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I created a new skin for the HTC Long Press End Key App since it was out of place with every theme I've seen for TF3D. I must admit that my inspiration was from a a dialer I found and liked. All the credit for the design should go to that author. His thread can be found HERE The only real difference is the blue highlight to go with the TF3D theme I designed which can be found HERE.
The cab is very straight-forward as it only replaces the actual png files in your windows directory and makes no other modifications. Either way you should *Always* back up your files first. I would imagine this should work for any VGA HTC device that has the LongPressEndKey app installed. The install will prompt you to reboot after install and I highly recommend doing so.
Cheers,
Eidolen
FYI: It looks much better on the device than these screen shots. I wonder if the forum upload compresses the pictures?
Mate,
Took the liberty to modify your skin so it accomodates users who still have the stock colour scheme of black with green highlights. Hope it's OK.
Screenshots and files below. To apply unzip and copy to /windows.
Thanks,
NC
thanks!!! loving this although i dont use the shortcut very often
Thanks
Thank you very much. I hope you don't mind but I also took a liberty.
I took the liberty of taking the modified green graphics and making a new cab for those who wanted the modified theme posted by NCU1980.
Here's the cab:
What is the long press end key application? I did not see it in any of the links provided, it was just referenced. Does it come on the Raphael? Or do I have to download it?
Agent Blair said:
What is the long press end key application? I did not see it in any of the links provided, it was just referenced. Does it come on the Raphael? Or do I have to download it?
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It comes on the Raphael. You can find the settings for it in system settings and when you press and hold the end key on your device it should pop up a menu or perform a certain task depending on what you have it set to do.
Hello all
what application or software are you using for making or editing ".tsk" files for the new UI of WM 6.5?
I am using build 28014 & 23517 now
themes like pureblack 3 work great but i would like to edit the embeded background
I know i can simple choose & apply another background ...but i would like to embed one & cook the edited theme in my rom
Microsoft web-based generator is crappy..please advise...thanks in advance
Use WinCE CAB Manager.
Livven said:
Use WinCE CAB Manager.
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I use WinCE cab manager to add/remove image files in the theme
but every theme has a ".tsk" file that determines the background, top bar, bottom bar colors, and sizing of tabs..etc
my question is how to edit the TSK file.. i used ThemeGenCE before with WM 6.1 but when i use it now with WM 6.5 i am able to change the background but all other stuff gets messed up
any theme editor for TSK files that work with 6.5?? (keeping top & bottom bar untouched?)
Thanks
Yeah, double-click the TSK, man!
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Yeah, double-click the TSK, man!
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thanks for the help
i did not have .tsk files assosiated with WinCE but i chose "open with" & that did it..THANKSSSSSSSS
i feel silly that a simple solution was there all along...
i appreciate your guidance
ahmedfikry said:
thanks for the help
i did not have .tsk files assosiated with WinCE but i chose "open with" & that did it..THANKSSSSSSSS
i feel silly that a simple solution was there all along...
i appreciate your guidance
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as you have got the solution mods please close this thread
[ICON] (Update 27 FEB) Icons "Victorian Time" + .psd file (512x512) to make your own
I added some Icons in the wrong topic (sorry for that) so there was a suggestion I should open a new topic. Here it is. In the first post just a few examples, in the 2nd post the zipfiles with the PNG files and some nice Steampunk backgrounds.
I made them in 100x100 and in 150x150. If you have an X1, the 150x150 are just the right size for you ;-)
If there are any requests please feel free to ask and I will see if I can make something for it. I made the icons for the programms I frequently use.
Actually these are part of a Wisbar Advance Desktop theme I am working on, but it can take ages before I finish it I quess, as I am never satisfied. The goal is to make a complete steampunk theme out of it.....
The PSD file (512x512) is on page 2 POST 11 (on top of page 2)
Enjoy
Cheers,
Arnold
And here are the zipfiles:
In total around 35 icons per category (100x100 or 150x150) and 2 backgrounds. Please take the backgrounds from the zip file, they are better in quality.
Cheers,
Arnold
They look great! Thanks for this!
They do look great. I generally use my own icons but it is tempting to have a page where I use your icons especially for "bookish" related apps like Booklist Lexicon wikipedia wolfs translator and so on where they in my mind would be ideal.
Gongrats with your new thread and thank you for a fine contribution to the community
teach
Very very beautiful icon....
very nice job...
256x256 was better
Looks beautiful... Hope to see more soon...
thank you for your nice words. I think 256x256 are far to big as you can hardly can get 2 next to eachother on WVGA. With this size I have 4 on a row and just have a seperate page with shortcuts to my most used applications.
Cheers,
Arnold
These are very beautiful, no doubt they took quite a bit of time to make. Have you considered removing the text from the icons? This would allow the icons to be used for programs or functions other than those specifically stated.
well, I put the texts on it as I obviously made this for my own theme at first. But if you want I can put an empty background here so you can paste your own icon on it...
Cheers,
Arnold
hi,
i think that "sharing" of template (.psd, or for gimp) is very nice idea
so we can decide to place or remove text, paste our inner content of icon etc.
thank you very much
Okay, no problem, now you can make your own ;-)
Here is the zipfile of the bigger PSD file. 512x512 pixels, you can decide how big you want to have it now ;-)
Enjoy,
Cheers,
Arnold
PollPixx said:
well, I put the texts on it as I obviously made this for my own theme at first. But if you want I can put an empty background here so you can paste your own icon on it...
Cheers,
Arnold
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That will work. Thanks.
cool icons...looks illusive
nice icons
I have tried to download these icons twice and on both occasions it says that the zip files are currupted. Anybody know whats going on with thses
well, I just saw your post and tried to download the zipfiles I posted and it went okay, no complains further on and it is downloaded quite a few times, so no idea what is going on...
Cheers,
Arnold
Love these! Folder?
LOVE these icons! Thank you SO much. Question from a total noob:
I've tried icons before using total commander to place them in the \windows folder. Only one or two would actually show up after soft reset.
Do I place these directly into the \windows folder? There is an icon folder that appears empty in the windows folder - not there?
After that, do I need to do anything else beside soft reset? Have not had too much experience with registry and usually need step by step - which the wiki does not appear to help with.
Thanks again and would love to see a donate button?
FOLLOW UP: I copied the files in the folder to the \windows folder and soft reset. Nothing changed. Anything I am missing? Thanks.
vtmorp said:
LOVE these icons! Thank you SO much. Question from a total noob:
I've tried icons before using total commander to place them in the \windows folder. Only one or two would actually show up after soft reset.
Do I place these directly into the \windows folder? There is an icon folder that appears empty in the windows folder - not there?
After that, do I need to do anything else beside soft reset? Have not had too much experience with registry and usually need step by step - which the wiki does not appear to help with.
Thanks again and would love to see a donate button?
FOLLOW UP: I copied the files in the folder to the \windows folder and soft reset. Nothing changed. Anything I am missing? Thanks.
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haha, coincedence, I just made the donate button as I spend days making other icons and wallpapers for WP7 themes ;-) Here it is! Thanks bro!
Well, if you use them in WAD2 just put them in your storage card and add widget using them as the image.
Cheers,
Arnold
i love this~~~
How to use without WAD2
Actually, I am not using WAD2. I am currently just running energy rom cookie monster and wanted all the icons to be different. So I copied the files to the \windows folder and soft reset. But nothing changed. Is there a way to use these icons without a different ui?
Thanks. Peace. Michele
Hi,
Not sure of the best thread to post, so figured I try the master theme thread.
See the screen shots below.
Can anyone help me with knowing what file creates this BLUE SELECTOR in the various pop ups for File Manager, Total Commander, etc, essentially those programs that are straight WM6 and not Manila related. I found files to get the Manila BLUE SELECTOR, but am stumped on the BLUE SELECTOR in the various pop ups for File Manager, Total Commander, etc.
I am using cooked HTC Topaz / AT&T Pure ROM WVGA, close to stock, with WM6.5.x, Manilla 2.5_2012.1225_HTC Sense, Cookie 1.7.0.
I suspect there is bmp, jpg, png file and perhaps a registry entry to direct to the specific file?
Anyway, thanks in advance for your help.
m0
This is Manila related, as it's HTC Menu Enhancement and not the stock WM menu.
Livven,
Thanks. So how can I get this blue selector and the HTC Enhanced Menu files, cab, etc?
Can you help?
Thank you!!!
m0
P.S. I love your Livven SimpleGloss Themes 192dpi.cab themes!! Blue is the best.
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Livven,
Thanks. So how can I get this blue selector and the HTC Enhanced Menu files, cab, etc?
Can you help?
Thank you!!!
m0
P.S. I love your Livven SimpleGloss Themes 192dpi.cab themes!! Blue is the best.
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The menu in your screenshots are HTC enhanced i.e. not native WM
You need to modify the corresponding manila files
Find those files, export png using CFCGUI, edit the png then convert it back to manila files
Ok, after hours and hours and hours, I finally figured it out. It was easy, once I figured this out.
Bottom line...the file HTCMenus.png in the \Windows directory is what controls the selector highlight for NON Manila files (the screen shots below are .jpg files). The goofy thing is that dependind on what version of HTC Menu Enhancment you may have, based on of ROM Chef, this HTCMenus.png file may need to be changed, that is in the graphic size.
I learned this too late after finding this thread on the HTC Menu Enhancements CAB files by
Co0kieMonster at this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=508919.
Also, as part of this experience, I learned which files effect the highlights for Manila selectors. These files may be too many, but, I know this worked for me, see below for the list and the ZIP that has these. I found I could just copy them to the \Windows directory using Resco Explorer.
Anyway, hopefully this will provide some help to folks and save them a bunch of time, that I had hoped to avoid, but...
HTCMenus.png
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Hi all.
I thought i would write a basic guide on how to modify a skin apk the way YOU want it. There are some great skins being made, but often the colour scheme is not the way you might like it. I am new to android so if i have made any mistakes please let me know and i will correct ASAP.
Firstly i will say if you modify any skin, please DO NOT post it unless you have the previous developers permission. This is IMPORTANT. They are for personal use only.
First you need to install the following on to your PC:
Android SDK Here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
Java JDK and JRE Here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Auto sign Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
A good photo editing tool. I use photoshop.
Once installed open the android sdk and download the relevant Android Platforms.
Download the skin apk you want to modify. The apk can be opened with winrar. There will generally be 3 folders a xml and arsc. The two we need to look at are assets and res.The assets folder contains the preview pic and the wallpaper for the skin. The res folder contains all the png files. In res, the drawable folder contains the xml's. drawable-port-hdpi contains the png's for the home screen like the softbar and sense clock. drawable-land-hdpi contains the pngs used in land scape. drawable-hdpi contains the bulk of the png used in the skin
The following is how i changed the carbon fiber orange skin to green.
Extract the Carbon fiber apk. Then i wanted to change to colour scheme from orange to green so i used the res/drawable-hdpi from the evolution skin by extracting with winrar as this uses green png's. Copy the green png from the extracted evolution res/drawable-hdpi to the extracted carbon fiber res/drawable-hdpi. You will need to go through each png and just replace the orange png as the carbon fiber skin has some parts in this file.
Then take a look at the png's in the extracted carbon fiber res/drawable-port-hdpi. You will see the ones used for the home screen button colours (there the one's that are orange) Here is were photoshop comes in. You can remake the buttons or simply edit the colour of the existing png's your choice. I also changed the colour of the clock numbers from silver to green. Then replace your modified pngs with the ones in res/drawable-port-hdpi.
Next you can change the wallpaper and preview pic in the assets/image.
Now you need to add the modified folders with winrar. Open the original orange carbon fiber.apk with winrar and drag the modified assets and res folders from the modified extracted carbon fiber, to the archive. It will now replace the folders. Then close winrar.
Next you need to resign the apk with autosign for it to install. Please read the instructions on the autosign thread. Once auto sign is set up just right click on the modified carbon fiber.apk and click resign APK, wait a few seconds and job done!
I hope this info comes in useful. If i have missed anything please let me know and i will add it.
That's great! Thanks!
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I hope this info comes in useful. If i have missed anything please let me know and i will add it.
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Thanks for the guide. This will come in really useful!
Sent from my DHD
Dear original_ganjaman:
First thanks for your guide.
I had Edit Skin .apk's.
But when I change the png that name is lockscreen_arc_incall.png in res/drawable-hdpi.
It always can't show on lockscreen.
Can you tell me why.
Thank you.
laphone said:
Dear original_ganjaman:
First thanks for your guide.
I had Edit Skin .apk's.
But when I change the png that name is lockscreen_arc_incall.png in res/drawable-hdpi.
It always can't show on lockscreen.
Can you tell me why.
Thank you.
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That png is for when you are receiving a call. Edit lockscreen_arc.png, thats the one you want.
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That png is for when you are receiving a call. Edit lockscreen_arc.png, thats the one you want.
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Thank you for your answer
original_ganjaman said:
Hi all.
I thought i would write a basic guide on how to modify a skin apk the way YOU want it. There are some great skins being made, but often the colour scheme is not the way you might like it. I am new to android so if i have made any mistakes please let me know and i will correct ASAP.
I hope this info comes in useful. If i have missed anything please let me know and i will add it.
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Dear original_ganjaman:
How can I change name of skin??
I try use apktool to do.
But apktool like can't decode skin's apk
I got way to change name of skin
Thanks
I downloaded a win rar for a dock,
and I have no idea how to get it onto my phone, I have tried to read this, but I'm just soo confused I don't get it.
superdaddy said:
I downloaded a win rar for a dock,
and I have no idea how to get it onto my phone, I have tried to read this, but I'm just soo confused I don't get it.
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Which part are you stuck on? I don't understand how far you have got.
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Which part are you stuck on? I don't understand how far you have got.
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I downloaded this dock and wanna put it on my phone.
http://dutchlimits.deviantart.com/#/d324v1v
superdaddy said:
I downloaded this dock and wanna put it on my phone.
http://dutchlimits.deviantart.com/#/d324v1v
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It is for launcherpro. I don't use this sorry. it is not a skin but a whole dock replacement.
I have only been using android for around 2 weeks, so i am new to this.
Edit: i took a look and it is a skin for launcher pro. install instructions seem easy: Taken from the readme.txt:
Install:
- Download launcherpro
- On home: Press menu -> Preferences -> Appearence -> Dock background -> Custom
Can anyone tell me, after edit the apk file, how can i change the name of the skin and author?
Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!
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thnx!
thnx guy, this is useful 4 all the newbies on the field of edition skins!! xP
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