[Android Themes] Ticklefish:
Aaaaaaand I'm back! I don't have internet access at home right now and I've only just come back to work. It's been a bit strange being back..I had to remember what it actually is I do for a living!

But I'm covid-19 free, the sun is shining, my coffee is hot and it's time to see what the wonderful people who use TMA have said while I've been gone..

(Everyone who uses TMA is one of the wonderful people because you guys are the best!)

I also think Professor Ticklefish sounds nice. Sadly none of the big universities agree with me. They keep saying stuff like "We don't accept bribes, stop bothering us!". But I'm sure I'll get there eventually.

And thanks for your thanks! It really does mean a lot. :good:

I've got to be honest - I don't actually know. I've heard people mention this sort of thing occasionally over the years in this tool's thread and others but I don't think anybody ever came up with a solution. Developers have used TMA to made APK's in their roms without any trouble. So...I don't know. Sorry.

Hey, that's fantastic! Thank you so much for your hard work! :good:

Interesting. I don't have a live 10 rom to play with (in fact I don't have a smartphone at all right now...horrifying!). Do you actually need to copy the modified items into the original APK? The modified APK doesn't work, even with the same signatures?

Thank you for your kind words! I have to admit that there are times when I have doubts about keeping this going. But it's knowing that people still appreciate and, more importantly, actually use my work that makes all the difference.

You need to be rooted to be able to make any changes to the files in your phone's 'root' folders. These are the ones that control your phone's appearance, functionality, ETC. You don't actually to be rooted if you'd modifying an APK downloaded from Google Play or installed directly by yourself.

It's getting harder to have as much freedom to modify your phone as we used to, it's true. Samsung have always been a bit of a pain as they don't like Google very much and like people modding their stuff even less.

Google themselves have taken some of the fun out of modding. Most of the XML mods I always did on my phone aren't needed anymore. I once spent many long days working out how to put a brightness bar in the notifications screen (many thanks to the genius that is [MENTION=3989065]serajr[/MENTION]), only for it to be a standard feature on the next version of Android.

And then there's battery icons. I came to xda originally to find out how to change my battery icon. In fact that was the main feature of Tickle My Android. You still can change your battery icon..but it's a lot of work and there's no point anymore.

Oh well. Guess I've been doing this long enough to be nostalgic about it. Still...at least I didn't get an iPhone. The lack of customisation on that would have driven me crazy!!

Thank you very much for your support, it means the world.

That's it, I'm up to date I think. Thank you to everyone for using the Greatest Theming Tool Ever Made. I hope you're all safe and healthy. I try to stay out of politics but my thoughts go out to everyone affected by the situation in America right now.