yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] Youngunn2008:
Fuk!!!!!!!!! Finally got it. Here's how:

Changed colors to hex in values.xml and recompiled sysui. Went into build folder in apktool and copied resources.arsc and classes.dex files into the original unmolested sysui apk. Pushed yada yada ...

Worked.
[Android Themes] dennissaurus:
if i download a theme then i cant apply it. ;S
[Android Themes] brendonwardmusic:
HELP!!!

Anyone know how to theme this area? I have looked everywhere.
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
look in systemui.apk.

there will be these pics in "Drawable-hdpi" folder.(if you are on mdpi device it will be in drawable-mdpi).
[Android Themes] brendonwardmusic:
I have looked in there, I have changed every blue image to another color, I've also looked at plenty of XML's still nothing will change it, there was 2 images I changed that looked exactly like it but nothing.

I've been trying to get it to change for 4+ hours now with no luck.
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
you are talking about the blue colour below the quickpanel buttons? right?

look in quickpanel_quick_settings.xml(or something like that) in layout folder.

for me the nlue colour you are saying is of image quickpanel_btn_on.png
[Android Themes] brendonwardmusic:
Neither are there, :( Theming ICS is far worse than GB
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
could you upload the systemui.apk and framework-res.apk

I can have a look at it
[Android Themes] brendonwardmusic:
Good luck, I'm sure its these 2 images

systemUI

stat_bgon.9

stat_bgoff.9

Any changes I make to them do nothing. :confused:
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
I looked a bit but right now no time.

I guess try looking into DWH60(Ssomething like dat folder which has xmls)

Sent from my X10
[Android Themes] Draygon:
Hello,

I just wanted to use this theme with my CM 7.2: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=970459

But I have a problem:

I'm using CM 7.2, if I apply this theme, the adw launcher looks exactly what it looked like without the theme. i also just have 3 icons.

how can i get the skin to work with my launcher?

do i need another launcher or is it even possible to use another launcher?

I want that it looks like on the screenshot: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/byycxq2u7f1jjiw/device4.png?dl=1

thanks in advance!
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
the theme doesnot apply to the launcher.

So you have to download a theme looking like that for adw if it exists on marrket/play.
[Android Themes] ickna11:
I am trying to make a theme for CM9 on ICS.

I can't seem to find where the location is to change the color of the black bar at the bottom of the screen or the clock...

Example:
[Android Themes] Qnorsten:
Hi this is probably a stupid question. But i have searched and looked around in different thread in the forum. And i can´t find a concrete answer that works for me.

I am runing deodexed stock LPQ ICS for Galaxy S2

I am new to this with modding and theming but i am learning as I go.

My question is how do i change the color or transperency of the space between notifications(see screenshot)?

I had to change back to stock background cause it was to ugly

I have tried to find the correct picture in the drawable-hdpi in SystemUI.apk without luck.

I have tried to look at the value and layout folder in SystemUI.apk and changed stuff without luck.

One thread told me that it could work to change the divider_height_xxx.9.png in framework-res.apk which i also tried.

But still no luck. Does anyone know which file to change?

It's possibly that i am changing the right file but doing something wrong.

Thanks in advance.

Sincerly Qnorsten.
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
Menu color is in navigation_bar.xml in layout folder of systemui.apk

android:background="#ff000000"

Clock color in styles.xml in values folder of systemui.apk

In the following style

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock"

you need to adjust (refer to a different color or fill in a plain RBG value):

<item name="android:textColor">@android:color/holo_blue_light</item>

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Just change the following RGB code in drawables.xml in values folder of systemui.apk

<item type="drawable" name="status_bar_notification_row_background_color">#ff000000</item>
[Android Themes] Qnorsten:
That changes the line. But i want to remove the transparent gap between the notifications or at least fill it with black.

Because i tried to change it but the transparent space is still there
[Android Themes] ickna11:
I was able to change the clock color but the nav bar refuses to change from black...

There were a few more things I had questions about.

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/9775/shot000002t.png

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4374/shot000003v.png

http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2946/shot000004ow.png

I labeled the things in order of importance.

I need to know where the files are located to modify the text and images.

Thanks again! :D
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
does anyone have a link for an inverted Maps.apk? or can someone tell me what xml to edit so i can make the light colored map a bit darker and the nighttime map to be black?? it's really bright when driving at night and i'd like to make it darker if i could!! thanks!!
[Android Themes] madrano:
is there anyone know how to change activity title bar ?

any edits on original png file causes instant fc's on all apps.

activity_title_bar.9.png I'm talking about.

I know about Draw 9 patch tool and tryed, nothing changed instant fc again.

any experienced people on this matter?

all I want completely black title bar on all apps..
[Android Themes] WhiteBoy997:
ok i need some help. im on MIUI and and my google play icon is themed from the mtz file. after i open google play, the icon goes back to it original state(the original google play icon). can someone tell me why my icon doesnt stick? and why it goes back to normal. i looked up the icon activity name. its still com.android.vending, and thats what i set it to in my mtz. maybe its a different activity name thats being used.
[Android Themes] MiX5236:
I have a question: which png files are responsible for this icons?

http :// i. minus.com/jt1A4ZWKFJOky. png (please, delete spaces in link, unfortunately, I'm not allowed to post links)
[Android Themes] PAROVOZ!:
Question

How can I make a theme for stock?
[Android Themes] recreation012:
how to make themes?? LInk please???????????
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
I don`t work with tablet Themes, but notification tect color is in styles.xml in framework-res

Title:

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent.Title" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar.EventContent">

Text:

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Icon" parent="@style/TextAppearance.StatusBar" />

Clock and date is in systemui in styles.xml

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Clock"

<style name="TextAppearance.StatusBar.Date"

For changing text colors in settings:

Some parts of secondary setting text is in colors.xml of framework-res

<color name="dim_foreground_holo_dark">

For the primary text you can completely change it by adding a new style to framework-res.apk and then refer to that one in Androidmanifest.xml of settings.apk

This is how I usually do it:

Add a new style like "Theme.Holo.Custom" to styles.xml of framework-res.apk with "Theme.Holo." as parent and add your own colors (in this example red):

<style name="Theme.Holo.Custom" parent="@style/Theme.Holo">

<item name="textColorPrimary">#ffdd0200</item>

<item name="textColorSecondary">#ffdd0200</item>

In settings look in Androidmanifest.xml for:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo"

Replace it with:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Custom

and you should be all set.

The approach would be basically the same, if you want to set a transparent bg or invert it. In these cases you would just use a different parent like parent="@style/Theme.Holo.Wallpaper"> or parent="@style/Theme.Holo.Light">

Please note, when you want to change bg, this usually points to background_holo_dark.png in drawable-nodpi folder in framework-res. So in that case you would need to refer to a different png or RGB value in your style, since changing that png in no dpi would be a system wide change. I hope that wasn`t too much info, so you aren`t confused :-)

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There are many guides, this link thread should help you to get started

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320891

Please note, that it always pays off to read the official Android Dev site, to understand coding for Android. Most TUT`s are basically step by step and help you to get a specific job done, but you don`t get the whole picture, which is essential, if you want to create you OWN mods and not only port existing ones. It`s also good to learn, how to build stuff from source...
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
You can also change the whole bg to plain black (#ff000000) or to #ff111111 which matches the notification bg.

<item type="drawable" name="notification_tracking_bg">
[Android Themes] JRW 28:
Can someone please point me in the right direction as to what else I need to modify to get the slide controls looking like the one in ICS? I have modified the horizontal_progress.xml to change the colors and shape but cant get the track skinny. Its still wide like stock. Some help here would be greatly appreciated.

This is what I have so far
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
Did you already reduce

<corners android:radius="15.0dip" />

to

<corners android:radius="5.0dip" />
[Android Themes] JRW 28:
Mine came stock with

<corners android:radius="5.0dip" />

and I reduced them to

<corners android:radius="0.0dip" />

and I completely removed this line in all 3 instances

<stroke android:width="2.0px" android:color="#ff999999" />
[Android Themes] ciscogee:
I posted the styles. XML you have to change.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23782557

[THEME] ICS Theme for DDKQ8 Stock rom
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
hey guys.

I am making a yellow/golden ics theme for my device.

just wanted to know which is best free tool to edit pics.

everytime i colour for eg a wifi symbol its edges are not perfect but crooked .

any ideas?
[Android Themes] Youngunn2008:
Paint.net, gimp... for starters.

Ive made most of a golden yellow theme already and am still working on it, feel free to use some stuff from it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1560722
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
thanx

and can u give me link to your thread :)

edit: found out :P :D
[Android Themes] Youngunn2008:
Edited above with link. Thread is closed for now but downloads work and im still working on it. I also have most of Nova launcher themed yellow gold if you want that.
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
Nope i cant use it :P

I am on GB
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
This happens with indexed pngs in Photoshop, open these with Gimp and you will be fine. For batch altering pngs like recoloring an entire framework, you need Photoshop.
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
thanks for the reply :)
[Android Themes] aziz_0:
Thanks for this information, it's great :)
[Android Themes] cavihit:
does anyone know where the numpad background/9patch for the pin lockscreen are located in a MIUI theme?

http://i.imgur.com/vx2wk.png

i looked in the framework and couldn't find anything... i'm assuming it'll then default to the system. but i have seen it themed before.
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
if you want, you can use stuff from any of my themes... i already have a yellow theme for ICS up... check it out here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1555682

just be sure to link back if you use anything of mine!

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that "should" be in framework/res/drawable-hdpi folder... i've themed several parts of the lockscreen and they've all been in there
[Android Themes] THeLogiC:
thank you.

yes ofcourse credits will be given :)
[Android Themes] KeeTraxx:
I happen to have seen this android UI on kotaku and was wondering what kind of Theme / Launcher / UI this is?

Can someone help me out?
[Android Themes] exitmood:
HI all.. I have a question about the android 4.0.4. How can I get the transparent status bar on it? I saw many posts and tried to edit the any file from SystemUI.apk and framework-res.apk.. any help or reference?

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I need something like this useful post but for android 4!

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9978779&postcount=62
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
i've tried to make a transparent statusbar on some of my ICS themes... but i can never seem to get it right... i can make the bar transparent but the moment i get a notification it sorta interferes with it and just blurs the entire bar... the bar will stay blurred and get worse with the more notifications you get... even the clock just changing with time... it's like it leaves the image there and just keeps adding an image on top of image until it's just a mess...

there are some ROM's that include this feature... none for 4.0.4 yet that i've seen... i'm waiting on that too :D
[Android Themes] exitmood:
thanks the1dynasty.. sure and i'm wating too :cool: but is there any mod for ics aokp b29 or go launcher ex that works?
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
idk about aokp... i was running Codename (for NS4G) before this 4.0.4 and they included that feature!
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Hi! I've been trying to invert the settings in both a GB rom and an Eclair rom and after some googling I found out I was supposed to edit this line in AndroidManifest.xml:

<application android:theme="@android:style/Theme

But it seems this line isn't there. Any1 know what to do? Should I put it in there somehow?
[Android Themes] Raineruf:
How much there is options to change your notification bar in MIUI?
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
Here are instructions from pendo, when you want to try it from source. You need to adjust StatusBar and PhoneStatusBar in Java Code.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1409540

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That line is there in all ROM´s - in ICS it just changed to android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo, but in GB it`s still android:theme="@android:style/Theme

So if you want to change it to white with black text, just replace it with:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light

if you want it translucent

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Wallpaper

You also can use custom pngs (which offer more variety, then using RGB code) as bg, if you add custom styles plus custom bg pngs in framework and then refer to these new custom styles. Just decompile some of my old custom settings mods for DHD and you`ll see my code in framework and settings.
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Hi! Thangs for feedback, but I can't find it. I find lots of Theme.NoTitleBar and some Theme.Tranclucent. Am I supposed to change these? I know how to set custom png background, I've done it in my ICS themes and such, but I just can't seem to find this line :/ I've attached my AndroidManifest.xml, if you could please take a look :)

Edit: This is from the GB rom in my signature
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
I don`t know your specific ROM, but start changing all instances of:

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar

to

android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light.NoTitleBar
[Android Themes] ya5hka:
Is here locker for WidgetLocker like this?
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Thanks :) But it seems I've managed to change the styles.xml to use white menus overall, without screwing anything up, wohoo :D
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
care to share that wallpaper?? :)
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
Sorry if the question was yet posted, but I can't find it...

What is the name of the drawable of that part of the notification windows (when you pull down the statusbar) that I colored in red in the .png attached?

Thanks!!
[Android Themes] Habarug:
It's status_bar_close_on.9 :)
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
But the size isn't fixed?

I decompiled 2 different theme and I find a 94x46 .png and a 92x44 .png..

Can I put for example a 480x40 .png?

Thanks..
[Android Themes] Habarug:
It is a .9 png. That means it has a .9 patch which shows the system how to stretch it. Therefore it can have lots of different sizes. a 480x40 should work fine, is it a .9.png?
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
I'm trying to modify a theme, so if I change the size of the png and I leave the .9 extension, then I recompile it without doing anything else, there is any problem?

Thanks!
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Yes, if you modify it you will break the .9 patch :/ But probably don't have to change the size since it will stretch
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
And if I remove at all the .9 from the extension of the file and I make it in the right size without that the system have to stretch anything?

The problem is that the original one has an uniform png and if I put in something the system stretch it!!
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Yeah, that should work i guess :-)
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
Damn, if I do so the status-bar process crash when I apply the theme...
[Android Themes] Habarug:
Did you remove the .9.png extension? If you have removed the .9 patch you should remove the extension as well ;)
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
You don`t need to remove the .9, but this only makes sense for pngs, that only occur on one special spot and will not show up in different locations and be stretched like buttons or text fields. If it`s a statusbar png you are ok to just use the proper size without patches and leave the .9.png extension. Only issue will certainly be, that later you can`t compile that apk with that png, but you can always use a different patched png as placeholder and insert that modified png after compile.
[Android Themes] ray243:
I heard themes are going to be removed in CM9. Is that true?
[Android Themes] amc6010:
Been searching the forums, and been having trouble finding an answer, so I'll have to make a post!

Is it possible to customise the notification icon used by an application - whether it's using something like ADW or Go Launcher or a CM theme? I want to customise Astrid's notification icon, but I'm not sure whether it's possible or not - I don't know whether market apps can be modified in this way.

I know where the icon is in the APK, but I think that it'll break the signing of it...
[Android Themes] Jourawski park:
If it isn't very hard, can someone tell me (or post a guide) how can I modify the color (and eventually add a transparence) of the parts that I called 1 2 and 3?

There are drawables or I have to edit some .xml?

Thanks!! :D
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
on ICS ROMs, i believe 2 & 3 are in the res>values>drawables.xml i forget which lines they are... don't know about 1 or how to do it on GB... i can't tell what ur running there!
[Android Themes] Habarug:
I'm pretty sure It's title bar portrait, shade header bg and status bar item background :-) only pngs ;-)
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
It always helps, if you give basic info like Android version, if you want answers...

Read this and you should have answers to your questions (and maybe more...)

If you are on Froyo

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831715

If you are on Gingerbread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9978779#post9978779

If you are on ICS

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21618560&postcount=56

Also you might get a lot of good input, if you click my "How-To port" link in my signature

and the most important, if you really want to understand, what you do

http://developer.android.com/index.html
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
thanks for this post... i quoted your ICS post into my theming thread found here... i hope you don't mind :)
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
no problem, just go ahead.
[Android Themes] eniamg02:
Hello.. 2 questions, I'm running ICS 4.0.4.I'm trying to change the background of the settings menu and the 'hold power button pop up'

Can anyone tell me which files these are? Tyia

Sent from the other side of town.
[Android Themes] Fantastic 7:
Hey

How Can I make an ADW.Launcher EX icon pack ??
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
the settings background is in the framework-res.apk>res>drawable-nodpi folder... it's like the first file... just look for the image that looks like the background lol... u can also add a different resolution image ie: 480x800...

the popup image is also in framework-res.apk but it's in the res>drawable-hdpi folder... i'm not on my theming computer right now so i can't tell u off the top of my head the file name!! hope that helps :cool:

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btw, editing that popup changes other popups on the phone like the popup when you hit menu is also linked to that one... if you're good with xml code u can change that and add another image so it doesn't change all of them together... not sure which xml to edit for that tho b/c i just changed them all lol
[Android Themes] eniamg02:
Thanks man..lol i would have never looked in that folder.I'll look for the other one..thanks again.
[Android Themes] eniamg02:
I'm not sure what I'm missing but I am able to decompile and recompile fine but once I do an XML edit the app will just fc.any clue? I get no errors.running aosp ics 4.0.4

Edit: Ok it seems its only the contacts apk that is giving problems.

Sent from the other side of town.
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
Did you try to decompile without classes.dex and reinsert it after compile? Apktool has some issues with ICS classes, so in some cases that already solved issues (as long as you don`t need to edits smali).
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
Yeah if you don't need to edit smali then after you compile, just copy the resources.arsc file from the original contacts.apk and replace the one in the newly compiled one... Fc issue solved :)
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
I trust you mean classes.dex, smalis are not in resources.arsc, these only contain all the values folders.
[Android Themes] the1dynasty:
Ne'er really messed with classes or resources files... So I'm not sure what's in any of them lol... I do know i had issues with contacts fc'ing and someone recommended replacing the resources.arsc and that worked for me... And since i didn't change any files in there, i was good...
[Android Themes] he_stheone64:
If you don`t edit any values files like arrays.xml, colors.xml, drawables.xml or styles.xml, you can surely add stock resources.arsc, but many mods require editing some of these. Apkmanager does automatically add untouched stock resources, as long as you don`t delete these from keep folder (there you only delete edited files, which will then be used from decompiled apk).
[Android Themes] lgp500fanboi:
Hi

this is cool, just commenting to pass 10 comments
[Android Themes] eniamg02:
Thanks for the comments.unfortunately both ways did not work.I'm pretty stuck.I actually decided to try another members themed contacts apk and that too did not work.The people and phone app just disappear,Might try it on a different rom.

Sent from the other side of town.
[Android Themes] Kimmoth:
Bootanimation woes

I can't figure out for the life of me what I'm doing wrong...

At first I tried PNGs, then I switched to JPGs, then I tried using Notepad++ to edit the txt instead of Notepad, all to no avail.

There was also a bootani.qmg I got rid of, but I can't see how that matters cause when I put the original bootanimation.zip back from the Emanon ROM, it works.

Does it have to be some special flavour of zip or something?

Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?
[Android Themes] firstlutfi:
anyone knows where strings related to default lockscreen wallpaper? i want to make it transparent, but my default locksreen wallpaper has .jpg format :( my buddy said that i have to change some string to make the system read "default_locksreen_w.png" not "default_locksreen_w.jpg"
[Android Themes] Kimmoth:
What if you just try renaming your png as a jpg? That might work.