolution only. I tried to migrate my work to the Theme editor and try the wqhd resolution but it looks weird, so I just go with the fhd again sorry.
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Great theme but it is a shame to have to use a 3rd party unknown chinese app that needs to have total control of your device just to run the theme. I really liked the theme but any app like package disabler asking for such permissions is beyond my security concerns. Thank you a lot for the theme, truly a great piece.
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that's also a bummer, I got rejected as a theme designer @samsung So no chance that you will see this theme on the Store. unless you root your device you have to go with that disabler app if you like to use this.
Grafdude said:
I'm having an issue with theme being in trial mode, can only use it for 5 minutes.
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look for any other theme thread on this forum there's a lot of instructions on how to bypass that limit.
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root guys root. you'll never turning back once rooted. there's also a perk if you manage to install this properly with root method as I also kinda theme the Theme Store app.

Lovely. Using it already. Mate how did u add AOD?
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wajiman said:
Lovely. Using it already. Mate how did u add AOD?
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cant do it on the theme editor so unpack/decompile the theme apk bro, look on assests folder, the one apk with ..aodservice in it, also unpack it. compare yours with mine to modify to your liking, then on your aodservice apk look to the values folder and edit your public.xml delete all id's. just repack/recompile your aodservice apk and put it again on your theme package. then recompile your theme package and sign it. (seems complicated if your not familiar with old school themeing, but if you know what I'm talking about, its very easy )

I was wondering why you did not theme in call ui??
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Loved the theme except icons...great job.

Theme is great (even the icons) they just need resized.....?
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wajiman said:
I was wondering why you did not theme in call ui??
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I totally forgot about that,Ö I think there's a bug on the editor that you released because on the output apk, when I inspect it there is no ..inCallui on the asset folder.. I'll fix it, give me time, I'll make it great with note7 icons also on the next update with smaller icons and camera Ala note 7.
*and I think we are really getting near on receiving Grace UX, because that theme editor has so much stuff from Grace UX. little by little they're removing stuff from old touchwiz.

Duncan1982 said:
Theme is great (even the icons) they just need resized.....?
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I'm just curious l can you post a screenshot with big icons you're talking about? because it's just the default sizes. I just reduced the roundness of the original grace icons (even with the 3rd party apps)

Nice theme! One of the best I've tried. Keep up the good work!
Edit: moving files from trialson to userson doesn't seem to work for this theme, it remains trial and after 5 minutes I can't use it. Someone with a solution to this maybe? TIA

Plug in Charging animation

Hi all,
I was wondering if there was a way to change the plugin charging animation (while the phone is on)? Does anyone know where in the root directory it is? Are there premade animations in a thread that I have missed?
Just in case I havent explained myself clearly, the video in the OP of the forum link below shows what i'm talking about.
https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/4z5da2/request_can_anyone_make_this_charging_animation/
Many thanks

Eggleston11 said:
Hi all,
I was wondering if there was a way to change the plugin charging animation (while the phone is on)? Does anyone know where in the root directory it is? Are there premade animations in a thread that I have missed?
Just in case I havent explained myself clearly, the video in the OP of the forum link below shows what i'm talking about.
https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/4z5da2/request_can_anyone_make_this_charging_animation/
Many thanks
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Animation for when you plug device in and when using wireless charging can be changed via Samsung theme. Custom made obviously, not anything that can be obtained from the theme store.

Ser0mancerXXIV said:
Animation for when you plug device in and when using wireless charging can be changed via Samsung theme. Custom made obviously, not anything that can be obtained from the theme store.
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HI, thanks for the reply,
Sorry, if i'm missing something here, but what do you mean by "can be changed via Samsung theme" even though nothing can be obtained from the theme store? So where can I find custom animations (directory in phone and XDA thread?)?

Eggleston11 said:
HI, thanks for the reply,
Sorry, if i'm missing something here, but what do you mean by "can be changed via Samsung theme" even though nothing can be obtained from the theme store? So where can I find custom animations (directory in phone and XDA thread?)?
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Themes obtained through Samsung theme store do not modify any of those types of elements, you will only find custom themes do this. Of which you can find with a little searching here in xda and other sites. BoCaTRoM, Eladios, Venom, and many others have great themes.
Now to more directly answer your original question, if you have an animation in qmg format or all png images you want to use for charging animation then you can take a theme you like and add it to drawable folder inside lock.apk within theme container file. Yoblue theme here on xda has a similar effect you might like for charging animations.
O if you have a theme you're using and want to add this then send it to me and I can modify for you.

Ser0mancerXXIV said:
Themes obtained through Samsung theme store do not modify any of those types of elements, you will only find custom themes do this. Of which you can find with a little searching here in xda and other sites. BoCaTRoM, Eladios, Venom, and many others have great themes.
Now to more directly answer your original question, if you have an animation in qmg format or all png images you want to use for charging animation then you can take a theme you like and add it to drawable folder inside lock.apk within theme container file. Yoblue theme here on xda has a similar effect you might like for charging animations.
O if you have a theme you're using and want to add this then send it to me and I can modify for you.
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Yeah, the themes are nice, but I like my theme to be simpler than alot of them. The one I currently use is [minu] Baby Red from the theme store and I'm very happy with it. I literally just want to make the charging animation red instead of blue. How would I find the apk file to send if its from the theme store?
While I'm on the topic of themes, is there a way to make the icons that come with a theme become the icons of an icon pack that I use (both form theme store - I use the "pixel matte" theme with frames version)? Simply to save time when I test other themes.
Thanks heaps for your help

Eggleston11 said:
Yeah, the themes are nice, but I like my theme to be simpler than alot of them. The one I currently use is [minu] Baby Red from the theme store and I'm very happy with it. I literally just want to make the charging animation red instead of blue. How would I find the apk file to send if its from the theme store?
While I'm on the topic of themes, is there a way to make the icons that come with a theme become the icons of an icon pack that I use (both form theme store - I use the "pixel matte" theme with frames version)? Simply to save time when I test other themes.
Thanks heaps for your help
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At one time you could extract themes via apk extractor but that is no longer possible. There is a tool that will allow you to use specific elements of a theme but that's only for rooted devices. If it is from theme store you can likely find that icon pack itself there but if not you'd have to find someone who can get the theme apk itself and extract app icons apk.
I wasn't able to find that theme online like many others but I'll look a few other places an see what I can do. Just to clarify are you are talking about battery icon at top right or the animation that comes up briefly when you first plug device in/set on wireless charger?
If it's the first then that's super easy and that overlay already exists. If it's not then I'll put together something you can install that might work for you.

Ser0mancerXXIV said:
At one time you could extract themes via apk extractor but that is no longer possible. There is a tool that will allow you to use specific elements of a theme but that's only for rooted devices. If it is from theme store you can likely find that icon pack itself there but if not you'd have to find someone who can get the theme apk itself and extract app icons apk.
I wasn't able to find that theme online like many others but I'll look a few other places an see what I can do. Just to clarify are you are talking about battery icon at top right or the animation that comes up briefly when you first plug device in/set on wireless charger?
If it's the first then that's super easy and that overlay already exists. If it's not then I'll put together something you can install that might work for you.
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I just checked the theme store to make sure they were there:
Theme: [MINU] Baby RedBlack
Icons: Pixel Matte w/ backgrounds (w/BG in some labels) - It's a paid one - but I'm sure you would know how to get round that
(having the icons that I use as part of the theme would be convenient for me too)
To clarify, I'm talking about the ripple/ shockwave that comes out of the bottom of the phone when I plug in. I wanted to make it red. Maybe a solid material red expanding semicircle could be cool? (dont know how much one can actually change this)
If you could put something together for me that would be awesome. . But no rush or stress if you dont have time, too much effort etc. we both know its something quite minor haha. Just thought it would be a cool touch to my red and black theme on my phone. Just attached a few screenshots of my theming so you can see why I think a red animation would be cool, also to help find shade of red.
Thanks for you help

Eggleston11 said:
I just checked the theme store to make sure they were there:
Theme: [MINU] Baby RedBlack
Icons: Pixel Matte w/ backgrounds (w/BG in some labels) - It's a paid one - but I'm sure you would know how to get round that
(having the icons that I use as part of the theme would be convenient for me too)
To clarify, I'm talking about the ripple/ shockwave that comes out of the bottom of the phone when I plug in. I wanted to make it red. Maybe a solid material red expanding semicircle could be cool? (dont know how much one can actually change this)
If you could put something together for me that would be awesome. . But no rush or stress if you dont have time, too much effort etc. we both know its something quite minor haha. Just thought it would be a cool touch to my red and black theme on my phone. Just attached a few screenshots of my theming so you can see why I think a red animation would be cool, also to help find shade of red.
Thanks for you help
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Sent you pm. Forgot to ask if your device was rooted or not?

does any one know what apk it is located in used to be in systum ui but i cant find it on samsung S9+ 9pie trying to change it in my substratum theme thanks

TONY6669 said:
does any one know what apk it is located in used to be in systum ui but i cant find it on samsung S9+ 9pie trying to change it in my substratum theme thanks
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Lock apk. At least it was for oreo.

Charging animation
Ser0mancerXXIV said:
Sent you pm. Forgot to ask if your device was rooted or not?
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Do u know where can I get that animation?
I also want that animation.Please tell me how can I get it.