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Clicking the wiki just now gave me a 404 error and the sticky is a bit long and just a bit outdated in terms of the links.
What programs, apps, vids, etc do I need in order to make themes?
I have been flashing themes left and right and each have their goods and bads. The biggest bad is there doesn't seem to be a well done red theme which I would like to do. I have tried enamored but the notification icons kill it for me.
So again, are there any up to date tutorials on making themes? Thanks in advance for any help.
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lovethyEVO said:
Clicking the wiki just now gave me a 404 error and the sticky is a bit long and just a bit outdated in terms of the links.
What programs, apps, vids, etc do I need in order to make themes?
I have been flashing themes left and right and each have their goods and bads. The biggest bad is there doesn't seem to be a well done red theme which I would like to do. I have tried enamored but the notification icons kill it for me.
So again, are there any up to date tutorials on making themes? Thanks in advance for any help.
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heres the How to
An apk is really just a zip file... apk stands for android package (if i remember correctly). So treat it like a standard zip file.
Youll need a pint program to make changes I use gimp its free so get it here
TIP: Your first theme should really just be a mixing and matching of other themes to get use to the process.
TIP: d/l and look at other themes and see what the have done, using the same process below you can port and mash themes. To see what is themed go to the res/drawable-xxx folders and sorte the png's in there to newest at the top and you'll see what they have changed.
TIP: system/app/xxx.apk are where most apps that are themed are contained in these apks you'll find a res folder and in there you have a bunch of folders. you really on need to look in the drawable-xxx ones mdpi, no-dpi, land and so forth. these pngs make up the apps look and feel changing them will theme the app.
You'll need apk manager this will allow you to sign zips which makes them flashable. get that here
Now get your favorite Rom and make a folder. In that folder make 2 folders one called packed the other called packed. Take your rom and unzip it in the unpacked folder. and then take the original zip and move it to the packed folder.
Next go into the unpacked folder and nav to system/framework.framework-res.apk (this holds the bulk of the android png that make up all the stuff most people change to make a theme) take this apk and unzip it in this folder and then make a copy of the apk and move the copy to the packed folder.
Now when you want to make a change to the framework-res.apk use the unpacked as a reference. us the packed as the change dir, you do this by opening but not unzipping the apk you want to change and just dragging the files you are replacing into the apk, this will replace them. You might want to make a a 3rd folder sorta of a master copy if you ever mess up the packed roms. Remember that in all three of the dirs created you want to keep the dir structure the way you extracted it from the rom and theme.
Now that you have an altered framework-res.apk you can just push it to system/framework folder (i think) and reboot and your changes are in. I never do this since flashable is easier to manage I make a flashable.
A flashable is like a rom but allot smaller, so d/l one of my themes and take the zip file and place in in a folder next to the packed and unpacked folder call it something like staging. now unzip apk manager into the top dir next to 4 other folders you just made.
Now my theme zip can be renamed to whatever you want, your going to use it as a place holder for signing flashable zips. go into the theme zip and delete ever thing in the system folder except the framework folder then go into the frame work folder and delete everything, if you have apps your theming just make the system/app.
Your flashable zip folder should only have a a meta-inf folder and a system folder, the system folder should only have a framework and or app folders. Now drag your altered framework-res.apk into the flashable zip system/framework folder you just cleaned out.
Ok now you have to sign it, copy that flashable zip to the place-apk-here-for-signing folder, this should have shown up when you unzipped apk manager into the folder the also contains unpacked and packed folders.
Now click on the script.bat and you'll see a bunch of option you can do option 16 to sign your zip. it takes a second or two and the date should get updated on the flashable.zip file in the place-apk-here-for-signing folder.
Now you have your new them ready to install. if your changing something else find the apk and replace framework-res.apk in these instruction and it works the same. note that most app reside in system/app so you next to take that into account.
Keep the questions reasonable and I'll answer then.
Thanks simmons. For the most part I have been doing the open apk without extracting and replacing png files. The one thing that I cant seem to get is changing the battery icon...it never sticks. Anyways, do the themes always have to be signed? I know amon 1.8 can flash unsigned zips but do the themes have to be signed always? I will be taking my laptop to work tonight to practice what you outlined. Thanks again.
EDIT: I noticed some themes have com.htc.resources.apk alongside framework res and some have services.jar. What are these for?
No they don't have to be signed but people will complain cause most people don't have the eng spl, it all so protects you from flashing bad stuff. If your only changing the standard 5 battery icons thus method always works.
The services.jar usually room specific and changes things like lock screen behavior mixes These with other roms will cause boot loops be careful.
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Simmons thanks for answering so far.
My last question is to theme the entire phone is it basically the resources, framework, and services.jar files that need to be edited? I understand the apps would be themed themselves and then just included as part of the zip file right?
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Simmons thanks for answering so far.
My last question is to theme the entire phone is it basically the resources, framework, and services.jar files that need to be edited? I understand the apps would be themed themselves and then just included as part of the zip file right?
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well the service.jar is compiled and therefore can't necessarily be themed you can't hack it or mod it by decompling it or you can change it by compiling changes you made from source but for the sake of normal themes its not needed.
as for the resources I assume your referring to the resources.arsc which is basically a set of compiled xml files. In here it where you can change stuff like how many pngs are associated with the battery status icons (think of circle batter mod which has one icon per percentage instead of the 0 10 20 40 60 80 100 ? icons in the normal aosp rom) changing this can be done with the apk manage by decompiling the framework-res.zpk, making the change and compiling back. but I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.
The problem with the above is you take the chance of the theme not be cross-rom compatible. For you normal theme all you need to change are the pngs in the res folder of the framework-apk, however somethings like the launcher or the dialer still reside in the app folder and have there own apk.
Oh and I have no question limit.
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well the service.jar is compiled and therefore can't necessarily be themed you can't hack it or mod it by decompling it or you can change it by compiling changes you made from source but for the sake of normal themes its not needed.
as for the resources I assume your referring to the resources.arsc which is basically a set of compiled xml files. In here it where you can change stuff like how many pngs are associated with the battery status icons (think of circle batter mod which has one icon per percentage instead of the 0 10 20 40 60 80 100 ? icons in the normal aosp rom) changing this can be done with the apk manage by decompiling the framework-res.zpk, making the change and compiling back. but I wouldn't recommend it to a beginner.
The problem with the above is you take the chance of the theme not be cross-rom compatible. For you normal theme all you need to change are the pngs in the res folder of the framework-apk, however somethings like the launcher or the dialer still reside in the app folder and have there own apk.
Oh and I have no question limit.
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Simmons, thank you very much. Every answer you give is clearing things up more and more for me. I have decompiled a frameworkres before when I was trying to get the circle batt mod onto the odex stock rom so I am not too unawares there. What I want to do is theme the colors on anything and everything along with making the transparent windows such as when you confirm actions and the transparent notification pull down. Are these really accomplished with simply changing the pngs or do I have to edit the xml files? If I must edit the xml files, are there key files to edit or would editing one xml affect another?
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Simmons, thank you very much. Every answer you give is clearing things up more and more for me. I have decompiled a frameworkres before when I was trying to get the circle batt mod onto the odex stock rom so I am not too unawares there. What I want to do is theme the colors on anything and everything along with making the transparent windows such as when you confirm actions and the transparent notification pull down. Are these really accomplished with simply changing the pngs or do I have to edit the xml files? If I must edit the xml files, are there key files to edit or would editing one xml affect another?
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The xml files really just hold names for the pngs. So for example the pngs for the battery have there names store in the xml (cant remember off hand which one of the decompiled xml from the resource.arsc.. strings??) file and then as the value value next to that filename for what percent to show that specific png at.
But 95% of your theming only involves changing the png files. So to have a clear notification back ground look in the framework-res.apk/res/drawable-mdpi/status_bar_background.png or you want to change the button to unlock your phone framework-res.apk/res/ic_jog_dial_unlock.png or to change the status bar framework-res.apk/res/statusbar_background.9.png
TIP: if you see a png with 9 in the name like xxxx.9.png its basically a stretchable png where the side that you want stechable has a one pixel wide line running the length of the png as a border this tells android that the png should stretch that side until it fills the screen.
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So aside from editing the xmls for the battery percent everything is just replacong pngs? Thats awesome.
When it comes to apps like the internet browser for example, where would I find the apk? I'm assuming theming the apps is just like themeing the phone in that I just replace the .pngs right? Again your answers are very much appreciated and definitely making things seem easier. Thanks.
Hiya all.
I'm a noob at this too and I want to change the icons of some of the apps installed on my phone and theme a couple of widgets that am using. I have two questions:
1) In the system/app folder of the phone almost all the apps have a xxx.apk and a xxx.odex file. In order to change the png files in the apk does something need to be done with the odex file too?
2) Can I change the png files in the apk files in data/app the way you described above?
Sorry if the questions are noobish
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone
lovethyEVO said:
So aside from editing the xmls for the battery percent everything is just replacong pngs? Thats awesome.
When it comes to apps like the internet browser for example, where would I find the apk? I'm assuming theming the apps is just like themeing the phone in that I just replace the .pngs right? Again your answers are very much appreciated and definitely making things seem easier. Thanks.
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To theme the browser you can alter the Browser.apk in the system/app and using the direction I posted it works the same way.
And if you make a theme pm me so I can check it out.
Fireloon said:
Hiya all.
I'm a noob at this too and I want to change the icons of some of the apps installed on my phone and theme a couple of widgets that am using. I have two questions:
1) In the system/app folder of the phone almost all the apps have a xxx.apk and a xxx.odex file. In order to change the png files in the apk does something need to be done with the odex file too?
2) Can I change the png files in the apk files in data/app the way you described above?
Sorry if the questions are noobish
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone
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1. My theming expertise is more with AOSP roms but its my understanding that you should be able to theme a sense rom in the same way by de-odexing a rom. And yes any and all apps are themable if it has a png files in it you can unpack it alter the png's and put them back in the original apk, which overwrites the original png's and resign it and then flash or reinstall it.
2. Yes you can. any and all apks can be themed in the manner I described. for odexed roms search the forum for de-odexing techniques.
Thx for the answer. I'll search about deodexing
From my Galaxy S loonie-phone
Thanks for all the great tips I just got finished porting a theme thanks to all the help!
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Thanks for all the great tips I just got finished porting a theme thanks to all the help!
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awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.
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awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.
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It's a simple black/white matte theme called Invertnito. It was made for Sapphire but I like CM too much to give it up lol
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awesome pm some screenies or the op here I'd like to check it out.
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Looking to have some sort of base by this weekend. I have just been mix/matching pngs I like from other themes as well as trying to make my own pngs and figuring out the transparency/borders effect. Taking my time but still want to come out with something for critique.
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It's a simple black/white matte theme called Invertnito. It was made for Sapphire but I like CM too much to give it up lol
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Nice Job.
lovethyEVO said:
Looking to have some sort of base by this weekend. I have just been mix/matching pngs I like from other themes as well as trying to make my own pngs and figuring out the transparency/borders effect. Taking my time but still want to come out with something for critique.
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Well I'm not much of a critiquer since most of the themeing stuff I've done doesn't go over so well around here (I dont like dark colors, black, dark blue blah blah) really its up to what you like, I made a couple of themes based on what I liked and left it at that. But I'll be glad to look at it and dont forget to make sure that if you use some elses stuff you give them there props in your ops and pm them a warning you going to use it, unless they specify different this is all you should need to do..
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Nice Job.
Well I'm not much of a critiquer since most of the themeing stuff I've done doesn't go over so well around here (I dont like dark colors, black, dark blue blah blah) really its up to what you like, I made a couple of themes based on what I liked and left it at that. But I'll be glad to look at it and dont forget to make sure that if you use some elses stuff you give them there props in your ops and pm them a warning you going to use it, unless they specify different this is all you should need to do..
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Definately making note of whose work I use. Though it's kind of hard because my favorite notification icons I have seen in two diff themes and neither one of them mention who was the artist for them. But still keeping at it. And like you I dont care about dark colors unless its used to contrast the main theme color. I'm working on a red theme and there will be some parts that will have a darkish background to help the red border colors and/or text pop more. In time though. Your first post here was definitely a great shove in the right direction.
READ THIS FIRST:
The original post is here alot of questions have been answered, here browse around there first.
UPDATE 9 PATCH TWEAKS:
This new version will port your favorite hdpi theme to an mdpi rom... yes 9 patch resizing. I want to be the first to say this is not 100% and it probably never will be, and over the next couple of days we can discuss this.
What it will do is resize every 9 patch in a rom and move it over to the mdpi theme. Yes this is the same method I used for all my hdpi ports.
What it might not get is the 9 patching data correctly, which means that it might get stretched incorrectly, most times you won't noticed but others it will be obvious. This will happen anywhere from 1% to 30% of the 9 patch pngs in a port, but all you will need to do is redraw them using the 9 patch draw tool in the adb folder.
My next version will have this included along with some instructions, along with font and boot animation porting.
Please respect other peoples work. If you port a theme using this and repost it don't just link back to the op... mention the author and give them props.
Also want to say I spent a looooong time trying to figure this out, and I tried many different ways, and I'm open to others suggestion on making this better
Oh and don't forget to to install Image Magick, its included and the HDPI to MDPI will not work without this.
This tool will take your favorite theme and inject it into your favorite rom... provided they are compatible with each other (might work if they aren't but thats for later). I did this cause alot of themers and people who like themes are always waiting for the nightly theme to get applied, well this will do it for you.
You can think of this as almost a theme installer.
INSTRUCTIONS by Norm12:
1. Download and extract.
1.5 Install image magick from the image magick folder... just run the installer and its ready to go. This is important the hdpi to mdpi will not work without it.
2. Copy both the theme and rom into the 1 click folder---the extracted one.
3. Open the 1-click folder and you should see your theme, rom, lib folder, and the injector script.
4. Doubleclick on the injector script----if you did everything correct it will open a cmd prompt
5. Enter the names of the rom and theme when asked...I did use the exact names and added ".zip" to the end.
5.5 Answer y if this is an hdpi to mdpi port otherwise n.
6. Hit enter and wait. When it is really done it will auto-close the cmd prompt. This may take 15 minutes.
7. Your newly themed rom will be in the same folder as the unthemed rom and theme zips. If it worked it should be slightly larger than the original rom. Enjoy
!!!IMPORTANT... BECAUSE 7ZIP SHOWS OUTPUT IGNORE THE "EVERYTHING IS OK" LET THE SCRIPT FINISH WHEN ITS DONE IT WILL CLOSE ITSELF IF YOU DOUBLE CLICKED IT OR IT WILL RETURN TO COMMAND PROMPT!!!
Ignore any errors your seeing while it runs, this is normal like before let it run completely through till it closes out.
Run time could be up too 20 minutes (60 with HDPI to MDPI) on a big theme/rom, but faster that waiting!
You must now install Image Magick if you would like to use the hdpi to mdpi resizing!
ISSUES:
There also seems to be an issue with the gallery3d.apk and the differences in the mdpi and hdpi version. For now remove this from the theme your porting otherwise it won't come out right.
Update 4:
HDPI to MDPI porting!!!!!
Update 3:
Removed verbose but added optopng verbose just let it run. It works but you have to let it finish, the cmd window will close it self.
Update 2:
Added verbose output so that you guys will know to close it out before its done...even tho 7zip says everything is ok... just let it do its thing.
Update 1:
Had the optimization stuff commented out... sorry its back on.
Script will clean up now after it finishes.
JAVA CLASSPATH:
Its needed for the signer to work properly goto a command prompt and type in java -version. if you get and error back java is not in your classpath and needs to be.
just right click on my computer, then goto properties, then click on the advanced tab, at the bottom click on the "Environment Variable" button.
Now click on the new button... the one on the bottom for system variable and put in this
variable name: JAVA_HOME
variable value: C:\<path-to-where-java-is>
Now click ok and select the path system variable and then click edit. IMPORTANT only append to the end of the value this... ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
then click ok and ok out of all those windows and open a new command prompt and type java -version you should get no error if you do your path to java was wrong follow the steps above again and make sure the path is correct.
WHAT THIS WON'T DO:
It won't port over xml or smali edits.
It wont port over what it can't find... so if your theme has a facebook widget or something but the rom does not then it will ignore that.
It will not port over fonts or anything other than the framework-res.apk and all the themes apks in the system/app folder. If this is popular Maybe other stuff can get included.
WHAT THIS WILL DO:
Shrink a 9 patch from HDPI size to MDPI size.
Push over all the themes pngs from the apk with it to the roms matching apk.
Optimize every png in the theme you are porting over.
Zip align all the apks in your newly themed rom.
Sign the newly themed rom.
Give me feed back.
I might make this easier and make the injector steal the apks for injection right from your phone and then inject and make a flashable to put right back on... tell me what you think.
New HDPI to MDPI version with 9 patch porting download
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Nice work
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Nice work
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Thank you. hasn't caught on in this forum yet i guess.
I'll try this out now, this seems easier than the theme porter that's already on the forum.
Looks promising! I will try it out right now!
dl and try after work
will this work for porting themes to the HTC Tattoo?? does it rescale the theme to suite the phone?
vura said:
will this work for porting themes to the HTC Tattoo?? does it rescale the theme to suite the phone?
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This will port any theme to any rom... provided they are compatible. So while you can go from a sense theme and inject it into a AOSP rom, it probably won't catch everything since it works off of matches. It also does not have any scaling included.
The biggest thing with this is that the theme and rom have to have a same file structure so all rom come and the have the system/app folder and the system/framework/framework-res.apk, this is what the injector looks for. So honestly you could build a theme from a buncha different apks from other themes it will inject that into your rom and give you back a flashable zip. So a good theme structure example would be Gommarah's Black Mod in the HERO CDMA forum.
I do however have a way to port HDPI theme to and MDPI ROM but its not 100%... if I get enough request I'll put it in its just the process I use to accomplish this is very complicated and requires some extra software, its also adds a significant overhead to the script run time (and 3x longer to run) It works in the since the it will shrink the HDPI 9patch png but the 9 patch data is wrong about 10-20% of the time. This won't cause the roms to force close but will just make some of the 9patch pngs to stretch wrong and would require a simple edit in the 9patch draw to fix it.
+1 for hdpi to mdpi scaling!
Any others want the hdpi to mdpi scaling? I've considered releasing it.
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Just curious if I did this right as I am still fairly new to this whole scene and this whole process seemed to work way to easy. But basically I got both the rom and theme converted and then signed both zips. Does that mean that I can now successfully flash the new theme? Thanks in advance!
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Just curious if I did this right as I am still fairly new to this whole scene and this whole process seemed to work way to easy. But basically I got both the rom and theme converted and then signed both zips. Does that mean that I can now successfully flash the new theme? Thanks in advance!
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There is no need to sign anything, the injector will sign the final output zip. Take your theme zip and your rom zip and place it in the folder next to the script. Then just run the script when its finished you will get a a new zip called themed-<roms-name>.zip.... this is ready to flash (optoed, align and signed).
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Any others want the hdpi to mdpi scaling? I've considered releasing it.
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Can I vote multiple times?
Ill try and get it ready for this weekend and see what you think.
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First of all,great software worked as a charm...
I subscribe to the resizing,all the best themes are for HDPI...would make this the best theming tool out there for android
thanks that did it!
what if the rom needs has a seperate gapps.zip with it? thanks!
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what if the rom needs has a seperate gapps.zip with it? thanks!
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Just put the gapps system/app files into your ROM's system/app files. Then inject your theme, the tool does the rest
thanks again for the help! yall really helped, and rather quickly too!
First off, BIG BIG thanks to dhemke17, this is only me adding to his guide.
How to Port Themes To Other roms:
First off, Slow down, relax, look at what you are doing, this is a generalization, if the xml, or image file does not exist
in the apk your trying to theme, do not add it, or subtract it, you add or subtract anything it will not work, YOU ARE ONLY
REPLACING!!(doin some math here is your ticket to boot camp)
1) Download 7-zip, or winrar as they can open .apk files without unarchiving them.
2) Download both the rom you want to theme, as well as the theme you want to port.
3) Using 7-zip, open the rom and pull out the following files:
a. Browser.apk
b. DeskClockGoogle.apk
c. GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
d. Launcher2.apk
e. SystemUI.apk
f. Framework-res.apk
4) Make a separate folder and unarchive the theme your want to port there.
5) Open a theme .apk file(s), Open in 7zip or winrar, dont extract, just open and manipulate.(keep in mind, all your image
files you will need to replace will be in the following folders)
6) Open these folders in your themes .apk(s) files:
a. Drawable-mdpi (may be drawable-xlarge-mdpi/hdpi/nodpi)
b. Drawable-nodpi
c. Mipmap-hdpi
d. Mipmap-mdpi
7) Now, open the corresponding folders in the roms apk file,(agian, winrar, 7zip)
a. Select all images from the theme's .apk and drag-and drop to the corresponding location in your roms apk file.do this
for each image and you will be about 90% there…
b. If the image you want doe snot exist in the theme, use photoshop or gimp to produce it as you see fit, when your done
make sure you put it in the right folder, make sure its the same size and resolution and name as the original, or it will
not work!!!
8) There are several xml files that need replacing…
a. DeskClockGoogle.apk/layout-xlarge-land/desk_clock.xml
b. Launcher2.apk/layout-xlarge/
i. all_apps_paged_view_application.xml
ii. button_bar.xml
iii. customize_paged_view_item.xml
iv. customize_paged_view_wallpaper.xml
v. customize_paged_view_widget.xml
c. SystemUI.apk/drawable/
i. status_bar_notification_area.xml
ii. status_bar_notification_panel_title.xml
d. SystemUI.apk/layout-xlarge/
i. status_bar_notification_area.xml
ii. status_bar_notification_panel_title.xml
e. framework-res.apk/layout-xlarge/ keyguard_screen_status_land.xml
I your making a new theme or have nothing to port, you will need to decompile with apk tool to actually go in and edit values and colors in xmls
Below is the link to download a update.zip template, (how you and everyone will apply the theme)
By this step the structure of the folders inside of the update.zip should seem familier, just bare in mind anything you put
in there will 1. replace the existing 2. add if not there already. You will Open the update in winrar 7zip as well, if you theme an
app thats not a system app, it will go to update.zip/data/app, if it is a system app it will go to update.zip/system/app,
and the themed framework-res goes to update.zip/system/framework/
http://www.mediafire.com/?6getd70r869d7j1
Good luck, happy theming, if you need help PM me or dhemke7 and we'll see if its salvagable
Nice post...looks familiar lol...I would like to add a couple of things though since this was very specific for the the HoneyBread Theme:
Additional Steps:
1) Pull the images as described above
2) In order to determine what xml files were originally edited, one can arrange the folders by date modified and go through and find what xmls were most recently edited and pull them...OR
3) To modify the xmls yourself, you must use apktool to decompile the specific apk files. Once decompiled, you can actually read the xml files and you can edit them yourself.
Remember, when porting a theme, always give credit where credit is due and you should ask permission from the initial creator before posting. Have fun everyone...if you need any help with theming/apktool, feel free to contact me here or PM me and I will be happy to help.
Thank you thank you
So how hard do you think it would be to port the Matted Blues Theme? with jabbawalkee permission of course! Always been a fan of that theme.
Post a link, ill get it ported.asap...
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what is the the theme from?
Its from CM...gbread...they just made it an apk to run on their theme engine. I would love to learn how to port the themes myself...I have read through this tutorial, but at some points I am getting lost. Here is the theme...I mean if you guys could help it would be awesome!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848
Ryan
you on this D? Let me know if there is anything I can do
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you on this D? Let me know if there is anything I can do
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I hate to say this, but there would be all sorts of compatibility issues being that the theme comes from a phone, which has different dimensions and sized images, they all have different names..it would honestly take forever to port. One would be better to completely redesign the theme for honeycomb. I don't have time for that right now
that is a good point, it is sweet though.....onward to the Charge
Id love to see this on the charge...if you plan on tackling this.beast, you have to modify the XML files yourself as aosp files aren't compatible.
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hey guys. I've been beta testing bigdx's zoom zoom theme for the galaxy tab 10.1. I've ported it to Caulkins touchwhiz km7 rom but I can seem to change the clock colors. Can you help me out?
on ours its in a values folder after recompiling with apktool
hey i was porting the aosp theme of galaxy s to galaxy fit....everything worked fyn xcpt one !! in main theme a green line comes below every power button of the pulldown status bar when it is switched on...i am just nt able to put it,pls help!!!
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HOW TO MODIFY THEME CHOOSER APKs (Windows only)
this thread was created to help my HUEsers modify my theme.apk, (may be applicable to other themes as well)
to get familiar and exposed on the contents of it and basic filenames / codes inside the apk,
because some users are not fully satisfied with my releases
some want additional stuffs added, some want to change some parts/areas, some want to remove specific apk being themed,
as much i want to help and provide modified themes for you, i may be busy most of the time,
and i can't even grant all your requests
so i decided to start the thread to help you guys, guide on how to mod it,
and who knows, one of these days
you will become one of the Recognized Themer of XDA,
enjoy and i hope you found this useful
WARNING!!!:
use this guide for your own use only, if you wish to release in public and start a new thread,
PLEASE ASK PERMISSION TO THE DEVELOPER and GIVE PROPER CREDITS AND LINKS
and DON'T modify and release their paid/donate version themes, RESPECT PLEASE!!!
WHAT YOU WILL NEED?
Java Platform (JDK)
Android SDK (included in ADT Bundle)
Notepad++
APK multitool - thanks @raziel23x
modified aapt.exe - thanks @titanic_fanatic
SETTING UP...
1. now that you have downloaded all the tools above, install jdk, sdk, and apk multitool one by one,
(instructions must be on their individual websites) you may want to install them all in the root of your drive C:
2. once you are done installing apk multitool, grab the aapt.exe you downloaded in the link above
(please thanked @titanic_fanatic on his post and work - this is a modified aapt.exe that lets you compile upper case package names)
and put/replaced existing aapt.exe in APK-Multi-Tool/other
LET"S DO IT!
decompiling theme (Hue.apk for ex)
1. put Hue.apk in APK-Multi-Tool/place-apk-here-for-modding
2. double click Script.bat in APK-Multi-Tool
3. press any key
4. press 9 (Decompile apk)
5. go to APK-Multi-Tool/projects and you will find a folder named Hue.apk
6. that's it, you have just successfully decompiled my theme and time to do the edits
7. don't close script.bat
modifying apk
1. this is the time you will do your modifications (changing/adding/deleting images and codes)
2. i will discussed most important parts of apk in post #2 to keep this instruction short and clean
3. don't close script.bat
compiling / signing / installing
1. on your phone, go to settings > developer options > and check usb debugging
2. connect your phone on your pc / laptop
3. now in Script.bat opened, select 15 (this will compile, sign and install your modified theme all at once at your phone)
4. that's it, check your phone using your modified theme
5. congratulations!
6. btw your modified apk is located in APK-Multi-Tool/place-apk-here-for-modding as signed_Hue.apk (you can rename it)
MY THEMES
Hue
Asul
SimpleSoft
HeKi [Hello Kitty]
CREDITS / THANKS
Learned from their threads:
anthonycr
nhnt11
ebs512
BASICS INSIDE THE APK
3 basic file types/extensions we will be dealing with most of the time
1. .xml - color codes, image redirections, are inside this file (use Notepadd++ to open such files)
2. .png - these are the images/icons we usually see on most part of the phone ui (open using photoshop/gimp and dont edit using paint or you will lose its transparency background)
3. .9.png - stretchable pngs that expand or shrink depending on the usage (these images has a black pixel boarder that needs to be preserved, or else you will be having error in compiling)
color codes (hex codes)
quick overview of color hexcodes (range - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F)
#FF000000 as an example (represents black while white is #FFFFFFFF)
FF or the first two letters of the code represents its transparency 00 means full transparent while FF is opaque (im using 88 or 80 for semi transparent)
next 6 digits are the RGB color code, look at this way #FFRRGGBB
if you want solid red, use #FFFF0000, solid green #FF00FF00, solid blue #FF0000FF
just play with the color codes (im sure you have just played with it in most of the rom options)
decompiled apk
once you decompiled apk, you will noticed a folder named res (this is our main concern, we will be working with this folder all the time)
inside the res folder...
there are lots of drawable-** folder that contains all of our images (.png and .9.png),
most of the icons are located in drawable-xhdpi and drawable-hdpi,
you can also find values folder containing some xmls such as
styles.xml - this xml is where i usually make my inverts of ui (from holo.light to holo for example)
drawables.xml - some color codes were redirected here
colors.xml - some of the hex codes inside styles.xml were redirected here, most color codes inside drawable folder and color folder are also redirected here, so i can only have one place of editing when converting color codes on my color versions of themes
next is the xml folder
xmls inside this folder controls the apps being themed, you can find package names of the apps as the xmls filenames
if you will noticed, there are some xmls here having upper cases, that's why we need the modified aapt.exe (again thanks titanic_fanatic)
last is the mipmap-** folder
this folder contains all the themed launcher icons, i already redirected all my themed app's launcher icons here
file names
how do i named the images? let's put an example
go to res/xml and look for com_android_calculator2.xml
now this is the xml that controls my themed calculator, if you open up the xml via Notepad++ you will notice the original png file names being replaced by my own themed png through a line code
this line for example (this is the delete icon in calculator)
Code:
<item name="drawable/calc_clear_symbol">@drawable/calculator_calc_clear_symbol</item>
the stock/original png which is calc_clear_symbol.png under drawable-xhdpi folder
Code:
<item name="[B][COLOR="Red"]drawable/calc_clear_symbol[/COLOR][/B]">@drawable/calculator_calc_clear_symbol</item>
is now being replaced by my themed icon calculator_calc_clear_symbol.png under drawable-xhdpi folder
Code:
<item name="drawable/calc_clear_symbol">@[B][COLOR="Red"]drawable/calculator_calc_clear_symbol[/COLOR][/B]</item>
i just put a prefix calculator_ so i can easily locate where they are when modifying
**most of the themes out there uses the app's package name as their prefix
for example...
in my theme i use
Code:
<item name="drawable/calc_clear_symbol">@drawable/[B][COLOR="Red"]calculator_[/COLOR][/B]calc_clear_symbol</item>
but others and most of them use
Code:
<item name="drawable/calc_clear_symbol">@drawable/[B][COLOR="Red"]com_android_calculator2_[/COLOR][/B]calc_clear_symbol</item>
i just make it simple the way i can easily search them in my drawables folder
IT'S MODDING TIME!
i will show you some examples and what file to edit with these mods
again file names of images may vary depending on theme,
but package name under res/xml are standard on all theme
before you begin modifying, delete Public.xml in res/values folder
remove themed launcher icons
delete these two folders
res/mipmap-hdpi
res/mipmap-xhdpi
remove themed specific apps
for example you don't want my themed keyboard and prefer stock aosp keyboard look
delete the xml of the apps you want to be removed, in our example keyboard which is
com_android_inputmethod_latin.xml in res/xml folder
change background of system and dialer
prepare your custom background (make sure you have the right size as per your screen resolution)
hdpi - 480x800
xhdpi - 640x960
and name it as
contacts_background_dial_holo_dark.png and framework_background_holo_dark.png
and replaced existing backgrounds in res/drawable-nodpi
change notification background
the image for that is system_notification_panel_bg.9.png located in res/drawable-xhdpi
note that this is a .9.png, be careful in editing and preserve the black 1px boarder of it
however you can bypass the image if you want to make it the stock look or pure black look
open com_android_systemui.xml in res/xml
look for the line
Code:
<item name="drawable/notification_panel_bg">@drawable/system_notification_panel_bg</item>
you can see that it was redirected to my themed image system_notification_panel_bg.9.png
if you prefer the stock background look, just delete that entire line
if you want it to be pure black, remove the redirection to the custom image and this time redirect it to hex code instead
Code:
<item name="drawable/notification_panel_bg">#FF000000</item>
change (non connected to google server) signal back to grey
download HueSilver.apk, rightclick and open archive using 7zip
go to res/drawable-xhdpi (for phone ui only, for tablet ui, go to res/drawable-sw720dp-xhdpi)
drag these icons outside the apk and replaced it on the apk you were modifying
(dragging existing images from the apk is only applicable to .png and not to .9.png)
system_stat_sys_data_connected_1x.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_4g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_e.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_h.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_hp.png
system_stat_sys_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_signal_4.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_4.png
i will update this post on my free time and depending on users concern
just ask here and i will see if i can answer all areas, sometimes i can't remember what file/png i've changed
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Looks good
Keep up the good work
Edit: Added to the RootBox Jelly Bean Mods thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806577
Very nice, thank you
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Bookmarked for the weekend! Thanks, kroz!
thanks guys, i hope you'll learn something in this thread
thanks a lot for your guide. it will help us A LOT.
but i tried to decompile "hue_2.8.apk" twice, but it showed error.
i decompile some other apps' apk files and it's ok.
yaibakt said:
thanks a lot for your guide. it will help us A LOT.
but i tried to decompile "hue_2.8.apk" twice, but it showed error.
i decompile some other apps' apk files and it's ok.
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what error?
can you try to rename first Hue_2.8.apk to Hue.apk and decompile again
kroz said:
what error?
can you try to rename first Hue_2.8.apk to Hue.apk and decompile again
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the 2nd time i tried, i renamed it to Hue.apk already.
ive been using this software to mod some other apps before. but this is error on mine:
yaibakt said:
the 2nd time i tried, i renamed it to Hue.apk already.
ive been using this software to mod some other apps before. but this is error on mine:
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try to update your framework-res.apk in /other folder
replaced it with your rom's framework-res.apk (android 4.2.2)
Salamat.
How about the clock? If I want to make it the default one. Thanks
JeraldPenus said:
Salamat.
How about the clock? If I want to make it the default one. Thanks
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which clock?
kroz said:
try to update your framework-res.apk in /other folder
replaced it with your rom's framework-res.apk (android 4.2.2)
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still no luck. i get framework-res.apk from my phone at folder /system/framework/ and copy to the other/ folder of apk multi tool, and try to decompile again, but still error.
Just changed background for dialer and settings:laugh:
Wow. I knew before its a lot of work what you do... but its huge work(after I saw how many .png`s there)!!!:good:
Thanks for lesson Mark
yaibakt said:
still no luck. i get framework-res.apk from my phone at folder /system/framework/ and copy to the other/ folder of apk multi tool, and try to decompile again, but still error.
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hmmm, maybe you can try to check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310151
i am not expert on the tool itself, maybe the developer could give some suggestions
rtimoff said:
Just changed background for dialer and settings:laugh:
Wow. I knew before its a lot of work what you do... but its huge work(after I saw how many .png`s there)!!!:good:
Thanks for lesson Mark
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there are lots of images, and i already deleted thousands of repeated images and just redirect those
to make the file smaller,
5 months in existence
kroz said:
there are lots of images, and i already deleted thousands of repeated images and just redirect those
to make the file smaller,
5 months in existence
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yeah, titanic work
Mercado_Negro said:
@kroz
I just noticed that the signal bars are always blue (using HueLite2.8), which is weird because I've been using your theme for a couple of versions and this is the first time I notice this. You can read my specs on my signature below.
I follow the color change from grey to blue and viceversa to check if there's Internet on my phone.
Could you please tell me if I can edit this using your guide and what should I change if that's the case? It would be great if it followed the color conventions in the official version, though.
Thanks in advance, sir.
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download HueSilver.apk, rightclick and open archive using 7zip
go to res/drawable-xhdpi (for phone ui only, for tablet ui, go to res/drawable-sw720dp-xhdpi)
drag these icons outside the apk and replaced it on the apk you were modifying
(dragging existing images from the apk is only applicable to .png and not to .9.png)
system_stat_sys_data_connected_1x.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_4g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_e.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_h.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_hp.png
system_stat_sys_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_signal_4.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_4.png
kroz said:
download HueSilver.apk, rightclick and open archive using 7zip
go to res/drawable-xhdpi (for phone ui only, for tablet ui, go to res/drawable-sw720dp-xhdpi)
drag these icons outside the apk and replaced it on the apk you were modifying
(dragging existing images from the apk is only applicable to .png and not to .9.png)
system_stat_sys_data_connected_1x.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_3g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_4g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_e.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_g.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_h.png
system_stat_sys_data_connected_hp.png
system_stat_sys_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_signal_4.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_1.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_2.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_3.png
system_stat_sys_wifi_signal_4.png
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Grrr... I'm limited to 8 thanks per day.... Thanks a ton, kroz! You're da man!
I've decompiled OnOffTools.apk but I don't find the png image of the widgets background in drawable-xhdpi...
Any idea where I can fing this png ?
Thanks in advance.
how does your /res/...folders look?
there should be the pngs...hdpi,mdpi,xhdpi folder and more
i tried it out,i see them
i see there pngs like minimised_plate.png, plate.png, plate_pressed.png and all the icon.png's
see my png file,thats in drawable-xhdpi folder
is it, what you ask for?
edit:
i saw you asked the same in the honami home thread? so i guess you mean the onofftools.apk from that honami.zip?
i decompiled, and there isnt plate.png's...you are right.
is it transparent?
immerblind said:
how does your /res/...folders look?
there should be the pngs...hdpi,mdpi,xhdpi folder and more
i tried it out,i see them
i see there pngs like minimised_plate.png, plate.png, plate_pressed.png and all the icon.png's
see my png file,thats in drawable-xhdpi folder
is it, what you ask for?
edit:
i saw you asked the same in the honami home thread? so i guess you mean the onofftools.apk from that honami.zip?
i decompiled, and there isnt plate.png's...you are right.
is it transparent?
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Yes, I use the honami onofftools.apk. The widget backgroung is white. There's plate.9.png in /res/drawable/nodpi. I hope it's the good one.
Thanks.
OnOffTools.apk\res\drawable-nodpi\plate.9.png
dully79 said:
OnOffTools.apk\res\drawable-nodpi\plate.9.png
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Thanks.
I've modified plate.9.png (just applied negative filter on the white part), refashed OnOffTools.apk, but Xperia home FC when I try to add the widgets.
However, since it is a 9 patch png, I've left the image border unchanged...
When you saved the image did you save it as a .9.png and not a standard .png?
It works fine in my UFT zip
dully79 said:
When you saved the image did you save it as a .9.png and not a standard .png?
It works fine in my UFT zip
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No. I use Gimp 2.8 or PaintShop Pro and they don't propose saving as .9.png...
nreuge said:
No. I use Gimp 2.8 or PaintShop Pro and they don't propose saving as .9.png...
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A lot of the time photoshop doesn't.
I usually copy out the images im editing to another folder, make my edits and then when saving double click the image in the new folder to pick up the full name including .9
I use a USB stick as my workbench so i can drag and drop without moving and overwriting things unless i want to.
dully79 said:
A lot of the time photoshop doesn't.
I usually copy out the images im editing to another folder, make my edits and then when saving double click the image in the new folder to pick up the full name including .9
I use a USB stick as my workbench so i can drag and drop without moving and overwriting things unless i want to.
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Yes, I've renamed my new image with .9.png extention and I'm really think that my new .9.png is good. Then, I've use Winrar to replace the png in OnOffTools.apk. Actually, Xperia home FC because my new OnOffTools.apk does not want to install...
I'll try to recompile OnOffTools.apk instead of using Winrar.
oh you not use apktool for decompile and recompile?
i recommend using it. its quiet easy after you setup everything
i normally open the 9.png with photoshop,then i edit and keep the black borders like it was, i not touch frame.just change color or whatever.then i just save it. (same file) its the best to edit the stock files. i think better than replace with others. just my experience
(for example open stock.9.png in drawable folder, then edit it, and override/save the file same place...)
oii,im not sure, was that understandable english?
also at beginning i got errors, only while i painted wrong accidentally some pixels in 9.png files. you sure you not touch the borders?
edit: i read u tried recompiling? have some errors while recompiling?
more edit: i remember something, after recompiling you put META-INF and AndroidManifest.xml from the stock OnOffTools.apk inside your new compiled apk?
nreuge said:
Yes, I've renamed my new image with .9.png extention and I'm really think that my new .9.png is good. Then, I've use Winrar to replace the png in OnOffTools.apk. Actually, Xperia home FC because my new OnOffTools.apk does not want to install...
I'll try to recompile OnOffTools.apk instead of using Winrar.
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Dont bother messing with apks, use UFT.zip, you can find a link and details in my thread in the theme section(basic theming guide).
immerblind said:
oh you not use apktool for decompile and recompile?
i recommend using it. its quiet easy after you setup everything
i normally open the 9.png with photoshop,then i edit and keep the black borders like it was, i not touch frame.just change color or whatever.then i just save it. (same file) its the best to edit the stock files. i think better than replace with others. just my experience
(for example open stock.9.png in drawable folder, then edit it, and override/save the file same place...)
oii,im not sure, was that understandable english?
also at beginning i got errors, only while i painted wrong accidentally some pixels in 9.png files. you sure you not touch the borders?
edit: i read u tried recompiling? have some errors while recompiling?
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Sucess!!
Firstly, I didn't succeed in recompliling because my 9.png was wrong. Now, the recompiling is working so the 9.png is ok.
The Winrar method don't seem to work all the time because I've use it with the good 9.png and then after fashing Xperia home FC.
Thanks for your help.
I would also suggest using apkmanager or multitool as they provide an log to check for errors.