I currently use a Moto Droid, without root.
I also use dxtop, a wonderful home replacement with few drawbacks.
I saw that a user here was turning many of your themes intended for rooted phones into dxtop themes.
Two examples are
Ghost Black, and Leather.
Ghost Black when used changes many of the system icons, like contacts and maps for example. Leather changes a number of things, but leaves icons alone.
I would like to be able to use the Ghost Black theme without it changing my icons. I like customizing icons individually using the functionality built into dxtop or using bettercut. It's not that i don't like the Ghost black icons, its just that i would like to have my app drawer contain only the original, stock icons.
I have Linux, the SDK and whatnot, but havn't really found too many resources instructing on how themes are done.
If someone could easily remove the icons from the Ghost Black theme and upload it that would be perfect.
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Does anyone know how I can change the hand colors on the analog clock in Android? It's green, but I would like to try yellow or blue. I know, like in Cyanogen, the clock (as well as the power widget) are in cyan colors, so can something similar be done?
Or is there like a third party app/widget that looks like the clock but change colors?
Sorry if this is asked, but I searched on many forums without an answer.
There's quite a few free analog clock widgets in the market that allow customizability. I don't use an analog clock, I use Beautiful Smaller Home by Beautiful Widgets...or you can
try to ninjamorph it.
@hollywooder
I have seen tons of widgets in the market, however I want the same background and hand design, with color changing option.
In that case, morph is probably what you're looking for, but since I don't suppose there is a morph just for clock, you'll also have to make it.
I found ninjamorph and it seems to be able to analyze jar and apk files. If someone can tell me what file that analog clock is, (and if it uses images for the hands), i could probably edit the images and put it together.
Still learning about the OS....
I found a nice black and white theme but I absolutely loathe themed icons. First of all, since not every single icon is themed (there is always some odd program that does not get themed), second, I'm used to the standard look of icons and when all of them are square and monochrome I can't tell what's what, third and most importantly, when only some are themed and others aren't it just looks like crap.
So, is there some way to use a theme but not have it reskin the icons?
I can't believe I'm the only one who doesn't like when themes also change the icons for default programs.
Try using a stock adw theme, like a stock gingerbread theme or something. Thats what I do when I don't like the icons that come with a Cyanogenmod theme.
I'm looking for a transparent, "glassy" theme for CM7; I'd like the status/ notification bare to be transparent and look "glassy".
Additionally, I'm curious if there's an icon pack anywhere with "glass" icons. Specifically, I want ones that look similar to the base Go Launcher Ex icons (no border), but transparent/ glassy-looking.
Anyone know of anything like this?
Try searching glaskart.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16801345
There's a glaskart go launcher theme on the market too
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That's not quite the look I was hoping for, but I guess it would do until I find something closer. Problem is, it appears that theme only works for MIUI; I'm really not looking to switch from CM7. Plus, the Go Launcher theme only has a handful of icons.
Are there any AOKP themes specifically for the captivate?
Search the market or xda for "cm9 themes" All compatible with aokp's theme chooser.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1643406
There's a few out there
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ButterCream and Dark - two themes I know.
Feel free to theme on your own and save your art - we haven't many artists here.
I like the color picker in AOKP, but I was surprised that you pick and choose each color separately for time, signal, etc. There is the hard-coded button to recall the ICS holo blue. I would love to see another button that stores a user selected color instead of copying and pasting the hex codes, although that works. And then the wireless signal is a graphic image that you cant change without flashing a .zip to modify system png and the like. I wondered if it could be coded to use a triangle with a fill color based on something from the color picker, and then lay over top of that grey or black bars for the part that should be 'off'. maybe layers arent possible? tho it appears that they are being used, and i have seen overlap of the data signal on top of the wireless bars. right? I know there is a LOT of stuff these amazing developers are working on which keeps them very busy already. These are just some ideas
I noticed looking through some of the code in AOKP gerrit for the theme chooser updates, that they started using variables instead of a hard coded ICS holo blue color. but it seems as if there is no user interaction for that color, its still a hard coded value set in a single location instead of being hard coded in multiple locations. So it is a huge improvement Im sure for themers who have to try to search out and modify every instance of those values. I would just like to see it progress to something where the end user can modify that variable from Rom Control.
It would be even more awesome if Android used a system wide style sheet setup. background, checkbox style, text color, font, font size, perhaps it could even include specs for headers, paragraphs, tables, titles, etc. but that would be WAY more than I am thinking. It certainly works nicely for web design tho.
This would then be something that other apps could also read and implement into their design as well. Then we wouldn't have to create hacked SMS and google play, and tapatalk, etc, etc, etc. to make them inverted or red, green, orange, blue, yellow, etc.
Of course having an option to over-ride those settings is cool too, maybe you want an all orange theme, but you want white on your keyboard keys. a keyboard app could have a selector built into its settings which allows you to follow the system setting or pick your own base color, or go with the developers default choice. There are a lot of great developers out there who make gorgeous apps that deserve to keep their defaults, ie. 1weather. So I am sure apps would ship with their own defaults turned on, so the user is guaranteed the experience they intended.
I do think these ideas seem inline with what google is trying to accomplish with their unified design standards.
I am imagining a day where I can change my wallpaper and then open settings, use a color picker (maybe even one that can pick a color from the wallpaper ... Then maybe choose black or white, or gradient or transparent background. Two steps, and just that simply and quickly my whole system is color themed to compliment. Then using Tasker this could even be automated for work, home, weekends, etc. LOL.
Ok iphone, take that!
I had a bit of a search on the web and xda developers,but can't seem to find what im looking.Tryung to find out what the stock icon sizes are for the htc one on Jellybean 4.2.2?I would like to add ios 5.1.1/6 icons (120x120) over the top of my exsisting apps,but i dont want to run launchers or different roms,very happy with 4.2.2and Sense 5.Please be gentle,this is my first Android phone,and still trying to get my head around things
Cheers
From my Aussie style HTC One
72x72 & 144x144 .. In apks they seem to be 72x72 but they won't change unless you decompile and sign them from my personal experience. In some of the framework files, the icons for system apps such as calendar, camera, phone etc, they're 144x144.
This isn't concrete as far as where each size dwells but they are the two sizes I've come across for apps.
So if i were able to put the 120x120 aplle icons over android apps,would it end up looking weird,as in weird shadows under the icons,etc?
From my Aussie style HTC One
TornadoF6 said:
So if i were able to put the 120x120 aplle icons over android apps,would it end up looking weird,as in weird shadows under the icons,etc?
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What do you mean putting them over android apps? You'd obviously have to replace them and if I were you I'd resize them to be the same dimensions but it shouldn't matter that much as it's not like ****ty Apple with their stupid masks that leave a black shadow around Icons, especially noticeable when using non-square icons.
The one thing to note is that if you plan to change the icons for things like camera, phone, gallery etc, the icons are 72x72 in the app but 144x144 in htc.resources.apk. If you don't make the icons the same sizes then you will end up with tiny icons on your homescreen but normal ones on the lockscreen. For example, if you change the phone icon then you have to put a 144x144 icon in htc.resources.apk otherwise it won't be the correct size.