[Desire Themes and Apps] frank17next:
Hi Guys,

I wanted to let you know of an interesting change potentially applicable to any customized Rom.

I state that I follow the Android world for some time, I have rarely made 'active part' in the media and in forums, but I wanted to tell you this.

Let's talk about change the animations of the graphic interface of android, HTCSense or Aosp-based (like OpenDesire or DeFrost or..).

The change can potentially apply to any rom in use on any phone model.

Owning a Htc Magic 32b and Desire (stupid vodafone, made me wait 2 months for the nexus one, then I send them to hell ..) I present the guidelines for application of animation on this model (HTC DESIRE).

I will not go over, step intended to illustrate the steps to quickly apply these customizations (requires basic knowledge of shell / terminal / command line - call it what you want, depending on the your OS. I use Linux, Windows and OSX - take as an example the Linux OS):

'I am not responsible if something goes wrong'

0) Make a Nandroid Backup

1) Download and install the environment Android SDK, downloadable from here -> http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

2) Download the packages for 'Metamorph' from the links contained in this address: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774738

There are 4 packages corresponding to the 4 animations.

(Note: These animations can be applied directly as packed by Metamorph (downloadable from the market), only that the transaction requires full access r/w to the directory /system, this is not possible with the HTC Desire (not really a dev- Phone), to write to this device a dir /system it's only possible via recovery)

3) Connect the HTC Desire to the PC with the USB cable and enable the option 'Debug USB' Settings-> Applications-> Development.

4) Open a terminal and stand in the path /tools where you have installed the Android SDK in paragraph 1 (eg -> / home/frank17/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools

5) Now take from the phone file '/system/framework/framework-res.apk', responsible for the appearance of what is displayed by the UI, with this command:

#./Adb pull/system/framework/framework-res.apk

6) Now we will have on the local file 'framework-res.apk', we'll find it in precisely this path '/your_home/android-sdk-linux_x86/tools'. It 's a compressed file, and you can open it with any archive manager, like 7zip).

(Idem (it's the same) for the package downloaded in step 2. If we open one of 4, we can see its contents, and these are all files .xml that modify the animations, which we copy into our 'framework-res.apk' , precisely in the path /res/anim. You have to overwrite all, as explained in the next step)

7) Edit the original file ns 'framework-res.apk', opening with the archive manager, stay in the path /res/anim.

Then we open with another instance of the archive manager of a package of four animations, such as' Flying-animation.zip ', we move in framework-res/res/anim and copy all the files. Xml inside of our same file path 'framework-res.apk'

8) Save the new file framework-res.apk.

9) Reboot the Hct Desire in recovery (still connected via usb), I use clockwork, but Amon_Ra it's the same.

10) Into special section, mount the directory /system

11) From the OS shell on your Pc, we'll push new file framework-res.apk in the path /system/framework of your phone, with this command:

#./adb push framework-res.apk /system/ framework

12) We perform a wipe of Dalvik-cache (fundamental)

13) Reboot your Phone

14) Enjoy the new animation 'Fly effect'. There you can view with any operation to open popup windows (for example, menu-> background-> background = selection will notice that the window on the screen you get when you fly, rather than with the simple zoom effect, they're ispirated everything from compiz:))

Sorry for bad English, i'm Italian.

Ispiration: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=774738

Credit: all animation are created by Stale Bread

You can see the videos here:

Fly In Animations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=craNDI-XWos&feature=player_embedded

Fold Animations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zodBUQEUDs&feature=player_embedded

Flip Animations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqrBF0TE3Qk&feature=player_embedded

Bounce Animations:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMNNCjvxyY8&feature=player_embedded

:)

p.s.

My configuration:

HTC Desire A8181

Radio 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2

ROM: I use this rom:

[15/11] Pre-rooted Stock Froyo (2.10.405.2) [Optional mods]