I want to edit the background of the dialer from black to white, but I cannot seem to find where it is, I've went through the source and can't find it. Can anyone help with this mod?
Thanks
Ima make a judgement call on this one and say if you can't find it, most likely you shouldn't be messing around with it
stefan.buddle said:
Ima make a judgement call on this one and say if you can't find it, most likely you shouldn't be messing around with it
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If you do not recognize the name, perhaps you should not make such assumptions.
Let me see if I can find the file name, give me a few.
Edit: As far as I can tell, there is no image file for the background. From the small bit of android programming I have attempted, I do seem to recall the default background color being black. I think you probably need to edit an xml file, but I could be completely wrong. I could not read the xml files with my phone, so I could not narrow it down at all. If you agree this is the way to go, and need to know how to decrypt xml send me a pm.
I know it is not an image, I've edited all the images. I have done an abundant amount of themes. I posted the question because I have spent a long time looking though the source. It is not an xml in the drawable, it is in the source somewhere. After looking though the source though, I am starting to think it is something at a higher level than the phone.apk of contacts.apk and maye be something from the system itself, since all the apps have a black background as the default.
Since I think it does default to black, have you thought about including a new background file into drawable, and writing it into the xml somewhere.
cloverdale said:
Since I think it does default to black, have you thought about including a new background file into drawable, and writing it into the xml somewhere.
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Haven't thought that far but that may be the best solution. There are a few white themes, and it could be a nice addition to them, or even to those without. I'll look into it more when I have some more time, unless there are some people that have time to help on this project
I need help please. I have the latest source from Cyanogen. I am trying to add something to the dialpad.xml but without even doing anything yet, when I start a new project from the code, I get a lot of errors, most I can just delete files and be ok with but I get
Description Resource Path Location Type
ERROR No resource identifier found for attribute 'contentDescription' in package 'android' dialpad.xml /DialtactsActivity/res/layout-finger line 126 Android AAPT Problem
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Its from the part of the code android:contentDescription="@string/description_image_button_pound"
I have spent days trying to figure out what the issue is.
Can anyone help?
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How do i change that background of the volume control screen? I have the HTCVolumeControl.png which will change everything else. Somebody please help me. I have looked and the only thing that I get is how to change the colored parts but not the background.
Really? Nobody has any idea how to change this.
You cant change it unless you know how to hexedit. And even then, it'd take wayyyyy toooo long. You're better off trying to find the original source files and recompiling it. Good luck finding the source files.
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On second thought, there might be a way to do it by changing the png files that HTCvolume control uses. Even then, it's still hard to do.
metril said:
You cant change it unless you know how to hexedit. And even then, it'd take wayyyyy toooo long. You're better off trying to find the original source files and recompiling it. Good luck finding the source files.
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On second thought, there might be a way to do it by changing the png files that HTCvolume control uses. Even then, it's still hard to do.
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I appreciate the input. But, lets say a have a wayyyyy tooooo much free time, where would I start to find the hexedit?
Long time lurker, first time poster... I have been learning a lot really fast about customizing different aspects of the eris, but what I have been really searching hard for is a way to customize certain components to add to an already great rom. Right now I am running Eris_Official_0.8.1T2 btw. Anyways what I am really looking for is something like this forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=654852 Mostly the Launcher is what I really want to change but to be able to tweak everything else would be great too. If someone knows how to do this or can point me in the right direction to maybe even learn how myself I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks
unzip the rom files
system/framework/com.htc.resources
once in there go to
res/drawable-port-mdpi
the file named common_app_rosie_navbar.png
is the launcher, and thats the main thing u need to edit.
and also go to
system/apps/rosie.apk
one inside the apk go to
res/drawable-normal-mdpi
and
drawable-normal-port-mdpi
edit those to your liking
Wow I feel dumb now lol... Ive been poking around in com.htc.resources for a couple days now and completely overlooked that... Thanks alot... Only question I have now is how do I remove the word phone that overlayed on the launcher? I would post a screenshot of my home screen but since im a new user its not allowing me.
Thanks for the help
well I uploaded a photo to my album so if you feel like checking it out just go to my profile... Im starting to like the phone (icon and word) over the orb but if anyone knows how to remove the word for future reference please let me know... I am also trying to find out how to change the status bar's clock color, which searching around has brought me to editing the services.jar or services.odex file but Im still uncertain on how to do this. Any input would be great.
Im going to sound like an idiot, but i can't open the apk to edit, im missing something.. help?
Right click and open with winrar or 7zip. Once you have edited the images you will have to resign either the .apk or the rom. Depending on if you are editing the whole rom or not. Hope I was able to help
I've just started to try my hand at making themes, and I've watched the tutorials on using metamorph and such, but I've run into a few problems.
first, while looking through my framework.apk (via root explorer if that matters) I found that there are two res folders inside it. both named res, but from supposedly different dates (apr 15 and aug 31) within each res folder are the usual folders (I assume) plus two more "doubled" folders called drawable-hdpi. Is this normal? to summarize what I mean, I have folder structures like this within framework.apk
framework.apk/res(dated apr15)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr15)
framework.apk/res(dated apr15)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr31)
framework.apk/res(dated apr31)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr15)
framework.apk/res(dated apr31)/drawable-hdpi(dated apr31)
Finally, I'm hoping for my first theme to change the look of the slide tabs on the lock screen. Where are the images located? I've been looking through the files and have no idea where they are or what they're titled
Thank you in advance for any help, and if things need clarifying, let me know, I'm sure I didn't explain myself all that well.
I wouldn't say that's normal, but that's just from me never having seen it before.
As for the sliding bar images, they are the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/jog_tab images
The lock and mute/vibrate images are the ic_jog_dial images in the same folder.
JAguirre1231 said:
I wouldn't say that's normal, but that's just from me never having seen it before.
As for the sliding bar images, they are the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi/jog_tab images
The lock and mute/vibrate images are the ic_jog_dial images in the same folder.
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Just so I'm sure on making themes, the images I make to replace them need to be named the same as the images they're replacing correct? This may seem kind of obvious, but I'd rather be sure.
IamFuzzles said:
Just so I'm sure on making themes, the images I make to replace them need to be named the same as the images they're replacing correct? This may seem kind of obvious, but I'd rather be sure.
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Yes, and you may want to take a look into editing .9.png's (although it seems all of the guides went obsolete once the newest version of apktool was released).
JAguirre1231 said:
Yes, and you may want to take a look into editing .9.png's (although it seems all of the guides went obsolete once the newest version of apktool was released).
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I remember reading something about .9.png's but what are they? I'm assuming I can find the guides somewhere here on xda? even if they're out of date, they're sure to be some help.
Also, thanks again for all your help, I truly appreciate it
IamFuzzles said:
I remember reading something about .9.png's but what are they?
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http://code.google.com/p/android-apktool/wiki/9PatchImages
Can Metamorph replace compiled XML files like it does graphics without causing problems?
Initially MetaMorph was designed for themers but it was discovered through use that we could also use it for applying customer dex files, resource files, images, and xml files. Pretty much anything inside of the apk and jar can be replaced with MetaMorph, which makes it very versatile and useful, in addition to this we can now copy files to places on the phone or sdcard, and we can implement the use of scripts now!
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from,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591329
so your answer is yes. perhaps read a little more next time...
mattyyey said:
from,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591329
so your answer is yes. perhaps read a little more next time...
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Yes. I know and realized my mistake. I normally do search, but look at the time of the post. Was a long day and my brain was not functioning. Not an excuse for not searching, but the reason behind my moment of stupidity
But now that the answer has been found, please let us forget this thread and let it die.
First, I apolgize if this belongs in the general section, I just wasn't sure where to post. I would like to change the look of my dialer (the one you hit the phone icon to bring up), specifically to the look of Jt's AOSP rom dialer posted by Captainkrtek and pictured below. I really can't find anything that says exactly what to change in the contacts apk to get it to look like that. Rather, everything I have done has failed miserably. can anyone give me a little insight into what I take from one to put into the other? Thanks in advance
the touchwiz dialer and aosp dialer don't line up right, you'll need some xml edits (DIP) and images and a bunch of other stuff.
the dialer is TabDialerActivity.apk (or something like that)
DialerTabActivity.apk and framework-res.apk
Big thanks to both of you. I have that apk on my phone, but the aosp rom doesn't, do they hide that somewhere else on aosp? I am just sifting thru the whole rom right now looking for the same files. Also, if they don't line up right, am I just wasting my time?
Fyrmedic654 said:
Also, if they don't line up right, am I just wasting my time?
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Well, it all depends on what you want. You might want to check Phone.apk also.
Eh, looked there but nothing matches up. I give up. Getting it like that may be more than my noob behind can handle right now. I'm still learning the ins and outs so, I may put this on the back burner next to my custom boot animation. Thanks again for the help. At least now if I find one I like in another theme, I will be able to change it