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[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
I have made a Google Chrome theme and will do Blur and gchrome tonight (and android2.0 for Wysie), but unfortunately haven't been able to get my head around eclipse so haven't been able to label them properly.....

The google chrome looks great (well i think so) but then i am also running a Google chrome theme on my magic.

Once you get the eclipse instructions done i will do them all and give them to you to upload (I don't have a market account and tbh i don't want to pay the $25 to get one when i want all my themes to be free.

QUESTION: I have edited all icons etc in the theme package but for some reason when i open a folder on the desktop the selection colours are still orange. I have changed the ones in the theme so cannot figure out where the orange is coming from. It is not in my standard theme as i know i have edited them myself. Is it an xml edit somewhere or am i missing something?
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
The names of some of the drawables have been changed.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
So when in eclipse we choose the whole template folder rogro has given us? or do we navigate thru it? then how do we finish it so it renames it what we want to name it? I am new to eclipse, but not new to theming....

i think i must be stoopid as i am gonna need Rogro's detailed instructions. :(
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
huh? sorry i don't understand what you are saying...... i have edited every single drawable within the theme template he has just given us with .17.....
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Ok...I was using the old drawables from the original 0.1.6 apk and the new theme template has new names. If you are working directly from the new template there should be no problem. Although I had the same problem as you when the file names were incorrect.
[G1 Apps and Games] randomperson2:
About that new video you were talking about... the one with the extra features. How's that coming along?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
My router died last weekend so im sorry for the delay.... as soon as my isp send me a new one i will put up a new video.

Thanks to a wonderful beta-tester we are almost done for version 0.1! Big thanks :D

and of course a little teaser....

HOW ABOUT AN ENDLESS SPINNING CUBE?

Going from screen 5 to screen 1 and back again....

:D
[G1 Apps and Games] mbiza:
It will be VERY Awesome!!

Can't wait!
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
AMAZING!!!!!

Here is a screenshot between my screen 5 and screen 1. 360° homescreen rotation never before done on an Android device that I know of. Rogro82 did it in under an hour. I'll take a little credit for the idea, though :D Woody is an understatement!
[G1 Apps and Games] ThrashWolf:
Totally looking forward to this Rogro82 :D
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
List of GDE Features...

Done:

1. Infinite desktop rotation. Your homescreens never end. Go from last screen to first and vice-versa just by swiping in that direction.

2. Normal icon view in tray, as well as list view with alphabetical grab handle (much like contacts scroll)

3. Folder flexibility. Place folders in tray. Drag folders to desktop. Place items in closed folders on desktop. Place items in open folders on desktop. Place items in folders in app tray. Drag folders from desktop to tray.

4. Transition selection. Choose from: Normal, Cube, Stretch and Fade transitions. More to come. (I want a sphere next :D)

5. Configurable buttons on tray handle

6. Access phone settings from GDE menu or configure a tray button for even faster access.

7. User configurable number of homescreens

8. User definable default homescreen. (i.e. If you have 5 homescreens, you can select any of them as default when you press the home button)

9. Quick if not instant returning to home. Unfortunately, using FlyScreen delays this on the G1, but it makes the stock launcher lag too.

Still to do:

1. Set up GDE finder (much like global search)

2. Work out orientation for G1 users when kb opens. Right now we see auto (sensor based) rotation as useless for the homescreen. Would like some input from other members on this.

3. Implement more transitions

4. Implement Themes

5. Keep it compact. Right now GDE is just under 200kb. Will grow substantially with additions of wallpapers and themes, but we want to keep it as refined and clean as possible.

6. Probably more stuff I forgot

If any of you have feature requests or ideas, we would love to hear your suggestions. We want this to be the most robust and feature rich home replacement available. Your input is welcome. Thanks members@XDA!
[G1 Apps and Games] dpgc213:
Does the cube have up and down swipes?

And how does the strech animation work?

Cheers
[G1 Apps and Games] akatragedy:
no beta test 4 your xda family:( great app hope it doesnt cost 2 much in the market
[G1 Apps and Games] Meltus:
holy christ this looks amazing!

Can't wait for a release!! :D
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
No, right now the cube just has it's sides. I've been thinking about a top/bottom thing, we'll see.

Kind of hard to explain, but I'll try. It "squeezes" the current screen as the next screen expands. Really cool. Hopefully rogro82 will put out a new video soon.

Beta releasing is not up to me. I'm sure he'll make it a reasonable price. God knows I've paid much more than this will cost for "crap apps". My own fault for that, but just saying, this is going to be quality and well supported.:)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Thanks overground for the explanations, listing of features and of course for all the tests you have done :) I cant thank you enough....

As for the xda family being beta testers... i have showned it to 2 persons here... one of the most known themers/graphical designers and ofcourse the man with 203 apps, so I do let people from xda in on this...

Most of the features added are actual request I have noticed in the past or things people talked to me about...

We are going to make this an amazing new homescreen/desktop experience and I hope you will all love it :) Im going to try to make a movie tonight and will try to upload it via tethering so you will see for yourself...
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
You guys will never guess what just hit the market! :)

GDE 0.1 is out....

Working on version 0.2 as we speak:

New search.

Theming

More actions and more transitions
[G1 Apps and Games] randomperson2:
Purchased :D

I'll tell you what I think after I have a while to mess around with it.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Yes please let me know....

Bug reports

Feature requests

Whatever you have just send it to me so i can look into it or add it to the feature request list.

Also let me know what you think of the interface menu-wise.... its something completely different then it was so im curious if people like it.
[G1 Apps and Games] goldenarmZ:
Can't find it on the market :confused:
[G1 Apps and Games] Henchman:
This kicks ass.

Really fluid. But I would prefer that the center button pulls up the Application window, as it's easier to add apps that way.

Also, how would I access an app, that I don't have on desktop at this point?

Ah, never mind, forget the last two comments.

Just figured it out.

I wish I could add the Hero/Rosie widgets though.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@Henchman:

I am going to make a settings menu in which you can define which menu to pull up using the hard menu button and using the toolbar. That way you can easily show "All applications by pressing the drawer handle" and show the start menu using the menu-button.

This is already on our todo list, so you should see the feature added not long from now.

@goldenarmZ:

Its under tools. Sometimes it takes a while before the market updates.... Have had this issue myself
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Search "GDE"

Glad you figured it out. Rosie/Hero widgets can only be added to Sense UI, unfortunately.
[G1 Apps and Games] goldenarmZ:
Found it under tools. :cool:

This is really great work.. I'm floored by how slick it is. Can't wait for you to expand the features. :D

I noticed a themes menu option.. how simple is this to theme for and what's the process? I want to get it matched in to the rest of my interface.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
No search widget

I cannot add a search widget from the widgets list. It is there on the original home, but missing on GDE. It is another home replacement that bettercut will not work with. Can you do something about getting bettercut shortcuts to work?
[G1 Apps and Games] tchort:
My question was if you are using GDE on a hero build, how do you add Hero's widgets to the desktop, when you long press you can only choose android widgets, seems like a right question to ask and in the right thread! And if you want to get specific I'm using kings build 2.2.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I have the same questions a you. To complicate matters it looks like the .9's are going to break my balls. How are you editing them so eclipse does not ***** about the proper border? I have run them through draw9patch and the border is there, but eclipse says it isn't.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo can you send me a 9.png file your having troubles with? I will let you know what's wrong.

Somehow wrong .9.pngs work when editing an apk, but they can never be compiled so they have to be correct.

Are you using the draw9patch tool included in the SDK? And does "Show bad patches" show any areas? It should be an empty canvas... also make sure you save them using draw9patch when you are finished.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
It is indeed a right question. HTC Sense UI widget rely closely to the custom HTC framework which is part of the Hero builds. As for now its not possible to use any HTC widgets in the normal Google launcher and its not possible to use them in home replacements like GDE or ahome, openhome etc.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
You will need to import the complete project in to Eclipse. Right click on the navigator bar ( usually on the left ) and select import. Then select existing project into workspace.

The project will now have been added to the eclipse workspace and you can edit like described in the txt files in the first post
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
yeah i saw that..... but i have all the same names as you in yours (just checked it)- can you open up a folder on your desktop (one that lives there) and see if the selected colours etc are changed for yours?

***edit*** just tried yours and i get the same- but in dxtop and advanced launcher the colours inside the folders are correct (they are both themed to the same thing)

just did the draw9patch for mine- havent got that far with eclipse yet... until we get the eclipse instructions i just grabbed the .9.pngs from a theme i had created previously.
[G1 Apps and Games] tchort:
Thank you for quick reply, app is awesome, great job.
[G1 Apps and Games] kron2:
I have not done this in some time but if i remember correctly this is how you use eclipse.

by the way i just installed eclipse on windows 7 i had to use eclipse ide for java developers.

on widows xp i used eclipse classic but it would not work on 7

1> open eclipse

2> File > Import > Existing Projects into Workspace

3> Use the "Select Root Directory" option and browse to the directory you

have been working from aka "gdetheme"

4> Click on finish, if finish does not appear as an option make sure you did.

remove anything from the example directory provided.

5> then select your project on the left and double click on the

AndroidManifest.xml.

6> on the top go to the window drop down menu and select preferences

7> Select Android > Build > Apply > OK don't worry if you don't see anything

when you hit Apply.

8> Now right click on your project and select Run As > Android Application

9> When the emulator comes up just watch in the console tab that it says

install done! or reinstall done!

10> Ok from the AndroidManifest.xml that you double clicked on in the beginning

make sure the Overview tab is the one you see open from the main window

11> Select "Export the unsigned apk" and when prompted select the main

directory you have been working from.

12> select your project from the right then go to File > Export > General >

File System.

13> Verify that your folder and files are selected and click finish.

14> The only thing left to do is go to your project folder from you desktop go

into the bin directory and grab the created apk something like

gdeTheme.apk and put it on your G1 SD card. Use one of

your app installer and browse to your file and you should get

install completed successfully.

15> To change your theme name you need to go through the files before you

use eclipse and change everything gdeTheme to your themes name
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
I am doing that, and when I show bad patches all I see is a 1 pixel red line inside the border. I am not sure exactly what I have to do with the draw9patch to make eclipse happy.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Its not to make eclipse happy but to create a consistent .9.png which can grow without creating artifacts.

I will look into it and upload the changed version so you can edit it and see the differences between yours and mine.
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Exactly.....what I mean is I need to know what to do with draw9patch to get the .9's edited correctly so it will compile. I am sure it is because I don't have a clue as to what to do to fix it in draw9patch.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo:

the 9patch areas specify how the png can grow... so i just edited your .9.png so that the shade is in the center.

As you can see you will need to draw black lines along the side of the content, which will specify these areas.

Hold shift and click a dot to remove it and on the right side you will see ( the 3 stretched images ) what happens when it grows.

Hope if you try this it will make it more clear. In your case you didnt had any of these areas specified so the whole content is marked as bad.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
As i uploaded it you will notice the black dots... these are the specified 9patch areas... not artifacts or anything... These are the lines it will specify its growth on.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@MontAlbert have you read the txt files added to the first post? The last one should make things more clear... if it doesnt just tell me at what step you are.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
@ rogro82: I think MontAlbert is trying to change what I asked you about earlier. The menu focused/selected/pressed color within GDE, which you said can't be changed yet.

BTW....aren't you supposed to be relaxing?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
This is relaxing isnt it? :D

As for the menu drawables no they cant be changed ( yet. will be this weekend ).

I hope I can help out people to get a working new theme today :)

Once you have the first and understand all the basics it pretty easy.

A tutorial about 9-patch images from google:

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/draw9patch.html
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
here is my Google chrome theme- not eclipsed yet as i dont have it here at work. if anyone wants to do that for me that'd be great :D

keep in mind it is still works in progress- as i haven't done the .9.pngs properly yet- they will work as i have dragged them from another theme...
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
when i import the GDE Theme sample in to eclipse is says unable to resolve target 'android-3'. what am i doing wrong?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
You dont have the 1.5 SDK (3) installed ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
ah ok that would be why lol. i jumped straight to 1.6. thanks for the help man, should have a green version of my theme up soon when i get this thing running :)
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@bkmo

Did you got the concept of the 9.png files figured out? If you open up my sample in the draw9patch tool it will all become so much clear.

Nice thing is you can replace all png files in the theme template with 9.pngs if you need to so you can set how you want your toolbar to scale etc. this gives you so much more control without having to slice every image to make it fill a stretched area.

It will also save a lot of space when you do it this way. I am also going to change the toolbar png into a .9.png and just make the inner part 10/20 pixels wide and make that a growable area.
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
ok im starting to think eclipse doesnt like me. now its saying "GDETheme]Android requires .class compatibility set to 5.0. Please fix project properties." and i have no idea what that means. sorry for being a pain rogro
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
This .9 **** sucks, I am not sure if I am doing it correctly but I was able to get it to build. But after I installed the .apk to the phone GDE does not recognize it in the theme pulldown.

Edit: Ok success, I got it to build and install properly. Have an issue with the sizing of the search widget. I will have to **** with the .9's, but I am in much better shape. Thanks for the help.

Edit2: Attached is the BlackBlue theme. It looks ok to me.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Just some issues I found with this version:

1. Settings for the appearance are not saved. Tested with CyanogenMod and Amon_RA so I'm pretty sure it's the app. For example, if I set the transition to normal, switch off my phone and turn it back on, it goes back to cube.

2. Setting the wallpaper from GDE gives me a weird form of cropping (portrait). If I allow it to crop, then the wallpaper will be the same one throughout all the screens. Weirdly, if I were to go back to the default launcher to set a wallpaper, and then back to GDE, it works well.
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
Is there any interest for a sports theme like this? All I have done so far is the BG and portrait menubar, as I am content w/that for my own personal use. If there is interest, I'll start editing the other images this weekend.
[G1 Apps and Games] Ssantos6981:
I see it is still not worth buying. Doesn't seem like it will be something that is able to be used for long periods of time without something having to be done through the Original home screen.

The bad part is, he's charging us to Beta test! I want a complete home replacement app. The best I've used happens to be the free one Panda Home, too bad it isn't fully functional. It has great ideas and implementations just couldn't use it as a replacement.

Is there anyway to change our stock app drawer to something similar to hero? Just the drawer buttons would be the isht!
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
On the contrary it is actually very usable, except for what I stated above. Moreover, rogro/overground test their releases quite a bit before releasing it, so I don't think you made a fair statement.
[G1 Apps and Games] Henchman:
Then don't buy it.

Pretty simple.
[G1 Apps and Games] 2girls1cup:
Any themes uploaded to the market?
[G1 Apps and Games] htcmagic:
Could we have a moto blur theme, and android 2.0 theme?

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
rogro/overground: Also, if I've created a lot of folders under the menu, I'm unable to drag any apps into the folders that need to be scrolled down to be viewable (or at least I don't know how to). Thanks.
[G1 Apps and Games] Janiko:
Sorry, but i don´t have good news.

On my G1 there is no difference to the older version.

Turning back from an app to the mainscreen there are many force closes, any cut doesn´t work (the shortcut is only shown on the original mainscreen, but not on the GDE Mainscreen).

:(

Now I am hoping on the next version.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@Janiko are you sure you are using 0.1.7.2?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Im kinda like HTC, T-Mobile and all the others then :) thank you for the compliment.

If you dont like it dont buy it.

Like someone stated earlier we test all the releases for a long period, but that doesnt mean it cant have bugs. Its impossible to replicate every situation and its even harder with all the roms around.

If you want a "finished" product, which doesnt have any special features what are you doing on a developers site? have you ever read the url this site has? Yup it doesnt state xda-@$$3$. isht!

@all the rest:

Sorry couldnt control myself :)
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
Hey I noticed a hitch when coming from my text back to home screen it seems to revert back to the cube transition from my normal transition...Don't know if it was already stated or not...pulling an all night getting some work done but though I would let you know

P.S. Darn good job on this as I will always state cause even though I am doing themes this is something I want to start looking into
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
@holmes

Thanks for letting me know. Indeed already some others have reported it. I will have it fixed in the next release.
[G1 Apps and Games] holmes901:
No worries glad to help...and sorry if I was the 50th person to post that...lol
[G1 Apps and Games] Hotas:
I needed something like GDE: simple, 5-7 screens, not slowing my phone down. That's what I already got and I'm happy to spend a few bucks for it. Thanks folks! Everything else coming up is a bonus (for me).

btw: @themers: any chance to change the notification bar's color? Would make it look way better.

Cheers,

Hotas.
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
rogro did you see my post about the error i am getting in eclipse? just incase you didnt i will right it again. after installing the 1.5 sdk rev3, i importes the GDETheme sample and it says "GDETheme]Android requires .class compatibility set to 5.0. Please fix project properties." what does this mean?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Do you have the right Java JDK installed? To check go to the Project Properties > Java Compiler

Look at Compiler compliance level. it should be 1.5/1.6
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
Can someone help me with eclipse thing of all this- got the draw9patch images all done correctly, named everything as required according to the instructins attached to first post.

i have one final error that is stopping me compiling the final apk.

I have called my apk- GoogleChrome_GDE

inside src / com.slp.GoogleChrome_GDE /GoogleChrome_GDE.java

i have the following:

package com.slp.GoogleChrome_GDE;

import com.rogro.sampletheme.R;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class GoogleChrome_GDE extends Activity {
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

/*
* Toolbar grip
* width: *
* height: 65
* auto centered
*
* Toolbar buttons
* width: 100
* height: 65
* auto centered

It gives me an error at

import com.rogro.sampletheme.R;

saying that:

"The import com.rogro.sampletheme.R cannot be resolved"

what the hell have i done wrong? I am happy with my progress with the draw9patches and the rest of the editing so far.... but this is killing me....
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
change the part before the .R ( com.rogro.sampletheme.R; ) into your own package name.

Its also better to change the package com.slp.GoogleChrome_GDE into a name without _ and I would make all names lowercased.

like com.slp.gchrometheme or something like that ( basic naming conventions ).
[G1 Apps and Games] djosiah:
ok thanks that seems to have solved my problem, the compliance level wasnt set. ok now i am not getting any errors but under the src folder, there arent the 3 folder you mentioned in the instructions. only the com.rogro.sample theme package, or is the the file i need to edit to change the name?
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Can you explain a bit further. What error do you get?

Underneath the src folder you will need to change the folder names to change the package.

so change com.rogro.sampletheme ( 3 folders com rogro sampletheme ) into something like com.djosiah.mytheme and also change the package name in the file in this folder ( you can also change the name of the file, but you will have to change the activity name in the androidmanifest as described in the txt file ).

also change the import ( as soon on MontAlbers post ) into the name you choose for the package but keep the .R part ( resources ).

If this is all done you will have to change the package name ( and if you changed the filename also the activity name ) in the androidmanifest.xml.