yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Themes] flyinjoe13:
Well I figured it out, sort of. The dial pad number colors are not defined by a .png file. They are defined by a color reference in the \values\colors.xml file (the dialpad_primary_text_color and dialpad_secondary_text_color). I made the appropriate changes in the .xml file and tried to recompile the Dialer.apk. That brought about a host of not defined errors in the public.xml file and invalid refernces to certain folders. So just for kicks, I deleted all of the lines in the public.xml file and folders that were causing the errors just so it would finish compiling. I flashed the new Dialer.apk and sure enough, all my numbers were white.

But here comes the sort of part. The bottom blue button for placing the call or going to your recents list is now white. Obviously one of the lines I deleted from the public.xml file must have had something to do with that button. Or possibly that color is also controlled by dialpad_text color and changing it to white changed that button. So in the end I took one step forward and two steps back. Unless I can figure out how to fix the compile errors without deleting anything, i'm screwed. And i don't have enough knowledge about this stuff to figure out the errors or how to fix them. So I guess i'm stuck with blue numbers for the time being.

Is there a way to pull a compiled version of the colors.xml file out of an .apk without decompiling it? I noticed that on a compiled .apk file, the values folder is hidden. I'd love to get that file out of the somewhat working Dialer.apk and put it in a working copy of the Dialer.apk.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
have a look in phone.apk..

edit: scratch that.. looks like you've figured it out. seems everything nowadays is getting referenced more to colors.xml lol

as to reading your other questions unfortunately don't think there is any other way to extract them files without decompiling first.. in the original file you don't see the folder.. instead it's like all jumbled into 1 file.. resources.arsc

changing colors.xml is just changing colour codes so as long as your putting in correct colour codes you shouldn't really be having any problems. the only other thing I could think of is perhaps some issue with whatever your using for compiling/decompiling?

what sort of errors are you getting?

I'm not the best but I've come across quite a few in my time so I might be able to help.. all through trial n testing lolz

---------- Post added at 10:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 AM ----------

how did u get on pal?
[Android Themes] lozohcum:
[MENTION=2562734]Mobzter[/MENTION] I haven't themeed dialPad yet. I want to start making theme from Settiings and SystemUI
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
ah I see.. that's cool. best to start from the actual framework file then..
[Android Themes] lozohcum:
yea maybe you are right to start with frameworks.

I want to make white UI with black and holo blue texts like in SoraOS
[Android Themes] Maï¿½trePanda:
In all version of android 2.x, I had a star trek theme like Lcars System.

But I have never see it for recent android version.
[Android Themes] flyinjoe13:
Finally found an APK utility that worked. I used QuickMod and was able to compile the Dialer without the errors except for the ones referencing alternative language folders. I just deleted those folders since I will never use anything but English and it compiled no problem. But I was correct. Changing the dialpad numbers from blue to white also changed the bottom button from blue to white.

There has to be way to use an image for that bottom bar because i've seen a few themes that have white dial numbers and a black bottom bar. I guess more searchig is in order.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
if I understand u correct ur saying the colour is based upon colors.xml and you want to use an image instead..

if so u could prob just try check styles.xml n find reference to that colour name that references it to colors.xml and switch out the referenced name to [MENTION=3944923]drawab[/MENTION]le/yourimagename.png. might have to be .9.png image though..

anyways that's just a thought.. maybe you've had better luck in your research..
[Android Themes] X0LARIUM:
This is a themer theme and I am wondering what Weather app is this..

Coded from a Clover Trail+ Machine!
[Android Themes] der_sascha:
can somebody tell me please name of this widget/widgets of Time, Weather, calendar ?
[Android Themes] supabad83:
assets of theme

so i have been stuck on a problem, when creating a theme and using assets to adjust some colours when doing so those changes do not show up.

neither in a fresh project or a decompiled one.

then i checked a different theme that does have colour and icon changes, works fine and all but after you decompile and recompile again those assets do not show anymore.

im using virtual ten studio with apktool.

please help.

i have some great ideas in mind that i want to work out.
[Android Themes] dexterdweller:
Similar Widget here

This link is to a similar widget in the Official Zooper Widget Screens & Themes thread. Take a look at this I know its not the same however it does share similar features. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50324040&postcount=2265

by: AppFire

I will be watching to see if you get an answer to your question though because that's a nice one.
[Android Themes] RaVe-N:
Can I apply a CM11 theme without applying the icons?

Hi guys,

Can I apply a CM11 theme without applying the icons?

Cheers.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
can u define exactly what u mean by assets? ty
[Android Themes] supabad83:
yes with assets i mean the zip files that are declared in the android manifest xml, with new 4.3 android we can adjust system icons text colour etc through those assets/zipfiles without having to edit system core file. now i see some themes where these do work. but somehow it just doesnt work for me

btw this is for a xperia z. i noticed they use different librarys.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
sounds like vrtheme..? guess I prob won't b as much help here..
[Android Themes] Primokorn:
Nope but you can apply an icon pack later.
[Android Themes] der_sascha:
are there some themes for AOSP Stock Keyboard 4.4.2 ???
[Android Themes] vastphoto:
Looking for theme name

Hi,

I've looked everywhere on Play for this theme but can't find it. Does anyone recognize it and know what it's called?

Thanks,
[Android Themes] Primokorn:
Your link doesn't work. ;)
[Android Themes] vastphoto:
That's odd. It loads fine for me.

How about this,

View attachment 2592460
[Android Themes] flyinjoe13:
Question(s) for anyone who's done some mms theming. One is kind of important, one I can live with if I can't solve it.

1.) I gotta solve this one. When you press and hold on a message to highlight (select) it so you can delete it, it appears to go through a couple of different color cycles, like activated and then selected. Does anyone know what determines those two colors? Is it an image file or an .xml color setting?

2.) Not a big deal, but would love to solve it. When you are in the read message screen (not the main window but the one you go to when you select a message to read), does anyone know how to change the main background color for that screen? I know how to change the backgrounds for sent and received messages on that screen, but can't figure out how to change the color of the empty space when there are only a couple of messages.

Thanks.....
[Android Themes] nss357:
Looks like a theme in themer. Not sure though, try browsing through themes in themer beta app. Good luck in finding it.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
1) tbh can depend on rom, phone, android version. before I'd say they would likely be an image file but with the newer versions of android nowadays you'll prob be looking at an xml file.

if there's no image files in like the /drawables-hdpi (or similar folders) named like xxxx_normal xxxx_focused xxxx__selected (xxxx can be anything really) then id say xml file.

you might possibly be looking at an xml file within the /drawables folder which once opened (you may have to figure which one though judging by the filenames) would state colors based on selected, normal, focused (along those lines) which you can then change. some may actually have colors referenced to named colors within /values/colors.xml which u can just adjust there which would save u time adjusting all of them.

ermm there may be a possible chance some might be linked/based upon the actual framework-res.apk.

2) message background could possibly be found in like the colors.xml or styles.xml within the /values folder. if it's 100% white then you could be looking at values that state something along the lines of [MENTION=403934]Color[/MENTION]/white or #FFFFFFFF.

hope that's of some help.. I think ive waffled on too much lol

---------- Post added at 02:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:01 AM ----------

I believe reinkaos is right.. I'm sure I saw it the other day in themer apps themes
[Android Themes] flyinjoe13:
I actually solved problem #2 and half of problem #1. I had to create a custom theme style item in the styles.xml file to get the background color I wanted. It was using the Theme.Holo theme (dark theme I believe) and I had to add a custom background attribute (item) for that theme.

Problem #1 is a different story. I figured out what image controls the color of the message background when you hold down on it and select it for deletion. What I haven't figured out is what controls the color when you just tap on it to open the read message window. Right now when I tap on it, it turns the same color as my message window background, but it's not transparent so the text disappears. I think this one is an .xml problem, but can't seem to figure out which color attribute it is. I'd even settle for having the background stay the same color and just change the text color. I just need some kind of better indicator for when I just tap it.

This is my last little problem and then I can call this project complete. One thing's for sure, I got a heck of a lesson on theming from trying to make over the Mms app. I learned things I didn't even know were possible that will hopefully help me do a better job of theming other system apps. I gotta say though, Android really needs to do a better job of naming some of these things. Figuring out how everything fits together based on their naming scheme is like finding a needle in a haystack.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
lol yeah i know what ya mean.. its quite a headache an all. glad to hear you have problem 2 solved.

as for problem 1 you stated

-text ends up same color as highlight so you cant read it.. correct?

im wondering if perhaps its clear to tell like if the text color is black or whatever..?

may want to try selecting options like that in other areas of your phone cause it may be the set color based in the framework-res.apk /drawables folder itself. (although when you try like in other apps or whatever that u try a variety as some may actually be themed to a set color)

if however /drawables folder in ur mms.apk holds any sign of a file that determines text color then it may just be in one of those..
[Android Themes] SuperNova Jedi:
Ok, so I got the R2-D2 lock screen ported to the Pandigital Supernova. Its 2.3.1 android. I found star wars icons for the status bar got the Millennium falcon WiFi signal icon working, but cant get the R2-D2 battery icon to work. I would love some suggestions of what im doing wrong. Didn't have to do anything to WiFi or lock screen icons, just copy paste. The lock screen was from Mr. Imperfect and the status bar icons were from Bethan for the Galaxy Nexus. Thank You for looking.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
maybe your systemui.apk or settings.apk have the battery icons there that actually need changing..?
[Android Themes] SuperNova Jedi:
Thanks for the suggestion Mobzter. I tried putting them in systemui.apk, still a no go. And nothing in settings.apk to resemble battery icons. Any other ideas or something I'm missing?

Well here is what I've found for any Star Wars fans out there. Damn you R2
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
hmmm

are we talking 1% mod or just the normal battery icons like 10%,20%.. etc...

and what is your current rom running, the 1% or 10%,20%.. etc..
[Android Themes] SuperNova Jedi:
Just normal icons. At first i copied over original and nothing then i re-sized to original battery icon size (they were a lil diff in size, didn't know if that

mattered) but still nothing. Then I did a OUT kitchen, thinking that would fix xlm (thinking xlm had something to do with it still didn't work). Then noticed the batt stat #s were different from mine. ) 0, 15, 28, 43, etc changed the name to match the OUT Kitchen #s (It is a MetaMorph for a Galaxy Nexus) I used NinjaMorph to get the WiFi Signal which is part of the MetaMorph icon package. I think that's it. Kinda forgot what ive tried and where im at now. But I do have an original backup. I really appreciate your time and help. I work 12 hrs day at a chicken plant and not much free time. But have the weekends off.
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
sounds like uve covered quite alot.. just curious though

is this the stock rom your working on or is it a custom Rom?
[Android Themes] SuperNova Jedi:
CFW_Ubernova Rabid ROM v2.0

Main features:

- Based on the official 092011 Fallback Firmware.

- Edited proper default prop to 0,1,1,1 instead of 1,0,0,0

- Removed proprietary Pandigital proprietary apps, Getjar, bloat.

- WiFi tweaks.

- Duplicated libraries deleted.

- Some build.prop tweaks to improve performance, wifi responsiveness, and better ram consumption, etc

- Gingerbreak 1.2 pre-installed for root after install.
[Android Themes] Yourmum90:
Hi, i have seen a few posts around theming and a few guides and they seem really complicated and i don't have a great deal of time to dedicate to theming at the moment.

I have a theme that i have running on my android using the normal HTC sense launcher but a couple of the icons like Messages are not theming. I have created my own icon that matches the style but i am not sure how to get my theme working on my phone.

I have used Icon Changer to create shortcuts which works for most of the icons but if i use this for the messages app the notifications are not overlayed over the new icon.

Is their an easy way to add my 2 icons to the existing theme? i have the apl extracted on my desktop and can see the XML files reference the apps that are being themed.

Rich
[Android Themes] kenymccornick:
Help with status bar icons

Hey guys, I'm trying to make the status bar icons opaque on an ics Rom (the icons to the left, like the debugging, usb, unread notifications, etc.) as in kitkat roms. does anybody what lines should i change? I'm sure it's not on drawables.xml and it's not the png's either (they are already opaque). Statusbar.smali maybe? if that's the case, what are the lines that i should modify? Thanks in advance! Here, some screenshots:
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
so did this custom Rom have 1% battery mod already or was it going down in 10's?

cuz if it was in 1's n u matched each file n replaced them exactly then it should have worked without any issues...

---------- Post added at 01:56 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 AM ----------

so r u having trouble changing the icon or getting the counter to be shown on top of your icons?

---------- Post added at 02:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:56 AM ----------

hmmm ok I'll try but not used ics in time. here's few things you can check (names will be roughly similar)

1) try SystemUI.apk, within res/values/colors.xml, (prob first line of colors) system_bar_background_opaque n change it (possibly the line below it too containing system_bar_background_semi_transparent, if need be) - this may be all u need to do to be honest if the images u say are already opaque!

I believe one or both the following will depict how the background turns out if u use an image. prob best to double check here so we rule out any possible errors.

2) in framework-res.apk, within res/drawables-(hdpi, xhdpi, xxhdpi) depends on ur device.. try looking for statusbar_background.9.png

3) in SystemUI.apk within res/drawables-(same concept as above) but looking for perhaps something like status_bar_background.9.png (this may not be there guess it could just depend on rom)

it may be in both the above locations so might b best to change both. if u have ur laptop o whatever to display in like large icon view or similar u should be able to see the statusbar image so ul figure it out if the names don't match as above.

that's actually based of my custom Rom on my kitkat but hopefully shouldn't be pretty far off..

well best of luck pal n let me know how u get on!!
[Android Themes] kenymccornick:
Thanks!

Thanks for the reply dude, appreciate it. To clarify, i already made the status bar transparent (modify a line statusbar.smali to enable transparency and modify a line in values/drawables.xml to change the color of the background to #00000000, both in SystemUI). Now the problem comes with the opacity of the icons. Following your advice, i checked res\values\colors.xml and there are only two lines there:

<color name="status_bar_recents_app_label_color">#ffffffff</color>

<color name="notification_list_shadow_top">#80000000</color>

I tried both, no luck. i don't think it's about changing the color of any background either, the status bar background is already transparent. Even the colored icons of some applications are semi-transparent, so there must be a line somewhere that enables/disables the transparency of icons or scales it. My guess it's somewhere like Statusbariconview.smali or something like that, but unfortunately i'm no dev and i get lost there. Any help is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
[Android Themes] Mobzter:
my God! can't believe I totally missed the keyword 'icon' lol feel like a right numpty now haha sorry. hmmm never looked into it before but if I get a chance I will.

sorry about the whole essay of na-da lol
[Android Themes] RaVe-N:
Thanks! I'm sure you used to be able to select parts of the theme to apply or not previously... :/
[Android Themes] Primokorn:
I can do it easily with my own theme of course :p

In any case the only possibility is to decompile, modify (remove xml redirections for instance) and recompile. So it's easier to apply another icon pack through the launcher. ;)
[Android Themes] silentattack:
Is anyone there do you know this icon pack ?

Sorry for my bad English
[Android Themes] argrr101:
I'm trying to customize my icons to something like this, does anyone know how I might do so? I went on an icon rampage today and looks at tons of icons but they are all 1x1, not sure how to get these 2x1 icons with the names displaying next to them!
[Android Themes] Primokorn:
Zooper widget or UCCW maybe.
[Android Themes] LGmarly:
In case you're still looking. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2387785
[Android Themes] The Sickness:
I'm trying to change the system text color. Just the text under all the apps.

I have tried color.xml in framework. And also in twframework.

Any help in this will be appreciated

Edit: I figured it out

My S4 Is Insane

Deviant Team Member
[Android Themes] Sami Kabir:
Help / Guide Needed

Can anyone please help me change the way my phone shows the current Date in the Notification bar?

EDIT: I figured it out

PS: I think its in SystemUI.apk.. Maybe some smali files needs to be edited... like DateView.smali or some other smali file perhaps :confused:
[Android Themes] FFinch21:
w

WOW
[Android Themes] germir:
the picture is very nice: D
[Android Themes] sasokutenshin:
It's probably a long shot, but could anyone help me figure out how to find/change this?

I'm trying to change the yellow bar to the thin holo blue bar. As you can see, I've already done some customization to my framework-res.apk, which is why the handle is holo. I used to use a Theme Chooser theme called Holo Fixer to do all this, but I'm currently running stock rooted 4.4 on my Moto X, so no Theme Chooser. That's why I'm making the changes directly to my Framework. But no matter what I do, I can't seem to find/change those yellow bars. Any help? Or if necessary, perhaps a better place I could ask about this?
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
I know this is to port to GB but might just help - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1963469
[Android Themes] The Sickness:
Delete

Get Cha Some Kit Kat

Deviant Development Team Member
[Android Themes] Sami Kabir:
Using ATTACK's guide at the GNexus forum, I managed to get Gradient Status Bar on my phone too.. but the only issue I'm having is getting a "whitish status bar" whenever I open any app that has a white background (like Google Play, Google Now, Whatsapp, Instagram, the XDA app, etc.)...

So if anyone knows how to fix this then please do tell me how to do it. :o

Sent from my GT-I9070
[Android Themes] ylukasy:
Have you tried to change the status bar background?
[Android Themes] ddfb:
The best is to use gravitybox, I've not seen any guide without that bug
[Android Themes] ali.sbi:
please tell me how can i change the battery icon in cm11 themes fo kk?i have some research and saw themer users said beacuse of battery code in KK and it's not base on PNG it can not be change?!so my request is if any one know how can i include my custom PNG battery icon in cm11 themes so then i use it with cm11 theme engine,please help me,tnx
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
This guy did it for TW.. Maybe you can port it? :good:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2628560
[Android Themes] MJPollard:
Unfortunately, that requires smali changes, which can't be done in Theme Chooser themes. :(
[Android Themes] brannondean09:
sense

Does anybody happen to know what app contains the themes for sense 6.0
[Android Themes] kenzolo:
guys, do you know where is located the reboot/shutdown logo in cm11 based rom?

Shuold be in framework/base but I can't find it
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
Framework-res.. Give me a few and I'll get their names

I believe they are named like this..

ic_lock_reboot.png
[Android Themes] jxcorex28:
Has anyone used the Facebook Status Update widget ? Its semi transparent and very crude in appearance. If your using different color schemes. It is hard to match with other elements. Is there anyway to update your thoughts that get posted to Facebook with the use of UCCW or ZW ? I was thinking of trying tasker on combination with either UCCW or ZW. My only hold back are the parameters. Is it possible to create your own customized status update widget without using that god awful Facebook widget or having to open Facebook
[Android Themes] Szwajowy:
Did anyone knows where i can find that background for notifications ? Android 4.1.1 and Sense 5. Htc Desire X

Please HALP :)
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
SystemUI/res/layouts/status_bar_expanded.xml and you might have to change them in res/values/drawables.xml
[Android Themes] Szwajowy:
<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color">#00000000</item>
<item type="drawable" name="notification_item_background_color_pressed">#00000000</item>

These ? Beacose it not worked, after pull it to my device status bar disapired..

Oh, i need to find color of notifications text and icons.. :P
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
Shouldn't disappear.. You sure you didn't edit anything else?
[Android Themes] Szwajowy:
I'm sure

Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire X przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
Well i did same thing in mine and my StatusBar still appears and doesn't crash..You also adjust it in status_bar_expanded.xml?
[Android Themes] Szwajowy:
Yep, you have sense too ?

Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire X przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Themes] lacoursiere18:
No, but that should not make a difference..Sorry I couldn't help you out but thats how you change the color..
[Android Themes] Szwajowy:
I will try again later, but thanks for help :p

Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire X przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Themes] Ticklefish:
This mod won't make your status bar vanish on its own. That's probably related to how you recompiled or what you did with the recompiled apk afterwards.