yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OniV2:
I really doubt that, honestly. I gave your theme a nice run, and there were plenty of situations wherein which white would be a more beneficial choice than black. Otherwise how would the stock Holo theme be working out? App makers draw upon the stock font because it serves greater integration with Android. We already know the primary font colour in that situation is white, so apps accommodate this pretty often. As I've already pointed out, you're using a black font to accommodate for two UI elements which in turn is making a lot of apps unusable, or a right pain to read.

In my opinion, a theme should make something look different whilst still being the same thing. Android likes to use lots of white fonts within its System UI, so work with that. Changing that just leads to plenty of problems.

Chrome OS also uses darker greys for highlighting content, and there is an official inverted colour scheme used by Chrome too.

If one was to actually use Chrome OS they'd find that this theme doesn't very much look like it. Chrome uses lots of blues and the like as well for text highlighting (which you're not taking advantage of). The amount of black on white in Chrome OS is fairly minimal now, actually - it's really only limited to context menus and some settings areas. It's an extremely colourful OS outside of that now which incorporates blacks and dark greys with a lot of transparency. You might want to look into that.

As it stands, the theme isn't very useful as a daily driver. The fact that the thread has been near on dying is a testament to that (it probably doesn't help that you keep asserting themeable areas as non-themeable (like layout.xml), even though even the official Android Developers website says differently). Until the theme is fixed to the point that individual apps don't need to be fixed by request, that probably won't change.

Basically, right now this theme is more of a novelty. It's amusing at first, and can be shown off, but in the long run you will encounter plenty of problems that'll likely result in one switching back to the stock System UI theme or another user-made theme. Individual app fixes aren't going to help in the long run, unless you're willing to help every new person that uses your theme in the future. That's my honest opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Mate, if you're that unhappy with it, don't use it. Plenty of others like it & sales on play store are better than ever. As far as the '2 UI' elements are concerned, they are framework elements or framework related & they are universal, system wide elements. I know what's in this theme, because I built it, so I know the effects of changing that text colour. If you had tried previous versions, you would know what I'm talking about. I do this in my free time (what little I have) and I'm afraid that the majority of email requests I get are for the opposite of what you're suggesting, so therefore, where should I place my loyalties? With the appreciative customers who politely ask me to fix something when I've got time, or the 'one' person who thinks they know better than the author?

EDIT: As far as a daily driver is concerned, I've been using it for months with VERY little hassle.

....memoirs of a flash addict.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OniV2:
I have stopped using it, and as a result I've been giving you some recommendations and potential solutions to big problems. Your users are having a problem with black fonts on a lot of apps that use the system fonts. Well, buddy, what I told you is your only true solution if you wish to jump over that hurdle. You honestly can't make your theme work in all use cases with how things are being done now. But, if your response to feedback and suggestions that aren't 100% 'you're doing fine, please just fix this' is:

Then I honestly won't bother anymore, and I wouldn't recommend others try and give you any criticism in the future. No one here was trying to act like they knew better than you - you've created that scenario in your head. It's very rude. Just because you created this theme, you 'know best'. I read before that you liked feedback and suggestions. That communicates that you're willing to accept help. Is the problem here that I said elements of your theme are bad?

As for using it with very little hassle - that's understandable if you like to limit yourself. I say your theme gets in the way of productivity. Plenty of others have been having this same problem - it's pretty much on most of the last 30 or so pages? That's what I'm talking about when I state that you can't accomodate for all use cases. You have no idea what users will use what apps, and you can't even guarantee you will be able to solve that app's problem.

Anyway, I'll leave you be now. If you and others here who use this theme are fine with limiting themselves that's their choice. I was just trying to give you some suggestions as to how your theme could appeal to everyone - that's what's so compelling about other themes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Honestly, I did not mean to sound rude. And I genuinely did take all that you suggested seriously. I just don't think you realise how much else I would have to change to accommodate it. All the dialogs would have to be changed back to dark, and all the panel & menu backgrounds. As well as the settings app and SystemUI. Basically I would be ending up with a slightly lighter version of the holo theme. Which defeats the concept of what this project is trying to achieve. I have played around with what you suggested months ago, but it honestly caused more bugs than it fixed & took the theme too far off concept. I initially did value your feedback, but when I tried to explain that it's not that simple, you kept insisting that I was wrong. I will find other ways to achieve the goal, trust me. There will always be bugs in light themes, but I will do what I can to minimise them as much as possible.

....memoirs of a flash addict.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Stumpy has always taken criticism and recommendations for improvement in stride. By phrasing recommendations with tact and an upbeat attitude, as opposed to insights that can be misconstrued (possibly intentionally) as rude users tend to get better results.

Yeah there are still some issues with this theme. Does it make it impossible to use? No. I rarely run into problems and when I do, I point them out and Stumpy has listened, time and time again and fixed 90% of them. This isn't his full time job, it's a hobby. The dude does the best he can with the time he has at the moment and always responds to any and ALL feedback, be it positive or negative, very promptly.

If he says he can't/won't do something (which is rare), then let it be, it's HIS theme. To date you will not find a better light theme out there, and especially one with this much support by the author.

Sent from my G-Nex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snsessne:
I've download "Extra Chrome wallpapers" and extracted them manually under dirctory "/storage/sdcard0/Pictures/chrome wallpapers".

But I cannot select them. I only can select 10 wallpapers included in Theme chooser. Is there a special directory where I have to extract the "chrome wallpapers.zip" file?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

You have to use a file browser & navigate to where you extracted them, open the picture you want & set it as wallpaper, the same as you would any other picture in your gallery.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mabast:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Should this theme work on my Nexus 10? If so, it doesn't, but I think it would be awesome :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rimmir:
I think your title might be a little misleading, I would change it to [CHROMIUM THEME] 4.1/4.2...until I opened the thread, I thought it was a theme chooser and skimmed over it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Details please
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mabast:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Just the 'this them was improperly compiled' error (while on system theme of course)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I have no idea. Could be anything. Although I do remember constanly getting that error on pa in tablet mode when they first came out. What Rom are you using btw? I'll look at the source. Not sure when though. I'm currently wrestling with trying to get a proper root & s-off on an htc. No phone should be locked down this tight.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mabast:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Good luck wit that ;) I'm currently on an AOKP unofficial, but it didn't work on the official builds either. I switched the ui-modes to be sure the theme doesn't work and it doesn't. If a next official 4.2.2. AOKP will be released soon I'll check again and will keep you up to date.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kimchi0400:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

stumpy, if you're on a one xl they just recently released facepalm s-off. I just did it on my one xl, though I'm using my n4 right now. it's pretty easy and requires superCID. Just a couple of commands in terminal and you're s-off :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I know. I've been trying to do it all morning. Problem is, I can't seem to get superCID. Tried the fastboot oem writecid command. Fails & freezes my bootloader. About to try xfactor exploit, but don't know if it will work on 2.14 hboot & 3.17 firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kimchi0400:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Good luck, I look forward to your updates :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DanHakimi:
Generally looks really nice...

But I can't say I'm a fan of the many shades of gray. Black or white, brother, nothing in between.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

There's already too many black-out/minimalist themes out there. The colors in this add a nice change of pace. Has been my daily driver for months now. Thought there was just too much black in other themes, the grays add a much needed change of pace from the norm. Not to mention it wouldn't be very "Chrome" themed if it were just black and white...

Sent by my G-Nex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whosgotlag:
Having some minor problems

Sorry for the inception, it's a screenshot of me viewing the screenshot of novalauncher in the gallery to show issues with both the gallery and nova launcher.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Thanks. I'm already aware of both issues. The gallery issue is because the action bar can't be themed even though the framework text is. Nova problem is because their latest update replaced the background. Easy enough to fix.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shahrukhraza:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Man I love this theme!! Thanks a lot stumpy!:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mabast:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I've tried the theme on the latest AOKP build and at first it gave the improperly compiled error again. Don't ask me why but I finally got the theme working by locking my nexus 10 in portrait, reboot in system theme, and then applied chromium... But it works now :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CarBadger:
Great work! This is a cool change of pace.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kimchi0400:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Where can I get the cool soft keys that come with this theme? They're really sick and I'd like to use them on another theme while the black on black fonts get sorted out :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Just extract them from the free version. In /res/drawable-xhdpi/com_android_systemui_ic_sysbar...blah...blah. if you want to apply them manually. Or I can make a ZipThemer if you like. Just give me some time.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] silverlining:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Great theme but my notification area doesnt change to the lighter color, remains black.

Using Super Jelly Bean
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I would tentatively suggest that is a rom issue. What version of android is your rom? And what is the resolution of your device?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] silverlining:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Its android 4.1.2 based on CM10. Device is 480x818.

Looks like its been brought up before on the ROMs thread, but no one addressed the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Thanks, good to know it's not the theme. Still could be because of hdpi res though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mwiz123:
In some apps like Nova Launcher the settings is black... And so is the font so you really have to look to see what option you want to choose... So OP can you please fix it can someone tell me how to change app font color?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I'll make a minor update in the next couple of days, to fix the text issues in nova. My time has really been stretched thin lately with the rough weather around my city, I've been flat out with my job. (Tree lopper)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ericsdeadinside:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

This an awesome theme. Luv it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
I REALLY like this theme. It's so hard to find themes these days that aren't physically sickening. Thanks for this.

I have a few inconsistencies, however. Some things still have black text, and my slider handles are that weird metal thing like on apple products, which isn't what's shown in your screenshots. I've attached some screenshots of my own to show what I'm talking about.

I'm 90% sure it's all ROM issues. I'm on AOKP build 5 right now. So I guess I don't really expect much help if I'm an outlier, but maybe you have some tips or something.

If these are already fixed in the paid version, I'll gladly buy it.

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shahrukhraza:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Yep I have this problem too.. But I could live with these tiny problems..

Oh and how'd you get your nav bar transparent? It looks nice!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
It's an AOKP feature, and probably in a bunch of other ROMs too.

I could honestly live with all the little bugs, except the notification toggles. Those bother me a lot.

And the slider handles too. But maybe I'm just too picky.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

It would seem that aokp must have changed something. Because the text for the user toggle should be the same as for all the other toggles. I'll have another look.

EDIT: Still works fine on cm10.1
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Just looked through aokp source, and they have indeed changed how the toggle text is handled. I will try in this update to fix it, but I have a feeling it will break some compatibility with cm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
Just tried switching to Xylon to see if this works better. Same issues as AOKP :/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Minor update.

Version 2.3 free version is in the op. Fixed nova. Also can someone on aokp confirm that the toggle text in quick settings is fixed, thanks. Will do the paid version when I finish work. Enjoy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
Quick settings fixed! You are awesome. I'll probably buy the paid version once it's updated
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Cheers & you're welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] altvolt74:
link is 404 error 8-0
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
Oh I meant to mention that. Here's the link

Stumpy there's something wrong with your link due to the forum tags or something. It added a bunch of crap to the end of the URL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I just checked my link from xda app, stock browser & chrome. All working perfectly. Link in the op is exactly the same as the one posted above.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/bm406zwjpov0l2n/Chromium-free-v2.3.apk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blankit:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

This theme is awesome but due to the coloring being white I'm assuming that it consumes more battery... Amoled screens help save battery by not lighting up black pixels.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Good observation. However, to save battery you need to have as much BLACK as possible. Not dark, but black. Dark colours use almost the same battery as white, unless they're pure black. That said, I think you'll find that there is more black in this theme than stock holo. Compare closely. Which image has more black?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
Does anyone know of a good ChromeOS icon pack? I'm not finding anything
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MysteryEmotionz:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Search for "Google JFK icons"

---------- Post added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:07 PM ----------

Here u go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

The paid version in the play store doesn't seem to have been updated. Might we see an update pushed soon?

Sent by my G-Nex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Sorry about that. Got carried away fixing a few other things. Expect both versions to be updated again in the next 12-24hrs. Just gotta fit it in around my job ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Never apologize for fixing things :)

Sent by my G-Nex

Edit: see if you can't fix the blue text on the percent CM10.1 battery (skinny battery) that's still the one thing I crave most ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

As you already know, I'm trying to get that, and the circle bat. ;)

EDIT: Actually, I just worked out how to do both, and signal text and status bar date. I'm on a roll. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Ohmygosh *happy dance*

Sent by my G-Nex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Just uploaded as you were posting. Lol :cool:

V2.4 is up. May take a while for the paid version to be available. Changelog is in post 2. Enjoy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Xerrus:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Just updated from the play store. Perfection :)

Sent by my G-Nex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blankit:
well thank you for pointing that out...flashing this theme asap!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SPyxOff:
Can anybody provide sofkeys used in this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kitrax59:
Search
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SPyxOff:
Oh man I did search this before I asked but only typed softkey as a one word.

Its a late night here nothing showed up so I asked. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jra8927:
icons

how did you get the gallery and camera icons to change? i know there is that jfk google theme for nova, but that changes the phone and play store icons, and i would like to keep the ones from this theme.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I have come to believe that the gallery not theming on nexus devices is due to the photosphere camera/gallery in the gapps package that only gets installed on nexus devices. I can't get it to theme for some reason. I'll have another go though. Just to be sure, go into your launcher settings, in wherever your icon themes are & set it to none/default. Reboot. And the phone and playstore icons should be the same as that theme.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
I have zero ROM dev experience, but I'm pretty sure that the gallery apk from the official gapps overwrites any ROM's customized camera and is not themable. I know that CM and AOKP are able to change code in the camera app, but in using their version you lose photosphere and possibly picasa sync. Generally when flashing a rom people have the choice of having a customized camera and no photosphere or sync, or having photosphere and no customizations.

Anyway what I'm trying to say is that I bet you could pull the gallery apk from a CM or AOKP rom and theme that. Then people would have to replace the gapps version on their phone themselves.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

You are correct. I have themed the stock gallery already though, so if anyone wants, they can just pull the gallery out of their rom, push it to system/app/ set permissions and they're good to go. Its already themed. Just can't work out why the google gallery won't theme though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jra8927:
Widget

Ok awesome thanks got it. Also which clock widget is that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

You mean the one half hidden in the last few screenz? I think its from Alarm Clock Plus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] david279:
This is really cool. A white background on the folders and app drawer would complete this.

Like this..

https://plus.google.com/118148953806033192804/posts/2jiJoTmZzVK
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Have thought about it many times, but can you imagine how many launchers I would have to theme. Oh, and thankyou for linking my theme on that thread. I appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] david279:
Ok i see the difficulty there. You got the best chrome theme i've seen so far. Thanks..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
Would there be any way to disable the theme for certain apps? For example, ROM Toolbox pro is very hard to read, basically to the point that most parts are unusable, due to black font on black background.

I looked around inside the apk but I have no idea what I'm doing
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

The problem is the apps that I've not themed being affected by framework theming. I'll have a look at it for the coming update. Also carbon for twitter & desk clock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] david279:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Also andchat :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Aww come on. You don't need to see any of that junk in the black popups. ;) I'll see. But I have limited ability to test since I don't use irc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] david279:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Not to pile on but action launcher is like this...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hansi66627:
AW: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

I can't read the name of the songs in poweramp

Gesendet von meinem Xperia Play mit Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jakis39:
I'm starting to reconsider my aspiration to make my own theme this summer. xD

so many apps... so little time

How long does it take to theme an app on average? (out of curiosity)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Ha ha. Can be very intensive. Its the theme base itself(framework-res & SystemUI) that takes the longest. I started with a base written by someone else, changed key components to suit the new style & went from there. I think I made about 600 images & wrote/edited about 400 lines of xml code in the first effort. This took about 3 weeks solid from memory. I've since rewritten the whole theme onto a much simpler base. About 1700 images & forgot how much code. LOTS of work, but good fun. But to answer the question, once you've got your base done, theming apps is less time consuming. If I get time to work uninterrupted, an individual app can take as little as 5 mins or several hours, depending on what needs theming & how complex the app is. Sometimes its downright frustrating when you think you've found the resource you want to theme, only to compile & find that you were wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stumpy352:
Re: [CHROMIUM THEME CHOOSER]Jellybean 4.1/4.2

Sorry everyone for the delay on the next update. I'm having difficulties with some apps. Its coming though.