yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
I can second that, noob or not, David can and will help anyone. Thanks for everything you do, it is people like you that make this forum work.
[Android Themes] sassyness77:
theming keyboard.

Okay im trying to theme the soft keyboard and one hitch, i want a white keyboard but the letters on the keyboard are also white! :eek: So do i edit the btn_keyboard_key.xml? or is there another theme that already had themedd the keyboard so i could borrow their xml? :) and of course give credit.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Beagz probably made one, I would search for his keyboards. Otherwise, download the white keyboard skin from the market and look at the xml file from that.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
When I scroll over a browser link (using track ball) there is an orange outline for the link. Where is the .9.png for this orange outline?
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Good question, I looked and there isn't anything in the browser I didn't edit and everything for text entry that has that orange I edited in framework-res and the launcher.

We can also check the source and see where it gets called out from.

And since I'm asking questions too, when I themed Maps, I changed everything, including the Layers that were in the app, but when using it, those didn't show themed, and the rest of the Layers aren't anywhere in the apk. Has anyone looked into the Maps that much?
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Does Maps have any components in /data/app (such as the market updates?). I have stayed away from doing that much to google maps, I am afraid of destroying it right now :)

Look in SetupWizard.apk. There is a .9.png that looks like it, but changing it does nothing in the browser (why would it ?).
[Android Themes] david1171:
I am thinking the browser selection color might be an .xml because I too have been looking for a long time on how to change it.

I themed maps (the 2.0 version with navigation) a long time ago when it wasn't available in the market, but after it came out in the market I took it out of my theme, so I don't really know about the layers not working.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Time to start searching the browser source code. I cannot stand to see that one piece of orange that keeps looking at me. If I can recall, I think Sean might have changed this in his Hero Theme (the first and best). I sent him a wave to see if he has any idea, I will report back when I figure this out.
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
When I get home from work tonight I'll look too if you haven't found it. My idea is it could be something called out from the system, kinda like the ugly orange test that is in the Market's permissions and other places in the system. Like the IME. If it is, then it'll be more of a pain to change it.
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
I had it themed even after it was on the market with the nav working but the layers weren't in it, and the one's that were didn't change to the theme. I gave up though when 4.2.11 came out because for some reason the themed one started giving FC's and since I only got back like 9 days ago and spent the first 6 sick, I haven't revisited it.

Nah I checked /data/app.

I'm trying to make some other changes to my theme so when they are done I'll probably revisit it.
[Android Themes] bhilgeman:
Weirdest thing,

I flashed the black dwang theme over my dwang rom, and the launcher still looks like stock. I do have the stock looking advanced laucher, but thought if I flashed this theme over it that it would replace the Launcher.

I thought no biggie because I have a few themed Launcher's on my sd alread so I thought I'd flash one that was black to match this theme...

Same thing, I still have the pre-donut looking andvanced launcher..

So basically my Launcher is like locked in the there and won't let anything flash over the top of it... any suggestions? I really like this theme but it would be much nicer to have a launcher that matched.... Thx in advance..
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
looking for a theme that has a transparent notification bar at top

anybody got ideas...is it even possible to have no color as the hex code for the notification bar?
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
I will make one for you. Check back in a few hours.
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
sweet!

thanks man

i failed to mention, im using home++ right now, will change if i have to, not a problem, but i really like their use of bar at bottom of home screen check out thumbnail...i just dont like the usual drawer handles...i like the homescreen background to go top to bottom...makes the screen look bigger

whatever you do is fine, though

i really appreciate it
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Here is a simple metamorph for a clear notification bar. It should work on any donut ROM. It is simple, so let me know if there is anything you would like (within reason).
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
thanks man, i will let you know
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
by the way, off topic, but arent you the guy who made the debian script?

i'm thinking about trying it but i'd like to pm you about it
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Yeah, go ahead an PM me anything you want to know about it.
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
so, check out the two thumbs and the parts i have circled

which files in the drawable and the drawable-land folders correspond to these

i could change the colors to whatever i want, right?

what i want is to have black on these so the widget behind doesnt bleed through on snap20100120_191839 a, and white on snap20100120_191855 a

otherwise its awesome bro
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Look in framework-res.apk in /res/drawable.
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
i did i cant tell which ones they are, none seem the right size
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
The images you are looking for are part of the Home Replacement you are using, not the framework. It's actually overlaying on the status_bar images. Is that Home++
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
yup it is home++
[Android Themes] pIxiLatEd:
Ok, I have tried to wipe, reflash the DRC83_base, then flashed Cyanogen ROM. You would think that this would have the widgets back to normal, but no luck.

I am hoping someone can offer a little bit of assistance here as this is getting frustrating. Everywhere I read it says that I should just be able to reflash the ROM and it will return everything back to the way it was. But for some reason these two widgets refuse to return back to their original state. I am stuck with a black widget (same ones seen in cyanoid theme and hero themes)

Is there anywhere I can get a zip to flash to just return the widgets back to their stock appearance?
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
You'd need to modify that then to change the appearance.
[Android Themes] Anthonygpace:
are themes compatible per ROM or are themes universal. I just rooted my phone and installed Fresh ROM. I was looking to put a nice theme on here.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
You will have to read the original post for each theme. Very few work on more than one version of one ROM.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
Hey guys, i need to ask yall for a little help again,

Does anyone know how to add HTC_IME.apk to a theme/rom and get it to show up properly, i have tried making it go into /data/app/ and /system/app/, but neither work, I cant install my htc_ime.apk with the usual apk installer, and id like to add it to Darkstar, so any help would be greatly apreciated.

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[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Are you opposed to just pushing via adb?

Also, I suggest looking at Intension Eclair ROM. This includes the HTC IME as part of the ROM, and thus your answer is surely embedded in there somewhere.

One other question, can tell me about your process in adding it to a theme/ROM?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
@cloverdale

thanks for the reply, im not agains pusghing it personaly, however i really want to add it to darkstar.

i have made a little progress, it can now be installed using the normal package installer, so that might help a little.

so heres the current way the update.zip does it:

the the main upadet there is a folder called data_app in there is HTC_IME.apk

then in update-script i added the line:

copy_dir Package:data_app DATA:app

but it doesnt show up in settings once that is installed, i have confirmed that the APK is in /data/app/

there must be some other files put other places when it is installed,

let me know if any of yall have an idea.

Cheers Cache
[Android Themes] YuYe:
Hiya,

I've been running manup Eclair 1.5 and Metamorph doesn't seem to work.

It hangs when it's tries to apply the theme.

Checked in superuser if it was added there. it was.

Any help with this one ?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
are you trying to apply a 2.1 theme? there are a lot of changes in the way you have to theme 2.x from 1.6 so i wouldnt think a 1.6 theme would work on 2.x roms, i dont know a whole lot about metamorph tho, so i could be wrong.

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[Android Themes] YuYe:
Indeed, the morphs aint working yet, so i just made the it the old way.I created a zip theme via the rercovery and them flash.

ThnQ for your quick reply
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
MetaMorph does work on the Eclair ROM's you just need to have it set up correctly. I ported my Ice theme to Eclair and it works on Manup's, King's and Intentions so far.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Okay, this makes more sense to me now. You are doing it all correctly as far as the update is concerned, but there is definitely something else needed for HTC firmware to be recognized. Unfortunately, I have never used the HTC keyboard, as I bought better keyboard when it was brand new. I have found that the themers in this forum are quite responsive to PMs, so might want to pm someone whom has done this successfully.
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Something you can try to do when you push it, so you can some info on whats happening. Open 2 command propmts, one to push and the other running your logcat, so this way when you push, you can see the error (for instance it may tell you its uninstalling due to some reason). This has helped me in the past.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
ok i think i worked it out, i just grabbed the folder called com.htc.android.htcime from /data/data

then added it as a folder in the update.zip, then added the following to update-script:

copy_dir PACKAGE:data_data DATA:data

seems to be ok, but i will have to wipe to test it 100%

hope that helps anyone that needs to know.

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[Android Themes] cloverdale:
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the info.
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Edit png's in music player

I want to edit the colours in android music player. I tried to change the png's but don't find the png's for the main window backgrounds. Any tip to get me going in right direction?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
@DocRambone

i think what your are looking to chnage is in frame work and it changes all app background colours, however if you look at the music app source code, you could add a new bg color to the main window container, will post some code for ya later when i get time to look at the code.

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[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Thanks, i have a Nexus and there is a lot of apps that have black backgrounds. But music player have a gray field in lower part of main screen i like to change.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
oh ok, thats easy to change,

sorry i thought you meant the main app bg rather than the bottom bit.

you just need to change the background color in audio_player_common.xml

make sure you edit both instances of background, i think the default value is FFA5A5A5.

Happy XML editing

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[Android Themes] cloverdale:
@cacheinjection,

Just curious, what method are you using for XML edits.
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Thanks, but i am a real noob in xml, i guess i need the nexus source to get started.

Is there any other way to change the colours?
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
To change those colors, you need to edit the XML. There are methods to do this other than compiling from source, but I am not very good with these.
[Android Themes] porga:
I dont know if I am on right place to ask this question, but i Cant find Samsung Galaxy i7500 presented as device on this forum.

I am interested in upgrading that phone, we yet have to see if Samsung will offer upgrade to Eclar officialy.

I fond that some guy named Mustymod is doing port by himself, and I cant understand how come that XDA didnt get this done yet. Maybe I'm wrong, please correct me if I am.

Thank you.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
I have Cyanogens Source Tree on um ubuntu partition All ready to build, edit the xmls, then build the app. i.e. "Make Music"

@DocRambone well if you dont want to edit the source and build it, you can look at the XML in a hex editor and find the two instances on A5A5A5, and chnage then for instance to 000000 for black, there are a number of tutorials on hex editing on here if you need help with that, cant say i do it myself, as i find editing an recompiling much easier.

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[Android Themes] DocRambone:
I had a go at audio_player_common.xml, opened it with Hexedit. I cant find the A5A5A5 string in the file tho.

I attach the file, maybe you can point me in right direction. BIG thanks for your help:)
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
the first instance is at 00000690 (08),

and the second instance is at 00000BD0 (04),

and as im sure you know, its all backwards, so its 5A5A5AFF

if ya just want it black then just chnage both of those to 000000FF

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[Android Themes] DocRambone:
I don't find these strings in the audio_player_common.xml

Maybe Nexus have different xml file?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
I found those strings in the file you attached.

if you tell me the string you want it replaced with ill do it for you, and upload. :)
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
WOW, that worth a beer or 2 :)

Big thanks :)
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
so what color do you want it?
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Black :)

Thanks
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
Ok here ya go,

Enjoy

Let me know how it goes.
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Perfect, i post a screen and a morph theme tonight.

I owe you one :)
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
Same here, I was hoping someone found something else though :)
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
Perfect, i be back with a morph for Nexus.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
i can see your using our darkstar buttons for your music.apk, you should get the latest version and use the buttons from that as they are black rather than grey, so they will look better.

looks kool though!
[Android Themes] DocRambone:
New q: is there a way to get dialer background transparent?
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Not without a serious rewrite of the code. The current calls out the black background from the system. Wysie's contacts has the line of code to enable a background image (I still thank him for compiling that since I couldn't compile it when I tried doing it :))
[Android Themes] 18.4009:
here we go, it doesnt start in the apps like I was hoping. you have to start it to use it.

Organize your Android apps into groups.

GroupHome is a program that organizes all the apps you've installed on your phone. It automatically groups together apps using the categories shown in Android Market. This grouping approach helps you find apps faster. You can long-press on an app to uninstall it or view its details.

Requirements:

· Android OS
[Android Themes] Stericson:
did you set classpath and path?

Stericson
[Android Themes] Fear_Zoa:
I would love to see a gears of war theme...

or just a black theme with lots of blood....

sorry im kinda....creepy lol
[Android Themes] Cargo75:
so i COULD use the OTA update, Id just lose root right?

PS, i asked this in the other forum but no answer

The DREAMIMG-1.nbh file u put on ur SD CARD, the one i downloaded it missing the M in DREAM, is that ok or do I need to rename it?
[Android Themes] :
yep in preferences.... here..... preferences - general - uncheck "open safe files after download"
[Android Themes] nolageek:
Dont rename it. It's not supposed to have the M.

Lots of people have posted instructions on how to downgrade to RC29, get root and upgrade back to the JFv1.41 version of RC30. Read as many of them as you can so you can see that they all kind of say the same thing in different ways... and make sure you know every step and have already downladed everything you need before you start.

I started with these links:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=475381

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Quick_Root

I also had to end up adding HardSPL in order to go from RC29 back to JFv1.41 RC30:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=455860

I read stuff for about 4 hours and it took me about 8 minutes to actually do it all. :)
[Android Themes] sWuRv:
Yeah I had that installed before, but was also disappointed that it was a stand-alone app and not an add-on for the default launcher. I figured we might have to edit some of the dreaded XML's to remove icons from the launcher, but I'm not sure. I guess I'll start researching the matter myself. I will start searching through the launcher APK for clues on how to get this accomplished. I'll let you guys know if I find anything.
[Android Themes] tehseano:
Yes, my android sdk is in C:\android\, and C:\android\tools\ is added on both PATH and CLASSPATH, this is where I have the autosign and other 3 remaining files in. However when I first did the autosign app, my right click worked, then I later tried to open a zip, and set my winrar back to the default prog, now no matter what it won't re-add that right click > sign apk function, even with the defaults removed :(, but thats still no biggy. Doesn't bother me to manually punch in the address.
[Android Themes] Stericson:
Honestly, I have to say I don't know....I think winrar or winace, one of those messes something up and it no longer works....It's hard to say whats going on. make sure the reg value are set right....and open a cmd prompt and type the following to check classpath and path

echo %classpath%

echo %path%

you should see your path in the output. if not then it's not set right.

Stericson
[Android Themes] fleshdeep:
I too would like to know this.
[Android Themes] hova killer:
it says i have to downgrade wouldnt downgrading to rc29 erase my phone data?
[Android Themes] samysam05:
Yes it will... i believe u need a rooted phone to install themes and perform a backup... u can backup ur apps using ASTRO.
[Android Themes] SiG239:
would like to see a blackberry storm theme similar to the one currently available for the iphone
[Android Themes] sdlong92:
Sorry, I also have a question regarding this. I downloaded your update_fonts.zip, replaced the "DroidSans.ttf" file with a font of my choice, which I renamed to "DroidSans.ttf". I then placed the zip file on my sd card and renamed that to update.zip. But when I boot into recovery and press 'alt s' it comes up with an error which says something to the entent of "can't open \sdcard\update.zip (bad)".

Does anyone know what I did wrong? And if so can they point me in the riht direction? I appreciate any help and offer thanks in advance.

-Sophy
[Android Themes] AbsoluteDesignz:
u didnt sign it.
[Android Themes] Brutal-Force:
Star Trek Tricorder

Similar to the app that exists on market, but make the theme quasi-tricorder functional.
[Android Themes] hova killer:
ok astro i can use to back up apps but can i use the program i seen call nandroid i believe thats the name to back up phone content....such as pictures ringtones etc.....
[Android Themes] Stericson:
sounds like it may have gotten corrupted when you downloaded it. redownload and, like mentioned above, resign the update.

Stericson
[Android Themes] samysam05:
you need a rooted phone to use nandroid....
[Android Themes] sdlong92:
Thanks very much guys, I will give both ideas a shot. Thanks again!

-Sophy
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
what do you mean by transparent? show besktop background? if so its not posible, but as jairomeo said wysie added a cool background image in his contacts.apk, donut only atm i think tho.
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
It is donut only right now, its only 1 line of code to add to do it, but my lazy ass still hasn't set up my laptop with ubuntu so I could recompile the contacts.apk
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
i have cyanogens eclair source all setup in ubutu, havnt looked into changing the contacts.apk myself, but if people want me to, id be happy to edit up contacts.apk.

jairomeo, could you give me that line of code, and where to put it? as it wouold save me looking throught the code and working it out myself.

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[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Sweet!

In the twelve_key_dialer.xml add the line in bold italics

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="@+id/top"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical"
[B][I] android:background="@drawable/custom_background_dialer"[/I][/B]
>

Update: Looks like Wysie has started to port all the things he did and his included the image part already http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623205

Edit: Seems that doesn't work, he only made it work on the Nexus
[Android Themes] keilflex:
nexus homes

hey everyone,new here. comin from a rooted my touch to a stock nexus. my question is about homes/home themes for the stock nex. im comin from a rooted my touch with lastest cynagen. but i always felt the homes decrease speed somewhat, idk. anyway. i need some advice on the best ,most efficient home screen for the nex. dont like dxtop, did like fresh face for the my touch but not sure about nex. my stock nex is freakin flying! dont wanna lag it at all and not ready to root yet, but i need some new icons bigtime, so i guess i gotta add a home. love the stock home. whats the best home for nex. or can or is it possible to just get a icon pack for the the stock nex without a home? thx guys. ill be around awhile, first post. rooted mt3g cya 4.2.14.1 and stock nex here. nex is amazing,lol.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
sorry i havnt done this yet, ill do it today, and might make a couple of other changes to the look of contacts whist im there.
[Android Themes] neok44:
does anyone know of ANY metamorphs that actualy work for CM 4.2.14.1.

I really just want some form of black bar mod and havn't been able to find any metamorph that dosn't wreck the phone
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
y dont you just flash a theme?
[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
i cant find the twelve_key_dialer.xml...where is it, i wanna try custom background on dialer
[Android Themes] neok44:
because i don't want a whole theme. And the one i did flash had terrible animations with it.

All i want is JUST the black bar notification. I already have other metamorphs i made for apps that still work. Problem is that every single metamorph i try to apply works fine on the apps, but if you do the framework.apk say goodbye to your phone.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
id say your problems probibly rout from the fact that framework-res.apk and services.jar change for every new build of a rom, and both need to be changed for a black notification bar.
[Android Themes] cloverdale:
for the current black bar mods follow me on twitter.
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Contacts.apk/res/layout/twelve_key_dialer.xml

You have to build the Contacts from the Android Source in Linux or Mac and just add the line of code I gave earlier.
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
@jairomeo i have built it for yall, get it here:

http://android.piratemedia.tv/hide/Eclair/Contacts.apk
[Android Themes] jairomeo:
Sweet, you're the man. l'll have to play with this later tonight.
[Android Themes] jonesyruless:
i have a question for everyone whos experienced in modding/theming. what file do i have to edit to allow for icons on the homescreen to be bigger than the default 48x48 pixels ?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
hm, i have been looking around the source of launcher.apk, but can find a whole lot.

i guess the best way to do it would be to edit workspace_screen.xml in layour-port and layout-horizontal change the cell width and height, and the amount of cells on each axis if ya wana change that.

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[Android Themes] tnpapadakos:
is this wysies 2.8 with the dialer background option?
[Android Themes] cacheinjection:
its just cyanogens eclair source edited to add a background and compiled