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[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mikep2323:
So I just read all 32 pages and cant find my answer.I installed the proper way on s4 active and everything works fine but custom image for background and if I try to send a picture it crashes.Its set to default mms .The closet answer I saw was that someone fixed it changing around a jar file for tw roms.Is there any thing else I can do to send a picture? I'm on stock rooted 4.4.2.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Make sure you use the gallery, not the "photos" app.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mikep2323:
I tried that but didnt work.Do you have any ideas why I cant send pics? Also I changed all the colors around then tried to send picture and app crashed then everything went back to default.For the past 2 days ive tried numerous mms.apks and everyone doesnt send pictures so im thinking its something to do with something else.Maybe I need another file in order to send pics on touchwiz rom.I had a hyperdrive rom on phone and it worked fine.I had to take rom off and I pulled phone,contacts, and mms apk from rom and put on stock rom and phone and contacts work fine but mms crashes. Thanks and any help wpuld be appreciated. I tried numerous installs, clear daya and cache and wipe dalvik so it has to rebuild, but it still wont send pictures.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] twistedillutions:
Has anyone tried using this apk with Android Lollipop??

G3 Verizon
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] schluger:
Tried using this with 5.1 but I just kept getting a force closer. Could someone please update this this is the only Messaging so I use.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] migueldbr:
http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-stock-messaging-sliding-ui-extra-t2825144

try that one, it has the same base i think and works on 5.1
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] schluger:
Thanks everyone for your help I really appreciated. This works fine
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Ummmm

I got this recompiled after trying to add bubbles. I cant get it to work though
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Mms here

here
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
I made some headway. I am now able to pick it as default and send sms and mms. I can also edit settings. The only thing i cant do is receive a message. It force closes.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
It has something to do with this. but it is way over my head.

"Any filters for the SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION broadcast in existing apps will continue to work the same on Android 4.4, but only as an observer of new messages, because unless your app also receives the SMS_DELIVER_ACTION broadcast, you cannot write to the SMS Provider on Android 4.4.

Beginning with Android 4.4, you should stop listening for the SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION broadcast, which you can do at runtime by checking the platform version then disabling your broadcast receiver for SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION with PackageManager.setComponentEnabledSetting(). However, you can continue listening for that broadcast if your app needs only to read special SMS messages, such as to perform phone number verification. Note that—beginning with Android 4.4—any attempt by your app to abort the SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION broadcast will be ignored so all apps interested have the chance to receive it."

thats from here:

http://android-developers.blogspot.ca/2013/10/getting-your-sms-apps-ready-for-kitkat.html?m=1
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] elshosh14987:
Does slim have a 4.4 rom?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Oh crap. That's where I stopped short as well. I fired some personal messages off as well,so hopefully we can move this forward. On another note,I followed a tutorial to add bubbles to MMS ,but I'm getting an oddball error when recompiling. Not sure what's going on ...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
I worked on it for a few hours today. Taking a break for a while but will get back to it sometime tonight.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Awesome!

You are braver than I. Quick noob question.

I am familiar with compiling and decompiling,editing xmls,etc after having spent the last couple weeks and hours each day doing it,but in the manifest: is a new manifest generated after messing ith the aforementioned two things? Can we edit the manifest w/out editing the xmls ? If so,then wouldnt the problem you mention above be solved through the manifest?

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Yeah,slimkat...Just search for it in the search bar above:)

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Ok,so our Mms contains the first action mentioned(SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION) in line 89 of our manifest,and we also have all the other required intent filters,etc., so Im not sure if thats relevant. I did a side by side manifest check of our app with one from 4.4,and Im not seeing any huge differences,nor anything that would explain why you cant receive. I wish we could get someone in here that can read these things better than I can ,so we at least pinpoint the problem!!

Also,check here

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61702#makechanges

Apparently its an issue if coming from an existing app. We need two criteria added via an emulator,but I have no clue how to do that

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Im only able to get it to work with art disabled. Im gonna look into why the app is fc'ing when receiving a message. Its strange!!!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
I really don't know but I imagine it is created during compiling.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Shoot

Youre correct:) I tried looking at the guide you sent me. Im a little confused about it,so maybe Ill check it again tomorrow.

I also rechecked some xmls in our app against ones in a unofficial cm11 one. Seems were missing an important intent insertion under C:\apktool\Mms\res\xml\preferences(if using apktool and you have it installed at root of drive) The entry looks like this:

( <intent android:targetPackage="com.android.settings" android:action="android.provider.Telephony.ACTION_CHANGE_DEFAULT">

<extra android:name="package" android:value="com.android.mms" />

</intent>)

its missing from our app:-/

So im thinking we might have missed something in the main settings of the app before recompiling. Not certain,so Ill recheck tomorrow.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Did you try adding it yet?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
No

I noticed the "intents" were different in ours compared to the stock Mms.apk,so I wasn't sure how to enter it:-/

Edit: I copied the beginning section from the preferences xml of the stock app into the custom apk's XML ,but it won't recompile. Perhaps just try to add in the above code only ?? Its 2 am here. Have to get to sleep ....
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Ok

Lets try and modify that action then. If you can,compare the manifest from the app we are working on to a stock 4.4 . Look at the first action (SMS_RECEIVED_ACTION) ,do a ctrl+f ,look for SMS_Received. It should be missing in the stock manifest,but it is present in the app were trying to mod. I definitely think thats the issue and why we arent receiving. Just got to figure out how to go about resolving it...I dont know if we can just go into the manifest and delete it,or if the action has to be done when using package manager to make the app???
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
need any help ? BTW you would need to add the actual handling of the intents and actions rather than just adding the filter spec to the manifest... that is to say if you ever add a new intent filter to ANY receiver/activity/service in the manifest, your obviously going to need to implement how that also deals with it...

like... an activity called, dealWithMySpecialAction, if you added a filter like "MAKE_HOTDOG" that dealWithMySpecialAction would need to check the incoming intent and conditionally do something if the action was MAKE_HOTDOG...

if you want some help / pointers (if I can) then ping me on G+ hangouts, but is not the source now available to CM kitkat mms ?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
We have no idea how to compile an apk from source lol. We are two noobs trying to blindly copy and paste things into the manifest hoping it works. Any help is really appreciated. If you don't mind taking a look that would be awesome. This stuff seems to be way over our heads at this point.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
lol, not sure I can dedicate my time to anything other than smart messenger at the moment... but I would have time to answer any quick questions on hangouts etc. Seems like lots of trouble to just get a different style of chat bubble thing... hopefully in a few weeks you would be able to design your own in smart messenger, well, actually you can now if you don't mind using parameters rather than a nice editor :)

neways like I say, up for a hangouts session to see if I can help, but you are better just grabbing the AOSP source and then it should just be simply editing a few layout files?

Have you looked at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Mms/+/android-4.4_r1.2

or I could be missing the whole point here... it is 3.26am and I should probably be sleeping! :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Thanks, we will see what we can do. I'm actually using smart messenger right now. When its complete it will be very similar to the app we are trying to get going. I do wanna learn more about android so we will keep working on it and will most likely bug you on hangouts at some point. Thanks.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Likewise. I won't be able to look until the weekend :)

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Thanks for the info [MENTION=293916]deanwray[/MENTION]

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Would this be the same if we were to remove an action? BTW,what's your Google+?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
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No it would not, I would LOL and be shocked if you took out a filter from the manifest and that particular element failed https://plus.google.com/+DeanWray

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Tbh if you want something as visually customisable as smartmessenger you should start from scratch.. The base app is a fair bit plane looking and not great amounts can be done.. But out of interest why are you not using cm11 or aosp 4.4 src ?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dead0:
I'm using 88sms or it might now be called 8sms for my SMS/mms usage with no problems. It even has the quick reply function and behaves very much like the aosp version
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Well you can lol,because it did fail numerous times after I edited the manifest,lol... As for the 4.4 SRC,its because I (speaking for myself here) was hopeful. On another note,another guy has successfully ported over a 4.3 app to 4.4

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8sms is cool,but honestly I can't go back to no bubbles and NOT have all the customization options ,but I also love KitKat,so I can't stay on 4.3... Ahh,first world problems suck
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Eclipse or just sdk??

Which would be easier for a noob like me?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
well in all honesty, having looked at apps that just use the CM/AOSP source, they are quite restrictive if you're new to the whole thing.. Specially theming/visual. But I mean it depends what your wanting from this... an SMS/MMS app is quite a large thing to do (trust me) and many choose to just copy the AOSP/CM source and mod it (like 8sms)... but it's never really their app, and it's never "fully" known (as in all functions and source). Doing your own from scratch does give you the control and much more understanding of the whole thing... but it can become a mammoth task :(

As to what IDE thats a personal choice, eclipse is an ide, not really the same thing as an sdk... sdk = all tools, libs, api's but it's all headless... eclipse + ADT (androids sdk and tools) is ok to use, as is android studio
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Thanks for the info. I guess I'm gonna try the eclipse + SDK method and TRY to build from scratch. How hard is it to get a basic MMS app with bubbles ?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
add me on g+ and send a chat request!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
I'd love to,but there are a thousand people with your name:-/ Can you link me your Google plus via pm???
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
Did already in previous post
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
found ya man. Thanks !
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
well you not contacted me yet so look at https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Mms/+/kitkat-release ... if you must copy the AOSP use the build for kitkat :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Sorry man. Won't be able to till the weekend. Teach full time 11-8 ...:-/
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
I've had some success with this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=48045349
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
It works too

[MENTION=5088242]Cuzz1369[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2178697&page=34

He got it to work!! :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
?? I tried it on my nexus 5 this morning..it didn't work..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
He doesn't have a N5.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
This thread was made for the n5..he didn't specify otherwise
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
Well it is not always just about the device. He is running a CM based rom. It could possibly work for someone using a CM based rom on the N5. I do agree it is most helpful when people specify their device and rom. The thread was initially started as a search for an individual that might be able to help port it to KitKat. I posted I had "some" success. It is working for some devices and roms. If anyone else tries it on the N5, please post what rom and the results.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
Yeah..I was just kinda hoping he had it working on the n5

Hope we can get it soon
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Roger.T:
For me, it work on my N5 Cataclysm Rom. Everything works except choosing custom Background..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Thanks a lot bro. Working awesome on stock rooted.(n5) I spent so much time trying to do this myself but I really have no idea what I'm doing. Really appreciate you taking the time to get it to work.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Uhoh

Hey guys,sorry I didnt specify about my phone. Im running a kitkat variant omni rom. Do they have one available for the N5? I hope so,because I just ordered an N5:) So,worse case scenario,Ill be helping to get over to our phones:)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
How did you guys get it to work on n5?

Which file/installation process?

I'm on stock rooted..thanks

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Grab root explorer, push to sys/priv apps ,set permissions to rw-r-r ,reboot recovery ,wipe dalvic and then reboot system from recovery.

If it still doesn't work ,check to see if you got hangouts or another messaging app installed as that might be jacking it up too...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Of course omni has a hammerhead ROM. Thats the best thing about a nexus, almost endless ROM possibilities.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2523587

[ROM] [4.4] Omni (hammerhead)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
cuzz1369 replied on the other thread in the nexus 4 section

i had to push it to priv-app and install it...then set it as my default sms app...works great!
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
out of interest and probably self interest, what makes the normal stock sms app so appealing ? I think it's quite bland and not all that well designed for large screen phones.. ?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Here is a flashable zip.

Custommms4.4hammerhead.zip

https://app.box.com/s/tqbi9dsl8uju7757m66b
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
This particular one is not a "normal" stock sms app. It is heavily modded and has more customizations than most found in the Playstore.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] deanwray:
Is there a list? Of options I mean..
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
You can customize everything. Add text bubbles and background colors/images. Emoji quick button, quick reply/pop up.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] jdiddy_ub:
The customizations that were mentioned already..plus for me..being a nexus 5 user..I don't have a stock SMS app (only hangouts)..so downloading this one which is stock + customizations is great

Sent from my Nexus 5
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] F4M0U569:
Custom background doesn't work
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
Apart from the mentioned abilities to change text and background colors, add/remove bubbles, emoji support, and popup support, you can remove/add avatars, theme widget text colors, split SMS every 160 characters, transform long SMS to MMS, hide sender and message in status bar, hide quick reply, change vibration pattern, set vibrate while on call, add templates, gesture support, strip Unicode, show full timestamp, show original timestamp, and choose soft keyboard type. Mileage will vary depending on rom. It is 4.2.2. based rom, so not every feature may not work for everyone.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
It sure does.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] fernandezhjr:
Interesting. I was getting a fc when try to set a custom image to display as background. I just played around with, redirecting the path to the gallery, and now it is working. Sweet.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Ya a few of the apps I tried didn't work with stock picker. You have to use gallery or a file explorer.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dd66:
Flashed in recovery, everything works including background change (if you select in Galery pickup)

Found just one problem: selecting clear theme doesn't change anything. Can live without it but...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
You used my zip? What do you mean by clear? Transparent?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Vissionary:
Thanks for this :good:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dd66:
yes i did.

under the pop up option, I have an option to change to "clear theme" ("thème clair" in french) with no change either checked or not...

;)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
I don't see an option like that. I just have dark and light.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dd66:
ok we agree: I talk about the light option: unable to set it :p
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
You have it ticked for dark mode and un ticked for light mode.

Dark:

Light:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] dd66:
no

even unticked, Dark mode remains

edit: I understand! Sorry for that, but I finally find out that the light theme is ONLY for the popup, not for the whole interface...Gonna find a hood and I come back...sorry again...
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
I have no internet at home right now but this weekend I will be making a new thread for this. I will post a link and request this thread to be closed.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Xdevillived666:
Can you pm the link please ???? I've just received my nexus 5 today so I'm gonna reconfigure /transfer everything from my s3 to it this weekend :)
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Fresh made flashable zip:

https://app.box.com/s/xkq2vu8jl8w3a1h6zsop
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mrjaydee82:
This actually works perfect for the HTC one gpe ROMs. Do you have the stock color white, I mean not inverted? Or can make 1?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
You can do it yourself. That's what this app is all about. Just change the main background too white and make in non transparent. The only thing that will be black is the header and the text input lines.

Did you flash the zip, wasn't sure if it would work on other phones or not.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
No worries. This still works on 4.4.1 guys.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mrjaydee82:
I didn't flash..I just took the apk and pushed to priv-app and set permission
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] CallumMarks77:
Thanks dude worked amazing!

Any way to change the background color of the area you type in?

i don't seem to find the place to change this color?

the apps inverted base but changing all the background colors to white doesn't change it to a light version
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
The header and the text input will always be black. There is now way to change it in the current app. There is some development happening with this now, I'm not sure what the future will hold.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Galaxysm:
Does it have blacklist?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] joho5:
Hey, I use your rom on the HTC one... We're you able to use this mms apk on htc one? I use to use something like this when I had a nexus 4, and loved it, but I wouldn't want the dark one.... Would want white.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] mrjaydee82:
I just put out an update today for the one...if u download u can use the MMS.apk and odex file and it's white...not the same as this 1 though ..but yes this 1 works for the 1
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Nope, but there are plenty of apps on the playstore for that.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] joho5:
Does the one you included in the rom have the options to change bubbles and colors?

I'm searching for the mms app that's white but has all the theme options.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] CallumMarks77:
+1 I want the stock white one with the theme options
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] CallumMarks77:
Any news on a white version
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] freddienuxx:
Your the man buddy

sent from my NEXUS 5 using BEANSTALK LINARO ROM
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] farru503:
Link is not working
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] twistedillutions:
Csn someone provide a working link. This theme sounds wat im looking for. To allow me to customize it my way im on gs3 i535 hope it works on 4.4 liquidsmooth rom
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
Try this:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/g9fctw4f383u4jx/Mms.apk
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] twistedillutions:
Thanks much appreciated
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] frewys:
Thanks!

Works awesome and don't know why more cutomebuilders have this instead in there ROMs.

Great work!! :good:
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] XtraWho:
Interesting may give this one a go.

Has anyone by chance been able to remove mms video restrictions? (On work provided iPhone I can send video MMS in HD 720 with no video size too big restriction. My personal N5 sends mms **** for video and I always get file too large error when trying to send a simple 1 min HD video)

Thanks
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] freddienuxx:
[MENTION=5088242]Cuzz1369[/MENTION] can't send pictures! Is there away to fix? Thx in advance

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Never mind sorry it works! And thanks for the best MMS.APK FOR KITKAT. All MMS.apk should have the freedom to customize there on messaging apk. Travis and team baked are a Genius for make this possible
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] HTCore:
I can't install it. Checked with three different ROMs. Can somebody check if it is working?
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] Cuzz1369:
How are you trying to install?

The correct method that worked for me was,

with root explorer(or whatever file manager)

Place MMS.apk in system/priv-app.

Set permission to rw-r-r.

click on it and choose install.

Go into settings and choose it as your default messaging app.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] HTCore:
Thanks. I will try. I was trying to install with normal method.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] sasokutenshin:
Gave this a go on my Moto X running stock 4.4 rooted. No luck. I can move it to system and set permissions and it opens fine and everything. But force close any time I receive a message. Anyone know a possible fix for that? I miss this MMS.apk from my days of actually running BAKED back on my E4GT.
[Nexus 5 Themes and Apps] frewys:
Did it the way you recommended with my install. As well as just move it with the right permissions.

Tried it on multiple ROMs and always fc. I have Coors framework but nothing activated that touches the actual sms/mms app.

Hope this can be worked out as it truly is a great app port.