Since I'm no longer updating my themes (at least for now) and I've been asked a few times, I'll provide a quick guide to changing the accent colours.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ma...ed-black-theme-accent-colour-options-t4051377
May do a full guide at some point in the future, but that would be quite long.
Huawei themes are just zip files but with ".hwt" file extension.
Apps I use:
*Note, you can use any similar apps that serve the same function, though I believe mixplorer is the best file manager especially for editing themes.
File Explorer (to edit the .hwt & .zip files).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixplorer.silver
*also note if you're using a different file manager you might have to add ".zip" to the theme.hwt e.g. theme.hwt.zip before you can open it, with mixplorer you don't.
Download:
iOmix-Temp.hwt
https://bit.ly/2M82lHT
Colour picker (to find the hex colour code of your choice).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jahirfiquitiva.pals
Vector image editor (to create the .png files).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shoebillsoftware.vectordraw
Download:
iOmix Theme Png Templates
https://bit.ly/2ZxJtdd
Includes .png & .svg use either as a template to create your own brightness & volume scrubbers these ideally should be the same accent colour that you use in the theme.xml
1. (Optional) Create a folder on your phone, call it whatever you want, I usually name it editing.
2. Copy the theme file (iOmix-Temp.hwt) to the folder.
3. Rename the theme file by adding ".zip" extension to the end "iOmix-Temp.hwt.zip"
*you can skip this if you're using mixplorer.
4. Open the zip and extract the following files to the editing folder:
com.android.contacts
com.android.systemui
framework-res-hwext
framework-res
5. Rename all files by adding ".zip" to the end
com.android.contacts.zip
com.android.systemui.zip
framework-res-hwext.zip
framework-res.zip
6. First we'll edit the theme.xml files in each of the files we extracted in step 5.
The process will be the same > replace 007DFE (this is a hex code without the #) with your own colour code (also without the #).
7. Editing theme.xml files
**Contacts.zip**
A. In the contacts zip open the theme.xml use the replace function to replace 007DFE with any other colour code *make sure [replace all] is selected.
B. Open framework-res-hwext folder > open theme.xml and repeat previous steps of replacing 007DFE with your preferred colour.
**Systemui.zip**
Edit the theme.xml in the following.
A. Main folder > theme.xml
B. Framework-res > theme.xml
C. Framework-res-hwext > theme.xml
**Framework-res-hwext.zip**
Edit the theme.xml in the following.
A. Main folder > theme.xml
B. Res > theme.xml
**Framework-res.zip**
Edit the theme.xml in the following.
A. Main folder > theme.xml
8. Replacing the main .png files.
**Contacts.zip**
A. Res > drawable-xxhdpi > fastscroll_label_phonebook_emui_null_icon.png (needs to be 152*152 pixels)
**Systemui.zip**
Edit the theme.xml in the following.
A. Framework-res-hwext > Res > drawable-xxhdpi > scrubber_control_normal_emui.png
(needs to be 98*98 pixels)
B. Res > drawable-xxhdpi > ic_seekbar_thumb.png
(needs to be 90*90 pixels)
**Framework-res-hwext.zip**
Edit the theme.xml in the following.
A. Res > drawable-xxhdpi > scrubber_control_normal_emui.png
(needs to be 98*98 pixels)
Finally you might want to rename the theme so you can find it in the Huawei theme manager app.
In the root of the theme zip there is a file called description.xml, open this file and change the title Theme title
Now remove the ".zip" from the files you renamed at the start:
com.android.contacts.zip
com.android.systemui.zip
framework-res-hwext.zip
framework-res.zip
Back to:
com.android.contacts
com.android.systemui
framework-res-hwext
framework-res
Copy the 4 files back into the theme.theme.hwt, If you used mixplorer then just copy the edited theme.theme.hwt back to your main themes folder
If you used a different file manager then remove the ".zip" extension from the theme.hwt then move to your main themes folder.
If you edited theme isn't showing in the Huawei themes manager, you might need to force stop it then reopen the app.
I hope this is clear enough.
Would be great if you share your edited theme here.
Let me know if there's any questions
***(This is a work in progress will be updated as time goes on)***
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How convert volumen bar to transparent?
Thx
Youtube_Ll0r3nt3 said:
How convert volumen bar to transparent?
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The volume pop up has 3 sections, can you screen shot and annotate exactly what part you want to change.
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kam333 said:
The volume pop up has 3 sections, can you screen shot and annotate exactly what part you want to change.
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https://we.tl/t-6eYpgSaGFJ
Need transparent vol bar loeo to Ll0r3nt3
Youtube_Ll0r3nt3 said:
https://we.tl/t-6eYpgSaGFJ
Need transparent vol bar loeo to Ll0r3nt3
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You didn't provide the info I asked for so I'll guess you're talking about the black part
Go to:
com.android.systemui>res>drawable-xxhdpi> volume_popup.9.png (edit this)
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Instagram sharesheet color and black quick settings toggle and black notifications
Hi bro,
remember me? thank you so much for supporting us newbies on making emui themes.
Just wanted to ask where is the section to change instagram sharesheet background color and also where to change the quick setting tiles and make black notifications if i have a theme that is not yours.
Thanks in advance
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faisal.fmq said:
Hi bro,
remember me? thank you so much for supporting us newbies on making emui themes.
Just wanted to ask where is the section to change instagram sharesheet background color and also where to change the quick setting tiles and make black notifications if i have a theme that is not yours.
Thanks in advance
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Also mixplorer is not saving the file after replacing the color code, its says not supported. How do you open the theme.xl file? code editor, text editor???
faisal.fmq said:
Hi bro,
remember me? thank you so much for supporting us newbies on making emui themes.
Just wanted to ask where is the section to change instagram sharesheet background color and also where to change the quick setting tiles and make black notifications if i have a theme that is not yours.
Thanks in advance
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Also mixplorer is not saving the file after replacing the color code, its says not supported. How do you open the theme.xl file? code editor, text editor???
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Hi Faisal,
To change the share sheet colour:
framework-res > theme.xml >
<color name="GM2_grey_800">#ff161616</color> (change to preferred colour)
In mixplorer you can use the code or text editor (I prefer the code).
If your editing the theme.xml in framework-res (for example) you first need to extract it from the theme.hwt, then add .zip = framework-res.zip then edit the xml inside
As for the other theme you're best asking the theme creator of that, not all themers use the same structure and this thread is just a quick guide to changing the accent colour since a few people have asked.
Maybe I'll do a longer guide at some point in future but right now I don't want to spend too much time on this.
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Thank u so much
kam333 said:
Hi Faisal,
To change the share sheet colour:
framework-res > theme.xml >
<color name="GM2_grey_800">#ff161616</color> (change to preferred colour)
In mixplorer you can use the code or text editor (I prefer the code).
If your editing the theme.xml in framework-res (for example) you first need to extract it from the theme.hwt, then add .zip = framework-res.zip then edit the xml inside
As for the other theme you're best asking the theme creator of that, not all themers use the same structure and this thread is just a quick guide to changing the accent colour since a few people have asked.
Maybe I'll do a longer guide at some point in future but right now I don't want to spend too much time on this.
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The volume pop up has 3 sections, can you screen shot and annotate exactly what part you want to change.
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kam333 said:
You didn't provide the info I asked for so I'll guess you're talking about the black part
Go to:
com.android.systemui>res>drawable-xxhdpi> volume_popup.9.png (edit this)
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There is no file to edit, can you check the topics that I send you?
Youtube_Ll0r3nt3 said:
There is no file to edit, can you check the topics that I send you?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=82700185
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Hello there.. Please can. U guide me. How do i know what part is called what in the theme. Xml file please. I cannot get it done and there is no guide for themeing emui settings app . God bless u brother
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UPDATED: 12-19-2011
This is to be a community project on theme's. Anyone with any information on theming, please feel free to post. If you post a how to I will try to update OP with a link to the post. If you come across anything on theming while adventuring threw the internet please post in thread and again I will update the OP as I have time.
Post 6: A How-To Post by KTT16
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19556664&postcount=6
What's Included in post:
1)How to Change Boot Logo and Boot Animation
2)How to Theme BlurPhone.apk
3)How to Theme Parts of the Notification Drop Down
4)How to Change Contacts Image in Contacts list
5)How to Change Notification Delete Button
6)How to Change Settings Images
7)How to Change Pop-Up Window Radio Button and Top Bar
8)How to Theme The WIFI-3G-Signal Icons
9)How to Get a Themed Swype
Post 26: BlurDialer.apk Theming Post by Medicstuder
http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19998441&postcount=26
Post 30: More info on Bootanimations Post by Admirlj21 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20064730&postcount=30
Icon List by Falloutboy2000
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824656
Guide to learn to theme by theimpaler747
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814
Link to XDA's Theme Area
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
If you use any of the links please hit the thanks button on the appropriate thread/post of the original author helped you out. If you use someone's work please ask for permission first. Don't forget the thanks button. Again if you have info to add please post a link and I will update OP when I have time and feel free to post anything that has to do with theming. Please don't forget to rank this thread if it help's you.
Special shout out to KTT16 and Admiralj21. It has been great working with you two and thank you for all your hard work and kind words. You two are great examples of what this community is all about.
MedicStuder said:
Hello Community,
Let me start by saying that I still a noob at theming but thought I would post a small tutorial on how I themed the BlurDialer.apk. Anyone else that has done theming please feel free to add input tips and tricks. Hopefully we ccan make this a great how to that might get stickied. Remember I am still learning also. this will be a simple how-to. I know there is a lot more to theming and I will update as I figure things out. So here we go.
Tools used: 7-zip and GIMP 2.6 (google for downloads)
1) Install 7-zip and GIMP 2.6.
2)Download the apk you want to theme.
3) Right click on the apk and navagate to 7-zip then extract. (I recommend desktop) Make sure you leave the orginal apk intact. VERY Important!!!
4)Open the extracted file. Leave META-INF alone. There should be a file named res. Open it.
5)Inside res you will find a few files. Inside a lot of the files are the png files.
6)Using GIMP make the changes to the pngs that you want to theme.
7)When done theming re-open the original apk file using 7-zip.
8)Now copy the new res file into the 7-zip window. This will update the current file in the archieve.
9)Install apk file and enjoy your new theme.
Let me say this sounds easier said then done. If you are porting over a theme it may take longer as file names are different from each device. The reason to keep the original apk intact is so you don't have to resign it when you are done. That makes things a lot easier. Feel free to ask any questions, justt remember I am still learning. Please google for answers as that is what I have done to learn what I have. Like I said above anyone currently theming please feel free to add any tips and tricks.
If you do use anyone else's work please ask for permission first and don't forget to give credit where credit is due. If this helps you at all please don't forget the thanks button.
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Anything helps I been to theme a rom for a couple days but can't get it to compile
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edward.hidalgo said:
Anything helps I been to theme a rom for a couple days but can't get it to compile
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Is a rom u made or one u downloaded?
If one u downloaded use 7zip to extract the framework and systemui apks. Then use 7zip again to extract the contents of each apks. Then when done theming copy files back into original apks then copy apks back into zip file. You shouldnt have to complie unless its your own ROM.
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If someone could please add in how to change the font color. That is one thing i cant figure out. Thanks.
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And how to change the font color of the font of the keyboard itself please.
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THIS POST WILL BE SPECIFIC HOW TO'S
I AM A NOOB: I don't pretend to know what I'm doing, because I don't. This post is for people like me that need visuals or step-by-step guides without all the jargon. The hope is that I'll be adding stuff so that we all become good at themeing, and can help each other out! If you have any questions or can improve on my methods, then please let me know, and post your method here too! Disclaimer: If you brick your phone, I am in no way responsible!
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1 - HOW TO CHANGE BOOT LOGO AND BOOT ANIMATION - Thanks to thewarhawk
FOR BOOT LOGO (prior to bootanimation)
What you'll need:
Image Editor - I used Photoshop
Binary Editor (I used FHRED -- it's free)
Fastboot
Logo-header
Creating Your Logo
First: Open up your image editor, and make your boot image the dimensions must be 540x960. Important: you must flip the image vertically (so that it is upside down).
Second: Save your boot logo as a .BMP file, but it must be saved in 565 format. To do this in photoshop, save as the BMP file, then when the extra options come up push the advanced modes button, and select the R5 G6 B5 option.
Third: Open up the .BMP file with your binary editor (FHRED) and delete the first 70 Bits (pairs of numbers), and the last 2 bits (with FHRED, just highlight and hit delete)
Fourth: Copy the header from the linked logo-header file and paste it at the top of your bin. Your file should be 1036820 bits. Save as logo.bin.
Applying a Logo
Fifth: Unzip fastboot and move your newly created logo.bin to the same directory.
Sixth: put your phone in fastboot by booting the phone holding the volume down, and then once you see fastboot on the screen, press voume up. connect your phone and open command prompt and use the cd command to navigate to where your fastboot and logo.bin is and enter:
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot reboot
ENJOY!!!
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any bricked phones
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FOR BOOTANIMATION:
Step 1: Create a series of images that will be your animation. Dimensions (540x960) and name each of them in sequential order. I used _00001.jpg as the numbering method. I ended up going up to _00010.jpg and then looped the animation.
Step 2: You'll need to edit the desc.txt so it'll play your animation as you want. When you open it, there are lines that describe everything. I just haven't figured out where to put the sounds...(I prefer that my phone load up silent anyway...) If you notice, in the text, you can call out specific folders (which you can rename to anything..I've kept it as sprint had). In the file it'll show you how to loop the animation (repeat count) I've chosen 0 for the animation part so it'll loop until the phone completely boots. You can keep playing around with timing and frames/sec...so you can essentially make a movie out of it.
Step 3: Zip your folders containing your images and your desc.txt in one .zip file. DO NOT COMPRESS IT. When saving it choose STORE as the compression mode. Name this file bootanimation.zip and save to your SD-Card on your phone
Step 4: Using Root Explorer, go into System/Media. Click on Mount as R/W. Then rename the current bootanimation.zip to bootanimation.zip.bak to save it if you want. Next, move the bootanimation.zip you created into that /media folder. You'll need to change the permissions by long pressing the file. rw-r-r
Click OK
Step 5: Reboot! Enjoy!
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2 - HOW TO THEME BLURPHONE.APK (Since MedicStuder themed the Dialer 1st, I'll leave it to him to show you guys )
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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There are three main parts to the "In-Call" status (this is when you are making a phone call) which I've labeled with red numbers
1) Unknown/known caller image
2) In-call options section
3) In-call background
- The first thing you need to do is to copy the BlurPhone.apk to your desktop from your phone
- Make a copy of it for safekeeping if you mess up
- With the copy you want to edit, use 7zip to "open archive" and you'll see a folder called "res"
- Copy this res folder to the desktop and keep the 7 zip archive open
- You should have these folders side by side (one which you'll edit with - the desktop one, and one that you'll save the edited files over - the 7zip archive)
- Open both res folders and each should have many folders within. The important ones are "drawable" and "drawable-hdpi" and ignore the rest of them
- Open both "drawable" folders so they are side by side
- In the Desktop "drawable" folder, there is bg_in_call - Double click on it to open it in your Photo-editor..I used Photoshop. I created a new layer over this one, blacked it out using the bucket, and Merged the layers. I think when working with PNG files don't flatten them, or you'll probably get the stupid white background to show..I digress.
- subchrome - Search for this image. Open it. I noticed a transparent line above it, but didn't do anything about it the first time I did this and had to do this all over again...that transparent line will cause a visible separation between the background where it says "Connected" and the Duration of Call. So, when I fixed it, I essentially closed the gap by painting over it. Remember, layer on top and then merge down.
- incall_bkgnd - This is where the "options" part is, where you can end the call, go to the dialpad, etc. - Again, with this PNG file, do not flatten it. All I did was delete all the squares except for the end button and changed it's color...simple enough right?
- Now, select all images, or just the one's you've edited and drag them over the 7zip archive ones to overwrite them.
- Close the archive window.
- Open up "drawable-hdpi" folders in both the desktop and 7zip archive so they are side by side
- incall_bkgnd - Look familiar? Change that one again
- ic_pane_unknown_caller - Change this as you want! I took Alien-Theme's and made it blue to go with my battery/dialer
- ic_pane_contact_photo - I made it the same as the unknown caller image
- subchrome - same as before
- bg_in_call - same as before
- Now, as before, save it and copy them over to the 7zip archive in the same "drawable-hdpi" folder to overwrite them.
- Close the archive window
So, if you want the in-call status to update, follow these steps:
- MAKE A NANDROID BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!
- Move the Phone.apk to the /system/app/ folder and overwrite the existing BlurPhone.apk
- YOU WILL FORCE CLOSE. Tap the force close a few times.
- Pull battery
- Power up
- Once the phone boots up, you will get a couple force closes, don't worry about it.
- Go to file manager (In this case I use Root Explorer) and go to /system/app/
- Find the BlurPhone.apk file and change the permissions to rw-r-r and then hit OK
- Reboot and enjoy!
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3 - HOW TO THEME PARTS OF THE NOTIFICATION DROP DOWN - Thank you to: on21st at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213071&highlight=
Hi everyone, I'm learning bit by bit here. I've found ways to edit some parts of the notification drop down and will be updating this very soon.
There are a few main parts of the notification drop down that I started out with cuz I hate this navy blue crap that this phone has going on:
1 - Title bar
2 - Background
3 - I call it the handle, but yeah whatever that's called
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Important - Make a nandroid backup first! I am not responsible if you mess up!!
Start by copying the framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apks to your computer
To change the Title Bar Color
- Extract SystemUI.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the SystemUI.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find title_bar_portrait.9.png
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor - Here, I've made it completely black (I think it might still be transparent, so I'm gonna change it a bit more)
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new SystemUI.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/app overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
To change the NOTIFICATION BACKGROUND
- Extract framework-res.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the framework-res.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find status_bar_background.png
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor - Here, I've made it more transparent by changing the opacity to I think 70%
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new framework-res.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it right????)
- Reboot and enjoy!
To change the NOTIFICATION HANDLE
- Extract SystemUI.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the SystemUI.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find status_bar_close_on.9.png
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor - Here, I've desaturated the color
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new SystemUI.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/app overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
4 - HOW TO CHANGE CONTACT IMAGE IN CONTACTS LIST
- Extract framework-res.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the framework-res.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find ic_contact_picture.png - There are 3 of them
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new framework-res.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
- Extract BlurContacts.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the BlurContacts.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find ic_contact_list_picture.png
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new BlurContacts.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/app overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
5 - HOW TO CHANGE NOTIFICATION DELETE BUTTON
- Extract framework-res.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the framework-res.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find zz_moto_btn_control_remove
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor GIMP work well here..PS seems to screw with the image.
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new framework-res.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
6 - HOW TO CHANGE SETTINGS IMAGES
- Extract Settings.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the Settings.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find ic_settings_(the image you want to change) - There are like 15 of them if you want the entire list
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor..GIMP works well here.
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new Settings.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/app overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
7 - HOW TO CHANGE POP-UP WINDOW RADIO BUTTON AND TOP BAR
- Extract framework-res.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the framework-res.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find btn_radio_on and radiobutton_on_background
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor GIMP work well here..PS seems to screw with the image.
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new framework-res.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
- Extract framework-res.apk so you have a folder you can play with and edit.
- Open up the framework-res.apk (that you've copied to your desktop) in 7zip by "open archive"
- Open up Drawable-hdpi folders in both the archive and the desktop folder so you have them side by side
- Find popup_top_dark.9.png This is one of the .9.png's that you might need to edit with the draw9patch tool.
- Open it in Photoshop or another editor GIMP work well here..PS seems to screw with the image.
- Save and copy it over to the 7zip archive drawable-hdpi folder so it overwrites the archive
- Close the archive
- Upload the new framework-res.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
8 - HOW TO THEME THE WIFI-3G-SIGNAL ICONS - Please see [THEME] - Blackout - WIP
- You'll need: SystemUI.apk, 7zip, Photoshop, Illustrator or another program. In this case, I used Illustrator to build the icon since it's clean, and then imported into Photoshop
- Copy the SYSTEMUI.APK to your computer (make a copy of that just in case)
- Extract the SYSTEMUI.APK to your computer
- Open up the SYSTEMUI.apk using 7zip "open archive"
- In in the extracted folder and the 7zip folder, open up to drawable HDPI side by side - you'll see a crapload of icons
- The icons that our Photons will call for (unless you've modified the xml) are the stat_sys_ wifi_signal, stat_sys_data_, and zz_moto_stats_sys_signal_6bar... icons. I didn't call out the 4G ones, since I'm unlocked and don't care for 4G cuz it apparently sucks in Beantown.
- Each icon is 38x38 pixels..keep that in mind as you build your icons. I laid out guides in Illustrator and photoshop that allowed me to snap the drawings to the grid/guides which helped a lot.
- The colors I used to match the no-signal and not-connected were hex: 232323 and 848484. For the 3G icon, i used: 666666 to make the arrows darker than the non-connected background.
- Once I built the icons in Illustrator, I dragged them over to Photoshop, and saved as .png
- After making all the icons, I dragged them over to the open 7zip archive window (remember this is the drawable-hdpi folder)
- Click yes and close the archive when you've transferred them over
- Upload the new systemui.apk to your sd card
- Move it to system/media
- Change the permission to rw-r-r
- Move to system/framework overwriting your old one (You saved a copy of it though, didn't you?)
- Reboot and enjoy!
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9 - HOW TO GET A THEMED SWYPE - Please see [THEME] - Blackout - WIP
Thanks to:
djdarkknight96
Dominic83
TexasRebel
THIS THREAD ROCKS: THEMED SWYPES
HOW-TO:
- Clear data from any version of swype (I used Ti-Backup to do this)
- Uninstall any version of swype you currently have (swype.apk, swype installer, and lib.swypecore.so (from system/lib)
- Reboot into recovery, wipe cache/dalvik cache
- Download any swype.apk from this dude's website
- Open it up in 7zip and remove the lib folder to your desktop
- Close the archive and rename it Swype.apk
- Open up the lib folder you saved to desktop and rename that file to: lib.swypecore.so
- Save the newly renamed Swype.apk and lib.swypecore.so to your sdcard
- Change the permissions to rw-r-r for each and move the Swype.apk to your system/app folder
- Move the lib.swypecore.so file to the system/lib folder
- Reboot
- ENJOY!!!
- FINALLY!!!
I would have to guess the keyboard font would be part of the rom so it prolly would be the same as changing the color in a themes apk. Just my guess.
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I would have to guess the keyboard font would be part of the rom so it prolly would be the same as changing the color in a themes apk. Just my guess.
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I think the font color is changed through an xml file in the systemui.apk or framework-res.apk...I can't be sure, but I remember reading about it somewhere..
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I think the font color is changed through an xml file in the systemui.apk or framework-res.apk...I can't be sure, but I remember reading about it somewhere..
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I believe u r correct. My problem is i cant find a program or settings for a program that allows me to view the files so i can edit them.
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I believe u r correct. My problem is i cant find a program or settings for a program that allows me to view the files so i can edit them.
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There is a program called FHRED. I've used it to make the boot splash screen. Since you're themeing, here's a thread I had in Android Forums that deals with how to make Boot Splash/Animations
Have you guys checked this? they have a four part guide..
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/forumdisplay.php/67-Tutorials
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Have you guys checked this? they have a four part guide..
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/forumdisplay.php/67-Tutorials
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Yeah, I've bookmarked this tutorial, but for someone like me, I need something even simpler. I plan on editing my 1st post in this thread with really simple HOW-TOs for the noobs like myself. Ex: HOW TO CHANGE YOUR DIALER in 5 Easy steps with photos or something...Thanks for posting it though! The smarter people who know how to follow instructions will probably benefit most! LOL!
Updated Post #6 with [HOW TO] - Create Boot animations, Boot Logos, and How to Theme the Blurphone.apk - I know it's not much folks, but it's all I've got...
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Updated Post #6 with [HOW TO] - Create Boot animations, Boot Logos, and How to Theme the Blurphone.apk - I know it's not much folks, but it's all I've got...
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Looks great man. Thanks alot.
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Thanks man...you got me excited about theme ing, so really, thank you...
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Updated Post #6 with Notification Menu! I still have a few more things that I want to change...Hope you all find it useful!
EDIT: Anyone know how to change the Notification Title (where it says "No Notification" or "ongoing") color? I'd like to make this black...Thanks!
Will post some new How-to's tonight!
- Contacts images - still having trouble with "in-dialer" contact image
- Dialer Delete arrow
- Notification Menu - Clear button
- Radio button
- Title bar image
- Changing the images in the settings menu (colorwise)
It's been a busy day!
Thank both of you for this. Ill release skinny 2 within a couple days hopefully. Id love to see some themes for it and thanks to your posts that might be possible
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Coming from you it means a lot. Im really still fresh at this themeing game as ive only been doing it for a few days. I hope people do use this resource and add to it...
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I never really cared much for theming. But i do want people to have access to themes for my roms. So you guys are doing a great job.
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If you have a question ask and I'll try my best to answer it. I decided to create this to help get more things going in our Dev Community. If nothing else you see how much work is put into theming and have more respect for the Dev's that do it.
**This is by no means an all inclusive tutorial, but it will give you a good start. I will continue to update and I am sure Shoman94 will throw a few things in here as well.**
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Basic Tools Needed:
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Stock ROM to theme try ShoStock ROM
Notepad++ for XML and Smali(God FORBID) edits
APK Multi-Tool for decompile and recompile of APK
Graphic Editing Program (If messing with .jpg or .png files) I use Photoshop, however, if you can’t find or afford it GIMP is a great program as well
7-ZIP for packaging your Theme
Theme ZIP folders left in tack so you can drag
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Basic Theme Tips
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- Res>Hdpi will, generally, be were a majority of your APK images are located.
- Res>Values>Colors.xml is primarily “A MASTER CONTROL” of coloring for that particular APK. What is meant by “Master Control” is that more than one layout item references to a certain line in Colors.xml and changing a color in there can effect more than what is desired. So try to find the edit in Res/Layout or Res/Drawable before using Colors.xml as your primary means of editing.
- Framework-res>Res>hdpi > popup*.9.png control your Pop up menu BGs like extended power menu, settings menu popups, things of those nature.
- Easy way to find where the color for a certain text is located. Take a screenshot of the text you want edited. Open that screenshot in image editing program, use color drop to select the text and grab the hex code. Go into Notepad++ then Find in Files and place that hex color in find box. Navigate to the folder /res in the decompiled apk. Hit search. This will not always work, but has helped me a majority of the time. Also keep in mind to read the xml file name before you make the edit because there could be more than one instance of that hex color.
- You can drag images into APKs without having to decompile, however, i've noticed this also can lead to decompile/compile errors if you are not careful. Best practice is to just decompile make your edits and recompile.
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List of XML, edits and what they control
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---[x] Framework-res
-------Extended Power Menu Text Color-------
global_actions_items.xml
Line: 6 add android:textColor="FFhexcode"
-------More to come i'm at work typing purely off memory-------
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Setting up for theming
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Before you start create a Folder on your Desktop and put the theme name you want as the title. Inside theme folder create a folder call it whatever your theme name is. Now extract the entire contents of the ROM to your theme folder so that you maintain the Folder structures. So now you should have two folders inside the Theme folder; themenamefolder and ROM folder.
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How to Decompile APK for editing then Recompile
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1) Put apk you want to edit in place-apk-here-for-modding folder.
2) Run script.bat.
3) In menu enter 9 to decompile apk, use option 10 if it's a core system app like contacts. For option 10 drag twframework into the menu then hit enter.
4) Make your edits then when done enter 11 to compile.
5) Only sign apk(option 12) if it's not a system application.
6) If you get no errors on building you will be given two prompts always enter yes and yes.
7) Once your prompted to hit any key to continue remove anything you’ve edited from the keep folder. If you've messed with an xml delete resources.arsc as well as the xml you edited.
8) Once you've deleted the edited files from keep folder go back to menu hit any key once it's done your edited apk will be in same folder as unedited apk(place-apk-here-for-modding folder).
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Editing .9.png files(Nine Patch)
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If you make an adjustment to these(i.e. hue/saturation) files using an image editing program often times your Nine patch in the images(black lines on borders of image) is no longer true black. An easy fix for this is to simply select 000000 in color palette and then using selection tool select each Nine patch then fill with the 000000 black color. Do this for each nine patch in the image then save and you will not encounter any compiling issues.
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Editing Colors
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android:textColor="@color/blue" is what you will see for most colors in stock apk’s. You can easily replace this with the color you want by using Hex Color Codes as such below:
android:textColor="FF000000" will give you a solid black color. The last 6 of “FF000000” are hex code. The FF of “FF000000” mean completely solid text, so if you were to replace FF with 60 “60000000” you’d have semi transparent black text. Lower the First number more transparent the text “10000000” lowest transparency without being invisible.
The same rules above apply to background colors.
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Compressing your theme with 7-ZIP
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Your Folder Structure should look as such:
Data
Meta-Inf
SDCard
System
1) Now highlight them all and right click > 7-Zip > Add to zip
2) Select compression fastest, name whatever you want the zip file to be named then zip it.
3) Always test your ZIP before releasing for general consumption.
Just in case
One more time
Great thread sir. Mod please stick!
Nice just as I was asking showman about theming you posted this perfect timing thanks!
lovely! Just what I wanted! Thank you! Most of the themes here are blue. I need to spice it up a little bit. :3
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@OP, please fix the links.... (servers not found)
Good start for the tutorial. I can't wait to see what else will be added in. I have just started to play with themeing and will have plenty of time over my winter break. I will probably be referencing back to this
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@OP, please fix the links.... (servers not found)
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Fixed it sir
?.how can we make the lock screen transparent?
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?.how can we make the lock screen transparent?
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NM. Method still needs testing...
Thanks for the tutorial, Do you happen to know the name of the XML file to change the Background color behind the message bubbles (not in the message bubbles) in the MMS.APK?
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "ace" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "ace" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "ace" E:Error in /sdcard/download/TestMMSTheme.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.
So I tried just changing a few colors to test... /res/values/color and changed to like black and purple. My Zip is set up with
system
META-INF
just added the single app in the app folder.
Am I just zipping it wrong? I think I missed something simple.
Help would be appreciated
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assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "ace" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "ace" || getprop("ro.product.board") == "ace" E:Error in /sdcard/download/TestMMSTheme.zip (Status 7) Installation aborted.
So I tried just changing a few colors to test... /res/values/color and changed to like black and purple. My Zip is set up with
system
META-INF
just added the single app in the app folder.
Am I just zipping it wrong? I think I missed something simple.
Help would be appreciated
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Send me the updater script ill fix and post what I did
Running ICScrewD ROM
jivy26 said:
Send me the updater script ill fix and post what I did
Running ICScrewD ROM
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sent in pm
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sent in pm
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You're running I777 correct?
Yes unnamed
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Yes unnamed
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Thankfully you werent able to flash otherwise you might have hard bricked with this updater-script you were using.
Here is the updater script. I left somethings in to show you what needed to be changed then added what it should look like. Your mountpoints were for some other phone and you had all sorts of stuff not needed in it.
Also in your system/ folder the framework folder isnt needed unless you modify framework-res.apk . All those .jar files definitely are not needed either. So your system/ folder should look like this if all you've edited was MMS.apk
system/app/MMS.apk
No other files or folders need be in there since this is just mms
http://pastebin.com/91ggDgH2
How could my mount points have changed if i pulled it from unnamed? Hope i didn't pull it from my old HTC stuff
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How could my mount points have changed if i pulled it from unnamed? Hope i didn't pull it from my old HTC stuff
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That updater-script was from some ext3 format phone. Just use the updater script portion i did in that pastebin and you will be gtg
Here is a guide to use as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=994940
In short, replace the dialog_* and menu_* images in /res/drawable-mdpi within framework-res.apk with your image of any transparency.
METHOD:
(1) Open your framework-res.apk with winrar, 7zip, etc.
(2) Open the folder /res/drawable-mdpi/ within framework-res.apk (in WINRAR)
Optional (3) You might wanna extract the whole drawable-mdpi folder and place it anywhere (place in desktop)
(4) Minimize the winrar window for now and open the drawable-mdpi folder on the desktop.
(5) Out of all the images, select the ones starting with 'dialog_' and 'menu_' and copy somewhere else, say, Desktop\folder.
(6) Close the drawable-mdpi window and open the folder containing only the selected images.
(7) Open the images with Photoshop, paint.net or any other image editing software which supports transparency.
(some images are not backgrounds, you can tell by their names, so no need to edit, just delete them)
I did this--(8) Select a color that you want with desired transparency. For all the background images, select the entire area (ctrl+a) and 'delete', fill the whole area with the selected color using 'paint bucket' tool.
(9) Save and close.
(10) Select all the edited images in the folder (Desktop\folder).
(11) Restore the WINRAR window. Then DRAG the selected images into the drawable-mdpi folder (in the WINRAR window) and select OK for the prompt.
(12) Close the WINRAR window.
(13) DONE :laugh:
You can give rounded edges to your dialogs. Take care though, 'cause 'top' backgrounds are rounded at the top, middle backgrounds are not rounded and bottom backgrounds are rounded at the bottom corners
Thanks bro. Awesome tut.
Keep up good work
Excellent bro .. gr8 tutorial.. Starting mod...
This tut is like a piece of cake...... damn easy steps.. Thanks bro
ssanjay19 said:
Excellent bro .. gr8 tutorial.. Starting mod...
This tut is like a piece of cake...... damn easy steps.. Thanks bro
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My pleasure... Try my CellSys theme as a demo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926989
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My pleasure... Try my CellSys theme as a demo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1926989
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Ya i saw in the morning itself gr8 one.. Especially i liked the blue and violet ones:good:
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Ya i saw in the morning itself gr8 one.. Especially i liked the blue and violet ones:good:
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Thanks bro
Hello friend, this is my first post after years of just being a silent reader ... I finally decided to create an account on this forum.
Now I want to ask, what's the name of the action bar and the 9patch.png name of this image number one in attachment below
then these two objects below on image number two marked with arrows
and one more question about this editing contact page that I can't figure it out how to change its background instead of holo white, any other pages was changed except this one, where is the damn layout xml for this thing?
help from my friends here will be greatly appreciated and I would be grateful
C.E.R.N said:
Hello friend, this is my first post after years of just being a silent reader ... I finally decided to create an account on this forum.
Now I want to ask, what's the name of the action bar and the 9patch.png name of this image number one in attachment below
then these two objects below on image number two marked with arrows
and one more question about this editing contact page that I can't figure it out how to change its background instead of holo white, any other pages was changed except this one, where is the damn layout xml for this thing?
help from my friends here will be greatly appreciated and I would be grateful
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Welcome new XDA participant
I don't write down all png files I have modified and I don't have access to my theme right now but here are some clues:
1st screenshot: it's in framework-res.apk and check .9.png called "***bottom***" There aren't so much .9.png called like that.
2nd screenshot: it should be located into the Contacts.apk and there isn't a lot of .9.png files.
3rd screenshot: there's a .xml file into /res/drawable/ of Contacts.apk for the background.
Primokorn said:
Welcome new XDA participant
I don't write down all png files I have modified and I don't have access to my theme right now but here are some clues:
1st screenshot: it's in framework-res.apk and check .9.png called "***bottom***" There aren't so much .9.png called like that.
2nd screenshot: it should be located into the Contacts.apk and there isn't a lot of .9.png files.
3rd screenshot: there's a .xml file into /res/drawable/ of Contacts.apk for the background.
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Okay, I will check all *bottom 9.png
And about the .xml can you give me any other clue?
C.E.R.N said:
Okay, I will check all *bottom 9.png
And about the .xml can you give me any other clue?
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Check the color of "background_dial_holo_dark"
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Check the color of "background_dial_holo_dark"
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the value of "background_dial_holo_dark" refer to an .png image, I was replace this with my own .png image, or maybe it is "primary background color" ? in the folder values/colors/color.xml there is an code <color name="background_primary">#ffffffff</color> but I haven't change it yet.
I want to make half transparent effect on the background that shows my current wallpaper instead, if it's possible.
Would you mind to check my res folder if you're not busy, in the attachment...
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the value of "background_dial_holo_dark" refer to an .png image, I was replace this with my own .png image, or maybe it is "primary background color" ? in the folder values/colors/color.xml there is an code <color name="background_primary">#ffffffff</color> but I haven't change it yet.
I want to make half transparent effect on the background that shows my current wallpaper instead, if it's possible.
Would you mind to check my res folder if you're not busy, in the attachment...
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So try to remplace into colors.xml file
Code:
<color name="background_primary">#ffffffff</color>
by this
Code:
<color name="background_primary">#00ffffff</color>
Primokorn said:
So try to remplace into colors.xml file
Code:
<color name="background_primary">#ffffffff</color>
by this
Code:
<color name="background_primary">#00ffffff</color>
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I will try that and report the result later
It works :good: thanks man
Hello everybody,
I would like to modify the icons of the tiles of the quick adjustment panel ( app or xposed or modifi systemui.apk).
I can not find a tutorial that works for me.
An idea please
thank you in advance
Try "Apk Editor" from Google play.
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Try "Apk Editor" from Google play.
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Thanks
It's weird I can not find the icons in the systemUI.apk
I take a look for you asap!. But I think they are XML files . No pngs images
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It's weird I can not find the icons in the systemUI.apk
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They will probably be in
SystemUI<simple edit<images
Regards,
milkyway3
icons are not images/ pngs .
that was in android 5 and 5.1 . but now they are xml files.
example:
the location icon
Code:
there it creates the icon via
Code:
pathData="M24.0,4.0c-7.7,0.0 -14.0,6.3 -14.0,14.0c0.0,10.5 14.0,26.0 14.0,26.0s14.0,-15.5 14.0,-26.0C38.0,10.3 31.7,4.0 24.0,4.0zM24.0,23.0c-2.8,0.0 -5.0,-2.2 -5.0,-5.0s2.2,-5.0 5.0,-5.0c2.8,0.0 5.0,2.2 5.0,5.0S26.8,23.0 24.0,23.0z"
and set the height and width with the upper vector one.. ( vector android:height="17.0dip" android:width="17.0dip)
you can change the hex color #ffffff to what you want
i will test and tell you what you can do to change it into pngs images. (this will take a bit because of real life and work etc.. a bit busy)
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They will probably be in
SystemUI<simple edit<images
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I modify the picture framed in green because it is in png
But the picture framed in red I did not succeed.
I found png but it was not the one
skeleton1911 said:
icons are not images/ pngs .
that was in android 5 and 5.1 . but now they are xml files.
example:
the location icon
Code:
there it creates the icon via
Code:
pathData="M24.0,4.0c-7.7,0.0 -14.0,6.3 -14.0,14.0c0.0,10.5 14.0,26.0 14.0,26.0s14.0,-15.5 14.0,-26.0C38.0,10.3 31.7,4.0 24.0,4.0zM24.0,23.0c-2.8,0.0 -5.0,-2.2 -5.0,-5.0s2.2,-5.0 5.0,-5.0c2.8,0.0 5.0,2.2 5.0,5.0S26.8,23.0 24.0,23.0z"
and set the height and width with the upper vector one.. ( vector android:height="17.0dip" android:width="17.0dip)
you can change the hex color #ffffff to what you want
i will test and tell you what you can do to change it into pngs images. (this will take a bit because of real life and work etc.. a bit busy)
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No problem skeleton, I understand, you have already do a lot for our p9000
Bradco said:
I modify the picture framed in green because it is in png
But the picture framed in red I did not succeed.
I found png but it was not the one
No problem skeleton, I understand, you have already do a lot for our p9000
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You will get an answer and a how to , as soon as possible
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You will get an answer and a how to , as soon as possible
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Thank you very much, I wonder how can display png via an xml file, The image should be stored somewhere
Bradco said:
Thank you very much, I wonder how can display png via an xml file, The image should be stored somewhere
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Vector files are not stored but generated. You could try putting the custom png files you want in your applicable drawable folder (drawable-xxxhdpi-v4 for example) named exactly like the xml you are replacing (except it will end in . png obviously). Sometimes android looks first for png before it moves to the vector (drawable) folder.
WiFi is usually ic_qs_wifi_0.xml and ic_qs_wifi_full_0.xml from 0 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Bluetooth is ic_bluetooth_off.xml and one for on.
Airplane might be ic_signal_airplane_enable.xml and disable
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Vector files are not stored but generated. You could try putting the custom png files you want in your applicable drawable folder (drawable-xxxhdpi-v4 for example) named exactly like the xml you are replacing (except it will end in . png obviously). Sometimes android looks first for png before it moves to the vector (drawable) folder.
WiFi is usually ic_qs_wifi_0.xml and ic_qs_wifi_full_0.xml from 0 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Bluetooth is ic_bluetooth_off.xml and one for on.
Airplane might be ic_signal_airplane_enable.xml and disable
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Thanks mate for this information ( 1/2 months I'm looking for )
Can i edit with notepad++ ?
What do you think about TickleMyAndroid for editing apk ?
Bradco said:
Thanks mate for this information ( 1/2 months I'm looking for )
Can i edit with notepad++ ?
What do you think about TickleMyAndroid for editing apk ?
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I highly recommend tma always. If you just want to change the colors, yes use notepad ++ on the vector xml's themselves by changing the fill colors. If you have some png files in mind, try just renaming them, if necessary, to the same names as the vectors like I mentioned above and drop them in one of your drawable folders, xhdpi, xxhdpi and see if it works.
Edit: Unzip and see if these are named like yours. Drop them in a drawable folder. Recompile, put on your phone and see if they show up. They won't fit right but you'll know whether or not you can use pngs. Always make a backup first.
Tulsadiver said:
I highly recommend tma always. If you just want to change the colors, yes use notepad ++ on the vector xml's themselves by changing the fill colors. If you have some png files in mind, try just renaming them, if necessary, to the same names as the vectors like I mentioned above and drop them in one of your drawable folders, xhdpi, xxhdpi and see if it works.
Edit: Unzip and see if these are named like yours. Drop them in a drawable folder. Recompile, put on your phone and see if they show up. They won't fit right but you'll know whether or not you can use pngs. Always make a backup first.
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So, The files in the zip you gave me does not exist in png but in xml in systemUI.apk
My xml files have the same name as the png that you gave me.
As the png files does not exist in my systemUI.apk I take those you gave me and I put them in:
- systemUI / res / drawable-xxhdpi-v4
or
- drawable-xhdpi-v4 ?
Thank you for all this informations.
EDIT : For the size of the PNG in pixel, what dimension should it use ?
Bradco said:
So, The files in the zip you gave me does not exist in png but in xml in systemUI.apk
My xml files have the same name as the png that you gave me.
As the png files does not exist in my systemUI.apk I take those you gave me and I put them in:
- systemUI / res / drawable-xxhdpi-v4
or
- drawable-xhdpi-v4 ?
Thank you for all this informations.
EDIT : For the size of the PNG in pixel, what dimension should it use ?
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It doesn't matter where you add them.. I would place them into xxhdpi.
The dimensions of the icons is also not that important. In XML file it's 48dpi. If your icons are xhdpi it should be fine
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Tulsadiver said:
I highly recommend tma always. If you just want to change the colors, yes use notepad ++ on the vector xml's themselves by changing the fill colors. If you have some png files in mind, try just renaming them, if necessary, to the same names as the vectors like I mentioned above and drop them in one of your drawable folders, xhdpi, xxhdpi and see if it works.
Edit: Unzip and see if these are named like yours. Drop them in a drawable folder. Recompile, put on your phone and see if they show up. They won't fit right but you'll know whether or not you can use pngs. Always make a backup first.
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I test with png for airplane mod, i put the png on drawable xxhdpi v4 with this name --Airplane might be ic_signal_airplane_disable.png--
with TMA :
1. Theming menu
2. Recompile files
3. Recompile with original signature
4. Select systemui.apk
5. Then create flashable zip file
6. Add system/priv-app/ file to project android 5.0
7. Select out folder
8. Create standard zip file
9. Flash with the phone
But the problem
Interface system has stopped
Bradco said:
I test with png for airplane mod, i put the png on drawable xxhdpi v4 with this name --Airplane might be ic_signal_airplane_disable.png--
with TMA :
1.Theming menu
2.Recompile files
3.Recompile with original signature
4.Select systemui.apk
5.Then create flashable zip file
6.Add system/priv-app/ file to project android 5.0
7.Select out folder
8.Create standard zip file
9.Flash with the phone
But the problem
Interface system has stopped
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Have you signed it? If yes don't do it.
Do you use the latest apktool?
Btw . I use androidmultitool with latest apktool to make my rom themes and modifications.
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skeleton1911 said:
Have you signed it? If yes don't do it.
Do you use the latest apktool?
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Yes with original signature
Version of apktool = 2.2.1
I have already managed to change the icons with this same configuration and process.
I will go with a clean install of the phone, what do you think ?
Bradco said:
I test with png for airplane mod, i put the png on drawable xxhdpi v4 with this name --Airplane might be ic_signal_airplane_disable.png--
with TMA :
1. Theming menu
2. Recompile files
3. Recompile with original signature
4. Select systemui.apk
5. Then create flashable zip file
6. Add system/priv-app/ file to project android 5.0
7. Select out folder
8. Create standard zip file
9. Flash with the phone
But the problem
Interface system has stopped
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ic_signal_airplane_disable, is this how your xml file is named? You didn't put "Airplane might be" in the name, did you?
Before decompiling, did you install your framework(s)?
Apktool 2.2.2 is the latest. You should update your TickleMyAndroid
Tulsadiver said:
ic_signal_airplane_disable, is this how your xml file is named? You didn't put "Airplane might be" in the name, did you?
Before decompiling, did you install your framework(s)?
Apktool 2.2.2 is the latest. You should update your TickleMyAndroid
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The name of my xml file is ic_signal_airplane_disable.xml i name a png like that ic_signal_airplane_disable..png
I just realized that I put two points to the extension i'am an idiot )
you might with TMA ? yes framework(s) is installed on my computer.
y update TMA and clean my phone it's better
could you tell me the process for recompile ans create zip with TMA ?