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[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Yep I do :D. I actually just shared this with my friends in the Evo 3D thread. It's really pretty simple.
[Android Themes] hell_lock:
Can u giv me d links??
[Android Themes] Jamin13:
I'd like the guide too if you would be so kind.

10 Char Sig
[Android Themes] blend.:
I was after an alternative IDE for use on OS X - this looks interesting however. I hate Eclipse-based editors and was hoping for something else...perhaps i'll answer my own question somewhere down the line.

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of AIDE : ) Will give it a go.
[Android Themes] Jay Ssj:
idk how to thank u. my eyes r watering bcoz my dream come true now
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
PM me for the link also if you wanna talk about a guide :)
[Android Themes] life:
Why not share it with the world, give back to the community. There is a saying in the threads im use to that goes "sharing is caring" from tommytomatoe.

Sent from classic phone with a classic rom
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
I share plenty.... The reason I said PM me is because I don't share my Dropbox with the public and don't have time to upload now...
[Android Themes] life:
understood :good:
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Also with a mod like that you have to share to the specific device/rom. If you don't you might have everyone mad cause their status bar is force closing ;)
[Android Themes] life:
True, but that's what nandroids are for. :D

Sent from classic phone with a classic rom
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Lol I've been themeing for a while now and found out most don't make a backup. I've heard this more than once :) "I figured it would work so I didn't make one" So I've learned my lesson on sharing in the wrong thread lolz.
[Android Themes] anthonycr:
I never use nandroids:p when I get force closes I just adb push a good version of the app to the phone.
[Android Themes] vanisleryan:
Thanks great guide

×Slim Rom×
[Android Themes] pierx:
Hi all, does anyone here tried to build from CM9 TemplateTheme ?

i always get "build failed" with "ant release" command

Is there any guide on how to build cm9 theme template with ant?

Thank you
[Android Themes] 123r4ka456:
someone please,upload modified aapt for compiling uppercase xml.....

i searching for one week but no luck...........
[Android Themes] pierx:
Have you tried the aapt from the link above?

Inside the templatetheme.zip there is a modified aapt but it's only for linux...maybe you can try it
[Android Themes] bludreamers:
This was very helpful. Thanks a bunch.
[Android Themes] 123r4ka456:
still.....error....but anyway thanks....
[Android Themes] deadwood01:
Can someone help in changing the blue colour,

I tried changing the values in res/color/zzz_tw_secondary_text_sub.xml but its not changing

Am on stock GB 2.3.6....
[Android Themes] pressh:
Thanks for the guide!
[Android Themes] YoshYeah:
Great Tutorial, big thx for that :good:

cj
[Android Themes] $wissdroid:
Hey Everybody

theImpaler thanks for this Thread :-)

My Question.

Is Somebody knows in witch .cml i can find the Widget Background Color Line from Tapatalk? I search them but i don't find it.

And ist this legal when i change this? (just for me, not for sell or something)
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
I haven't themed Tapatalk in a while but the main spots to look are drawable, layout, color, or styles. I would think it would be in styles but could be wrong as its been a while. Also you can mod anything to your liking for personal use... You just can't share it if it's a paid app as that's warez...
[Android Themes] $wissdroid:
Thanks

But in all this .xml Files i had searching ...

I look tomorrow again.

Ok. Then is it legal to do a Tutorial how to Change the Background? (when i found them :-) )
[Android Themes] flastnoles11:
As long as you aren't posting paid apps for free you're good to go...

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Xparent ICS Blue Tapatalk 2
[Android Themes] $wissdroid:
OMG i was so Stupid....

It was only a picture in drawable mdni. And I Search 1 1/2 hours the code for them.

Now i must only change the white dusk.
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
You're not the only one I bet that has done that lol. :o
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Lol nope its happened to me before... I learned my lesson and check images before xml's...
[Android Themes] $wissdroid:
Good to read that :-)

Yes i Check the Images but onl them in drawable-hdpi not in the drawable-mdpi ...
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Can you please add a guide on making a theme chooser theme for ICS? I know there is a template available for Gingerbread but I have been having to use people's free themes and would like to make it a fully themed theme, idk if a template is available for this...? I know some people were saying the holo series is a template but I need it to work for both AOKP and CM9, the theme chooser theme I'm working on now does not work on both, a bit confused on how the direction is supposed to go for work on both as to what extra files needed to be added to make it a full theme set apart from a trial theme?
[Android Themes] anthonycr:
I took your advice and posted my template ;)

Hope to see some themes from you.
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
EDIT: Nevermind
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
I'm new to these stuff, but I already have some knowledge. So, I decompiled normally and edited .9.pngs by leaving its previous boarders, then I replaced them just to test. I also edited .xml files so I could change primary system colors. Now, I tried to compile the theme via apktool and Eclipse, and on both I get some kind of error. Help?
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Do you have aapt.exe apktool.bat and apktool.jar in the same folder you decompiled the apk? Also, did you check the android manifest.xml? Did you change anything in styles/strings/public.XML?
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
I think I did add few lines in public.xml for support of theming Appolo music player. Also, since I am on mac, I have placed theme folder inside apktool's folder where it was decompiled. So you think I should put apktool inside the folder with AndroidManifest.xml, res, etc.?

So the breanch should look like this:

apktool-> DeusExAndroidThemeXDA (folder which consist theme files) | apktool.jar and its folders | other themes and its .apk files|
[Android Themes] anthonycr:
No don't put apktool in with the folder you decompiled. It looks like you have apktool in the wrong location. Do you have the android sdk installed on your mac?

Also, DELETE the public.xml, it's a real pain when trying to compile because its a list of what was in the theme before and if it doesn't match, it spits out an error.
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Well, it says the problem is im values.xml and idk why :/! As the matter of sdk, yes I have it.
[Android Themes] ebs512:
It should say which line the error is in ?
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Idk what should be a problem... I've just edited hex colors. Wrll, maybe they can't be recognized by the android or device... I'll try put new ones.
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Which apk are you editing?
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
I used flow theme as a guide. Since I don't want to break coprights of the original themer, I planned to change everything. I would just keep img names and xml lines. If you know what I mean. You can see the concept at the link in my signature...
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Post your error log...
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Isn't the log on the pictures?

I guess the problem is in parent directories, that probably don't exist (I guess). But how to fix it =/

From values.xml file. This line is just one of the errors, but they are all cause by the same thing, parent directory.
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Weren't you getting new errors?

Use apk manager and see if you still are getting the error if so scroll to the top of the log.txt and it will tell you exactly what's wrong
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Nope, I'm stuck with these ones (includign the one in java directory for an invaild value "4").

Message on the start of decompile on apktool is:

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException:
[Android Themes] morphuex:
Thanks for the tutorial, very informative.
[Android Themes] rodmsantos:
Nice guide!
[Android Themes] m4570d0n:
This one works for me. I didn't change the conditional statement. I just commented out hasErrors = true; line in Resource.cpp

The only issue is that for some reason now, when I'm compiling I get that "Invalid file name: must contain only [a-z0-9_.]" error for literally every single xml and image file for every apk. But, it doesn't seem to be an issue other than filling up my terminal with nonsense. It still compiles without issue, and will compile with xml files that contain uppercase letters.

http://d-h.st/6q5
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
THIS should help.
[Android Themes] ebs512:
And this should help all of you :D

CM9/AOKP ICS THEME TEMPLATE
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Thanks guys! I'll try it out tomorrow :)
[Android Themes] VegasEvo4G:
Indexed images

I've recently started using photoshop (CS5) to do all of my theming. Up to this point, I had always used gimp. With gimp, I never had any issues opening an indexed image, changing it to RGB, and then editing away. However with PS, whenever I open an indexed image and change it to RGB, nothing happens. I'm able to edit it but the png still looks indexed. In other words, it looks all jacked up. Is there something else you have to do in order to convert indexed pngs to RGB in photoshop??

Thanks
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Well, I just made the new file with the same width and height... tho idk if it works since compiling is killing me xD!

I am working as an amateur in photoshop for cca. 4 years now , but to me it's just a hobby :)
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Made a jellybean cm10 theme engine template http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1799523
[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Thanks vm, will use it :)!
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
I use PS too for most of my images but for those I use Paint.net.
[Android Themes] sniper:
I had some issues with cs5 showing indexed as well. They shouldn't show up as indexed at all! Ps does a bad job with these png8 images. Download and install the super png plug in and it works fine after that :) no need to switch any settings after, they'll just show up normal.

http://www.fnordware.com/superpng/

Click here for custom mods for your E4GT
[Android Themes] VegasEvo4G:
Sweet. Thank you for the link!! (And thanks to the others that replied.) While looking around on Google I read some stuff about PS not liking png8. I had actually never heard of them before today. I'm gonna get this plug in rocking. Thanks again sn1per!!
[Android Themes] sniper:
No problem, I was googling looking around for an answer and finally found one small reply saying to use that, so I tried it and it actually worked :)

http://superuser.com/questions/151662/why-are-png-8-files-mangled-when-opened-in-photoshop

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[Android Themes] Ramazor:
I tried to start the plugin in CS6 and CS5.5 (Mac) but it says it can't open the file 'cause it's unsupported :/
[Android Themes] sniper:
:/ I'm using Windows 7 so I'm not sure, sorry

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[Android Themes] Ramazor:
I got win7 also, haven't tried it though since I use Mac for graphic desing (my Samsung screen has some wierdass gamma :|)
[Android Themes] sniper:
You did make sure to download the mac version from the site, right?

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[Android Themes] Ramazor:
Ofc mate, and copied it to plug-ins :o!
[Android Themes] InfiniteIce:
Thanks for this guide, really in-depth.

I thought it'd be a lot easier unfortunately, looks like I have a lot of studying and experimenting to do.

Thanks!
[Android Themes] AvatarOfFrost:
can anyone tell me how to change the mms main black background?
[Android Themes] ebs512:
Theme chooser won't do it, you will have to theme it via flashable zip
[Android Themes] Sean_Seany:
Noob alert !

Hope I'm posting in the right place ?

I'm thinking about making some themes for my SGT2 7 and would appreciate some helpful advice from some Devs/theme makers on the subject..

I'm just going to make a list of some questions and hopefully someone can answer them.

1 - Any custom theme making apps for SGT2 7 ?

I have some experience in making some Windows 7 VS and have used things like THIS and THIS . Any Windows 7 (x64) software /android apps available for SGT2 7 ?

2 - 9.PNG's

Is it possible just to change some 9.png's or do i have to go all the way and change HEX as well ? Initially i want to make a simple theme just to ease myself into the whole experience. Once I'm more confident with what I'm doing i will experiment more and more.

3 - Status Bar / Task Bar

On every ROM that i have flashed on my Tab the "status bar" is always black. Is that "hard coded / a permanent fixture" into the ROM or can it be changed ? if so is it HEX or 9.PNG ?

4 - Custom sounds

Can they be added to a theme ?

5 - System Icons

Can they be changed / added to a theme or is that a different beast entirely ?

6 - Installation

What ROM do i need to be running to make a theme ? At present I'm using THIS or can stock ROM's be themed as well ?

7 - Root

I guess you'd have to have root on your device to apply a theme ? Hey im a "lock n load" kinda guy , but to our friends who don't want root , will they be able to apply my theme ?

Thanks :fingers-crossed:
[Android Themes] ciscogee:
i used fireworks for pngs.

just pull all your ps work into fw and save edits. (make sure you merge and make smart objects etc [finalize] in ps first.)

.9.pngs can be done in ps if you know what your doing, if not there are plenty of .9 apps etc

hope it helps
[Android Themes] simster007:
Decompiling Error. Log included

Edit: Answered
[Android Themes] s-X-s:
Usually when u change indexed image to RGB usually layer lock goes away.. u get layer0 name for ur layer.... if that not happneing double click on layer name n change background to layer0 or 1 23 etc... I have always used PS never had any issues. after editing n ready to save hit Ctr+Alt+Shift+S to save n select png 24 for high qaulity.. n save it...
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
I'll give it a go. :)

1. Theme building I've found so far can be done in a few ways but most follow basic principles, so tools/ aren't device specific so just look at what's already available.

2. You can simply replace them, best to so imo with a like for like image, same dimensions and a .9, or edit the decompiled images.

3. Can be changed and most if not all are a .9png.

4. I'm going to say yes, not sure about adding new sounds though, would need a more knowledgeable answer.

5. Simply swap and replace, again I find it's best like for like in terms of dimensions.

6. Just a rooted stock ROM is enough.

7. Who wouldn't want to be rooted :confused::silly: , to make system changes such as replacing apks you're going to need to be rooted.

For anyone just starting to learn imo I thing it's best to download a few themed apks from other ROMs and just see what's what in the framework-res in terms of images and compare it to your stock framework. Start with simple image changing, because that in itself can be a task if you're also just getting started with de and recompiling etc.
[Android Themes] geenyous:
I am trying to get rid of the green parts in my Sense 4.0 ICS ROM.

I was able to change some xmls that pop up dividers and the text in the pop up is blue (see here: http://db.tt/aOJofOIt) but I don't know what to change to make apps also display blue instead of green, see here: http://db.tt/hvPwInid .

I assume its also some xmls I have to edit, but where?

In SystemUI or fw-res (where I already made the other changes, getting me halfway there...)

Thanks for your help!

Sent from my htc One X
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Well unfortunately those apps can't be themed by just modding the framework or SystemUI... Each app has its own pngs and xmls that have to be modified. It can become very tedious due to the fact that each time they update they loose the theme. Unfortunately no one has come up with an easy way of accomplishing this on Sense yet. The only way is to theme each app you want individually...
[Android Themes] geenyous:
Thanks for your reply, but that's not true. The sensecream theme from fisha21 is able to do the same. I have already asked him and am waiting for a reply, but I thought that this was fairly standard, that's why I asked here too.

Sent from my AOKPed htc One X
[Android Themes] Smokem_I:
Alright, I was under the impression that you had your entire framework modified... It all depends on where the app in question is pulling the info from... Some apps do pull from the system but most have their own pngs and xmls... It all depends on the developer. Seeing as another themer has accomplished this it is probably an xml you missed. I normally theme CyanogenMod so I'm kinda rusty when it comes to Sense... Please share the information you find as I'm currently running Viper rom and am going to start themeing it soon.
[Android Themes] geenyous:
I found it!:victory:

It was some pngs I missed, had all xmls themed already.

To change from green to any color, you have to edit the values/colors.xml in SystemUI & fw-res as well as the drawable/progress_horizontal.xml & layout/zzzhtc_alert_dialog_holo.xml.

I am using the villaintheme method, so I copy the resources.arsc file out of the compiled apk and push it as this is where the colors.xml changes are after recompiling (I am sure you know, but maybe others don't).

Hope this helps you with your theme! :)
[Android Themes] ayushextreme:
Themeing

Did you mention how to theme, just the ways, but not how to! Editing framework-res.apk
[Android Themes] AndroidFiend76:
Great guides. Android needs more themes!
[Android Themes] pepe471:
Thank you
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
Did you read the first post or skip over it? Theming isn't something you or anyone else is going to learn in a day and requires a lot of reading and practising, along with Googling "how to whatever" as most questions new themers have have already been answered many times before.
[Android Themes] stiil:
Is there a guide for theming in MIUIv4? I don'tknow how to change the apps and can't find any tutorials or guides how this can be done

would be great if someone could help me :D
[Android Themes] SXUsr:
= I am just lazy. ;)

I just googled "theming miui" and found these...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342895

http://forums.miui.us/showthread.ph...the-easy-way!-9-guide-now-up!!!-Questions-Ask!

http://www.miuithe.me/
[Android Themes] junreqoo:
that is good for us!
[Android Themes] 2012katas:
:laugh:simply wow:good:
[Android Themes] geenyous:
Sense 4.1 theming question

I posted the same over in the ViperX theming thread:

I spent hours to try to get the settings.apk propperly themed.

So far I had some success, but unfortunately not everywhere.

Most crucial parts of the layout of the Settings.apk are tied to com.htc.resources.apk which we can de- but not recompile. So I directed various stuff to framework-res.apk, where I made the necessary entries before as we can change the parameters there (compared to com.htc, where we can't change xml stuff).

Now I found out fairly soon, that the "common_list_item_src.png" in com.htc/res/drawable changed the background of the settings items, so I changed it to black to play around et voila, all was black. But, since I have a nice dithered holo background, transparent is even nicer so I changed it to transparent. I then discovered, that not all items behave the same in the Settings.apk, some are transparent now that where white/black in the beginning, but others are again white, suggesting that they have a background below the mentioned png.

Interestingly enough, the transparent worked where the text also changed to white as per my changes (again, copy various styles and colors from com.htc to fw-res) but the text stayed black where the background is white... (see attached).

This happens even in the same menu (see power menu screenshot attached). :confused:

Since I spent so much time on this already (htcs programing is a real mess!!) and I just can't forget how beautiful the apps overview looks now (see attached), I am determined to make this happen!

I made an excel list on the way where I documented all my changes. Let's collaborate on this to get it done!

I uploaded it to gDrive, send me a PM to get the password to add your changes.

Doc: Sense 4.1 Theming.

FYI, initially I planned to make changes to the colors of com.htc., that's why the top section of the excel is designed as it is.

I soon discovered that this ain't enough and so I added the lower part which documents changes made and where possible (or already figured out) the effects the changes have. Color underlied fields represent the color change I made (not the exact color, but close) for that entry (except black and white) for easier reference.

I have also labeled some of the fonts on the screens, I need to find out what the others are, especially the fonts on the buttons and one in power menu, where it describes the packages of the respective app (it's black, no good on black background ;)).

Here's my test installer with all the made changes and here are the modified and compiled apks.

Would be really cool of we could do this!!

Cheers
[Android Themes] m1keyb:
Have a look at these for the buttons (in framework styles)

<style name="Widget.Holo.Button" parent="@style/Widget.Button">
<item name="textAppearance">?textAppearanceMedium</item>
<item name="textColor">@color/primary_text_holo_dark</item>
<item name="background">@drawable/btn_default_holo_dark</item>
<item name="minWidth">64.0dip</item>
<item name="minHeight">48.0dip</item>
</style>

<style name="TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.Button" parent="@style/TextAppearance.Holo.Small.Inverse">
<item name="textColor">@color/primary_text_light_nodisable</item>
</style>

The power menu (if i'm thinking of the right thing) try adding textColors to global_actions_item.xml in framework.

Good work there :)
[Android Themes] unif3d3:
Hi guys. I'm making a theme but I don't find Phone app's activity on the net.

Is it just com.android.phone?

And how should I name that icon?

If you can post me anything like this: I'll be happy :)

com.android.contacts

com.android.contacts.dialer.DialerPhoneActivity

com_android_contacts_dialer_dialerphoneactivity

com.android.contacts/com.android.contacts.dialer.DialerPhoneActivity

Thank you, I'm getting crazy!
[Android Themes] Siberian Tiger:
If I'm not wrong the first one is not a png is code inside an xml and the second notification.bg or something.
[Android Themes] geenyous:
Thanks and thanks for your reply!

Got it working but I needed to do it differently thanks to htc...

They have their own fw, called com.htc.resources.apk which we can de- but not recompile. So I copied some xmls to fw-res:

res/color:
list_primary.xml
button_primary.xml

res/drawable:
common_list_item_background.xml
common_list_item_background_activated.xml (modified colors to 00000000)
common_list_item_gradient.xml (modified colors to 00000000)
common_list_item_texture.xml

And I made my changes/additions to the fw-res/colors.xml. I then recompiled and installed the fw with apktool again.

Then I replaced all @com.htc mentions of the above items to "@android" in the settings.apk et voila, most of the stuff was themed.

BUT, not all (see my previous post) :-/

Apparently, some xmls still pointed to com.htc, but in some hidden way as I could not find any mentions of the above files other than the ones i edited. In a streak of genius (:silly:), I then just put an @android before the values in the list, button and cm list item bg xmls, recompiled fw-res, extracted them with 7zip and pushed them to com.htc villaintheme style. Et really voila, all was themed :victory:

I then had to do some other fixing as I now had white text with sometimes white backgrounds, but I think I got it all. :)

Attached some screens.

Thanks again for your help!