[Android Themes] Kevlanche:
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Sony's Theme Creator​

https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator/

Hello XDA!

We are the team behind Sony's Theme Creator tool - a tool that makes it easy for seasoned designers as well as for beginners to start making themes for Xperia devices.

A lot of people here on the team regularly visit XDA for one reason or another, and have been doing so for many years. For a long while now, we've been wanting to somehow connect with all the truly amazing theme creators for Xperia devices - the work and hours that you all have put into making themes of every color shape and size is truly astounding and is something to be proud of. Thank you, truly! (A big shout-out to everyone over at Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps!)

So - why are we making this thread? We would love to hear about your thoughts on the tool itself, as well as your suggestions, feedback and any bugs you might've found whilst using the tool. Having all of this concentrated into one thread makes sense, and makes it easy for us to quickly - and directly - answer any questions you might have regarding the tool or theming for Xperia devices in general.

Key Features

* A simple, attractive and logical GUI for every step of theme creation.

* An easy-to-use resource navigation view helps organize the large variety of
customizable interface elements (resources).

* A preview area in the tool to see screen views, helping you to preview your
changes on different Xperia devices/Android versions.

* Interface elements are editable using any image editor.

* If you are using Adobe Photoshop, we provide downloadable templates for use
with Theme Creator.

* A sophisticated, but easy-to-use 9-patch editor and a color picker, which you can use to
further refine your design, and adjust how each element looks in different contexts.

* With just one click in the Theme Creator tool, you can build, install and apply a
theme on a connected Xperia device. This allows you to quickly test and verify the
result of your changes on a target device with ease.

Getting Started

But enough of all that - follow these easy steps to get started:

1. Download and install Sony's Theme Creator, found [URL="https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator"]here[/url].

2. Install the current version of JRE from [URL="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html"]here[/URL].

3. Have some form of an image editor installed (Paint, GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, etc.)
- As mentioned above, if you are using Adobe Photoshop, we also have some very handy
[URL="https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator/how-to-work-with-templates/"].PSD templates[/URL] that will keep your theme project nice and tidy.

When you are done with your theme and having exported your apk and distributed it to where you like - feel free to submit it to Sony's Theme Portal

where we feature great looking themes for our Xperia users. (More info can be found here.)

That's about it; to learn more about how to get started with your first theme, we have some handy and more in-depth guides available here.

And to top it off, we also made a little introductory video on how to get started:

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Thank you for reading, and once again - a big thank you to the entire Xperia community!

Kevlanche, lead dev

eucatastrophe, designer

CarlJohansson, Developer World