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[Windows Mobile Software Development] Cyclonezephyrxz7:
Best is quite subjective :-P

I, personally see it this way:

C# (The language I mainly use) is a powerful, relatively simple one. Maybe equal to VB.net, however I feel that it is a step ahead of that.

C++ Extremely powerful, but hard to use (unless you know how to use it already).

C# will provide you with a lot of pre-built functions that are easy to use, but you compromise some speed and size (more RAM usage generally)...while C++ will require some thinking and referring to many API's , but in doing this you can get a much faster, leaner program.

Since you know VB already, I would either stay with that, or shift to C#...if you want a challenge, go learn C++!

I hope this was of some help...
[Windows Mobile Software Development] TangerineTractor:
Thanks. My app will have a PC based management module, which I've just started writing in Visual Basic Express, no Problems. I still need to identify the best platform to write the WM application, which is basically going to read a datafile, display some buttons, and write another datafile...
[Hero CDMA General] keanon:
Are there any 2.1 ROMs that don't have Sense or can be modded to use the plain Android launcher?

I tried DarchVanilla and it force closes on me every minute or two.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
no, use pancake 1.5 with no-sense.
[Hero CDMA General] Leukay:
Are you kidding me dude? Lol, you can turn off sense and use the stock android launcher in pretty much every rom out there. When you flashed DarchVanilla did you wipe first? Also, you could check out Ic3Rom
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
OMG Someone should make a rom called "Nonsense_v2.1"

I think helix for the launcher would be pretty cool.

I don't know why I can't get over sense. I don't even use more than 3-5 homescreens at the most.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
Wow just 3-5?

I use all of mine, covered in widgets. I don't even have room for apps. I have to go into the app tray for all of those.

I need like 10.

I have a few folders now which makes the apps a little better, but only when I am on that screen. :(
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
Oh dude, I used to have every page FULL but I have been flashing new roms so much lately its to the point I've gotten tired of setting things all back up so I actually have ONLY the browser and HTC Clock/weather widget on the middle homescreen and THATS IT!!

I have been using the app drawer for everything else and the speed of how fast I can flick scroll my apps is one of my own personal, unofficial benchmarks

I look forward to the day I decide to stick with a rom, which probably wont happen until I build one just for me, THEN I will set things up for convenience.
[Hero CDMA General] keanon:
How can I turn off Sense in Fresh 2.0d?
[Hero CDMA General] MagnusRagnarok:
Thats funny, i remember when i tried panda so i could have 11 screens,

now the only time im using more than one screen is to post screenies

with ddms for some work ive done:D
[Hero CDMA General] nebenezer:
settings>applications>manage>htc_sense... clear defaults, press home and choose something else as the default. I don't use freshrom so I am only assuming he left basic home in there. You can also download any of the alternatives (helix, panda, etc.) from the market and use them.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] santosh143:
i brought one windows mobile xda minis it have 5 version i want to upgrade to 6 r 6.1 is possible if possible plzzx replyyy
[Windows Mobile Software Development] alecoddlyiv:
http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=248
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] XionaxPDA:
Hi guys,

Since a couple of days my phone wont go into standby after the amount of time set in de energy settings. The brightness will fade but the display wont turn itself off.Already changed the settings to 30 seconds and one minute.

Does anyone have a clue?

Regards

Xionax
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
Install this cab and let me know....
[HD2 General] waynez777:
I just flashed a new ROM for my HD2 and it's work great. But I found the tag slider position at the bottom of Manila screen and Call Histry screen is not exactly corrent (as attached pics). Please who can tell me how to modify that without flash another ROM? Which config or pic file can be changed to make those bugs display correctly?

Thanks in advance!
[HD2 General] waynez777:
I found a mod here and installed. Now the slider at Sense home pages is correct. But I still need help to modify the slider overlap position error at the contacts/groups/call history pages.

Anyone? Please say something...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
So the last few days I have been playing with a 3D program. I'm not the best that is for sure but I have ideas that I can sometimes get into the computer properly. I'm more of a true pencil and paper kind of guy. I really need to get a tablet so I can start doing something better in Photoshop. Just can't use a mouse to save my life to draw......Anyway I'll stop my rambling. I was wondering if anybody wanted the use of some 3D Android models. They can be plugged into photoshop for full 360° viewing. You should also be able to move his arms/legs/head if you want to go that far.

I posted some pictures of tabs that I have made with an earlier model in the "Post Your Today screen" thread. But I have since made a new model that is a bit cleaner.

Some of the tabs I made with the earlier model.I also have some of the objects that I made.Just to give you an idea what can be done with them. I also believe I can do some animation with them with another program,I haven't checked on it yet but it should be do able.

Home page with Notifications

Home

Contacts

SMS/TXT
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Some more

Email

Calendar

E Book

Docs

I'm not really into skinning right now. I'm waiting for MaxSense to really get into doing a theme. That is why I started making these but if somebody else wants to possible use them for something I'm game and can send the files to you. Just PM if you would like to use them.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Raadius:
Haha, pretty interesting take on the Android.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chrisrj28:
Yeah these are really nice, great job! You should look into releasing a slider set, Im sure you would get a lot of takers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
The one thing I need to look into now that I have a good model I like, is the animating. I'm thinking something like..............

An unlock screen with the droid pushing the slider when you swipe it. Have his legs fully animated. maybe have him switch from pushing with his hand to his should or back. This way if you only swipe half way it looks like it's pushing him back when it returns to center or what ever?

I really don't know how involved that one would be but it would be cool.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] finch273:
like i said in the leo screen thread very nice and please release a slider set

and pleeeeease share your awesome clockbackground ....

i really want this!!!

:D

...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Ya if I release a slider it will not be anytime soon. I just really don't want to make that many different models then have to put them into manila pages. I have started but as usual I'm never satisfied enough and will change it after a day or so. Since making the new model I will have to fully redo the ones I have done. Granted I have most other the object models so it will be easier then the first time bit I will still have to redo some of those now that I have more of a grasp on the 3D program.

The clock bezel might happen but that is one of the reasons I wanted the 3D program. I wanted to redo do it in a true 3D appearance so it's either the tabs come first or I drop them and start the bezel, lol.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ceesheim:
he nice work looking real cool ( I really like the ereader tab ) keep on going .
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] unthinkablehero:
that is awesome!!!! lol... please make this available!!! also, if its not too much to ask, can you post your wallpaper up for us to grab? thanks!!!! by the way, i think your 3d rendering looks great!!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Reignzone:
I told you boss...

There would be people to appreciate your work if you posted over here.

Great to see your icons in all of their glory.

Looks good as usual.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mughal90:
gr8 work mate.......can u give me cab for ur taskbar.....

thanx in advance.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
The top bar is part of full screen on Max Manila. The wallpapaer will have to wait till I get home from work.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] antoniomistretta:
BRAVO!

GOOOOOOOD Job! :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Raadius:
What program are you using?! I would like to make my own Android sliders
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
It's a program from Nvidia called 3dvia it's free to use but it is an online program that is html based. It's pretty easy but yet annoying at the same time. Some things have to be thought out because of how you produce some shapes.

Here is another picture of the model from different view angles and different colors.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Finally made some hands that I could stand for then a few seconds.

I guess I could have resized it a bit.lol
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] snowblind2142:
Lol Is there anyone you don't know Reignzone? :D

I also agree, Really nice work!

Could you be gracious enough to share your clock .cab as I have been looking for it for a while! Think I saw it in the *Post your today screen here* thread but no one replied....

Thanks! :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] trg1998:
thats great.....:p:eek:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
I made the clock bezel a bit ago but I never made a cab. It's not ready for release nor do I think it will be released.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
For anybody that has asked for the wallpaper.............

Black_wallpaper at Deviantart
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] snowblind2142:
Shame, Have seen a few others interested in it. :(

Thanks anyway in taking the time to reply :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
One of the reasons I picked up this 3D program was to do a 3D version of the clock bezel so you never know. I might finally be happy enough to dump it to the community.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] snowblind2142:
Now that would be sweet :D

Will keep my eyes open :)

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] acky85:
This is epic!! I had visions of a little animated Android dude flicking through the calendar or using the magnifiying glass to make his head look bigger or smaller. If these were released animated I would sit on my phone all day just pissing myself with laughter. What more motivation do you need than everyone begging for this to be done lol.

Do you take bribes... Id happily donate.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
I haven't looked into the actual animation side but it should be do able. As for implementing any kind of animations to actual things like the lock screen I mentioned or anything else somebody else would have to do that side of it.That is why I started this thread. I can draw but as far as putting the picture to program/coding, that is not my gig. I can do simple things like changing an image but coding was never my strong point.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] acky85:
Mine neither, thats why I tell (ask) the developers what to do lol
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
For some reason at 3:00 in the morning I got out of bed and had nothing to do so I played around some and made some headphones for my little friend.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] helenawang:
the slide icons are so cute!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Straitup27:
looking damn good wil!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Since nobody wants to use him I guess I can waste some time here and there and get out a set of tabs. I'm not saying it will happen fast but today I started from scratch with the other models. I have him places with several of them so far but with all the tabs that are out there right now it will be awhile till I have will each of them.

Just eleven more to do,lol........
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
One for this evening before going off to sleep....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
New eMail icon. The other one looked odd in that direction plus it didn't allow me to use him at full size to the envelope.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Ok so what would poeple rather see...............

Him in Blue as shown above

or

Green like in the new Web icon?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfee:
I like em both.. how about a combination of both of em. :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
I have even thought about a different color for each tab but I don't really like that plan either.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Veldmuus:
I like the bleu sets :D now waiting for full slider set in .cab :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Not totally happy with it but you get the idea. I'll just have to redo the shadowing. It's all wrong for the arrow.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
How do you guys feel about a TwitterDroid?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Docs tab but I will have to do some work on this one but it's there for the most part.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Contacts......
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
One more.....What do you think for a weather icon?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Settings.......
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
I cleaned up the settings icon. I kind of rushed it the last time and short cut doing some things. Even this last one is not fully up to my specs but it will do for now. I have plowed out most of the tabs I'm going to do. Out of 17 total I have 3 more left.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Updated twitter icon possibly???????
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Most likely the new Music Icon
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Pictures & Video
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Well I thought I would throw some humor into missed calls. If anybody has any ideas for something better I'm all ears. I can't think of anything I want to render for it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] millennium_y2k:
news? :-)....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Wil Badger:
Ya sorry it kind of got stuck to the back burner while I dealt with life. Everything is pretty much rendered I have a few I want to redo when I get the chance. Then it's just a matter of making the image files for manila. The real thing is that I have moved to MaxSense which doesn't really use the tab system anymore which made me lose a bit of interest. I'll still finish them but just don't know when.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Kameirus:
awesome looking

cant wait till you release the slider ..will go great with my current theme
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] m0bmentality:
if you send me a zip with all the files in it ill build a slider /LS and icon set for you and cab them... i dont even use droid but this DEFINITELY deserves to be shared.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] degake:
definately +1 :)

Grtz,

Degake
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] mjridore:
For some "friends" on facebook integration I get no updates and the HTC Album Facebook says "The user has no albums to display" This only happens for a select few. coincidentally its the few i so happen to want to see. Any one else having this issue you may have to check all facebook friends albums in the HTC album to see. If so Any resolutions for this would be greatly appreciated.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Jackos:
Check the htc site, thay have a fix for this.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] mjridore:
Where is the fix for this on the HTC site?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Jackos:
Isn't this what you're searching for? http://www.htc.com/www/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=917&news_id=601
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoshmosh:
I want to learn how to develop...I mean of course it wont be an over the night thing, but i still have 70 years to spare.

I want to contribute to the community, and isn't that what linux is all about?

My first question, Can i develop android in ubuntu? or does it HAVE to be eclipse?

I wouldn't mind downloading both anyways since i want to learn how to use ubuntu anyways.

yeah..so i guess all im asking is for someone to set me in the right direction?

Also android is written in java too right?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Meltus:
Eclipse is a program that runs under ubuntu/windows/mac. It's only needed for development if you're going to be doing app modifications, etc, it completely depends what kind of development you want to do.

Kernel/Source editing can be done in notepad if you want but you're still gonna need to know some java.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Six-Kills:
Interested in learning as well

I'm also interested in learning to develop apps for android and apparently we're in the same boat and level (beginner) - Currently I have 22 apps and 10 live wallpapers I'd like to develop but I'm still doing the reading and software acquisitions necessary to start so PLEASE drop me a line on anything you figure out or learn and where you acquired the info/tutorial - who knows maybe we can get this software company going lol (big dreams here)

The guys on here seem to be light years ahead of us but I've got hella time to devote to learning, testing and development so I'm ready to go
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Binary100100:
JAVA knowledge is a MUST for development.

Also based on my own experience Eclipse does not work well under Windows.

I've tried to modify the Launcher app from Cyanogen's source to have 7 screens in stead of 5 and it failed each time. I edited it in Ubuntu and it worked the first time. Just need to have Java 5 installed (not sure if there was a fix for Java 6 discovered yet). Eclipse works very well in Windows if you just plan on editing .9.png files but that's more theming than development. So bottom line Ubuntu is highly advisable.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] androidlicious:
I guess you could always start somewhere by reading some of this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jho78:
While trying to get apps2sd to work I had to flash my phone a couple of times. Each time I had to redo my Locale settings, and other various apps.

Is there a way to backup and restore that application data? (like Locale, atrid, grocery iq, etc)

I think I finally got apps2sd working, will that save it if I decide to flash my phone with say Damage Controls rom?

I saw a thread about using an app called "backup for root users". Will that work?

thanks in advance
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
No longer will be posted here due to XDA finding it acceptable to harass someone for saying "Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior" but allowing their mods and xda tv hosts to be racist and post slurs (@ashasaur and @azrienoch). I wish for XDA to delete all of my threads and posts.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dictionary:
Amazing. HUUUUUGE read-through coming later! Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] athereal:
Brilliant. Been hoping for something like this so I could try my hand at Theming :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deanesn:
jairomeo's you are my heroo. :) great write up. easy to following. lovin it. finally half of android makes sense to me. lol :)

MODs please sticky this. please please. I've been looking for all of this info for weeks now.

Thanks :) :) :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
Thanks, manup and sirmez and a few others are going to be looking at it to add to it, I've just been to busy with my designs at work that I just can't focus enough to finish this.

Once I get time I am going to dig into things and continue to find more things we can change.

If you have something to share, let me know so we can add it also.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] deanesn:
Maybe you can add link to AXMLprinterGUI based on AXMLprinter2 but with gui created by bigbear at modaco. Here is the link. http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile-pulse-pulse-modaco-com/304547/android-xml-decompiler/#entry1217176

That's what i use and it works great. :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
Cool, I didn't even know about that, I'll have to tak ea look at it and add it too, thanks for the tip.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] thebowers:
I see in the write up about how to change the statusbar.xml for music to white. What about changing to another color?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
As far as I know, and I haven't seen it stated anywhere else, the ranges are for black or white, and the increment is size.

That doesn't mean it isn't possible to edit it somewhere else, like smali or something. Which is one of my hopes, is give enough information for people to be dangerous and find some new things.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bga7x:
Well Done Jai I have been living and dying by this write up!!!!

this is bgill55 btw
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] noShame:
Great work man, will help a lot of ppl to create nice themes!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
Yeah you were one of the lucky one's to see it early lol. I'm glad it has been helping you though.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mrty4short:
When porting to a new version of cm what are the usual changes that have to be made to properly port it over?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
The services.jar changes in most updates, so safe practice would be to redo that. Same goes for the framework-res.apk.

In apk's the thing you have to redo if you edited when an apk has been updated, is any xml in /layout.

For example, in framework-res.apk there are 4 ( 5 if you want to change the battery % color)

Locations:

/drawable/progress_horizonal.xml (this hasn't changed, it's safe to keep reusing the same on over and over)

Update all of these:

/layout/status_bar.xml

/layout/status_bar_expanded.xml

/layout/status_bar_icon.xml (this isn't in the guide yet, this is the battery %)

/layout/status_bar_latest_content.xml

Same would go for the xml's in the layout of:

DownloadProvider

Music

Phone

If you are trying to get around redoing all the apps, you need to ensure that the apps haven't been updated since the last copy. There is a utility that will do a compare, something that I need to bookmark so I can add it to be able to use as a reference.

Examples are like going from the 5.0.5's to the 5.0.6, when the ability to move apps back and forth between internal and sd-ext, this option was not in Settings, it's in MediaProvider, so if you had themed it before, you need to replace it with the new copy and put the images back in again.

ROM to ROM these things are different also (for services, framework-res; most apps are the same minus the ones carrying options like Settings, MediaProvider and SpareParts). So you want to redo them for that.

Edit: This may be a good question to add to an appendix of the doc as a reference only thing, I'll give that some thought.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] bga7x:
I use beyond compare great program!!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
Never used to do that lol, dunno why I never thought to, thanks.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] jairomeo:
Mods, is there a chance of making this a Sticky?

My thoughts are:

Once the guide is done, Iĺl leave the link up, but will attach it to the thread also.

For questions that give information to add, Iĺl add it to the document.

To help keep good questions organized, I will make a second document, a Q&A, and Ill pull them so it can be used as a reference