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if i want to add a"third party" keyboard to Cyanogen's build
how to accomplish that?
and if i want to make it the default keyboard
how to do that..?
thanks in advance
Roy
if this "third party" keyboard is an app like better keyboard or something similar, i would assume just install it or put into your update.zip package and flash it. it should appear under settings-locale and text and just check it on and uncheck any other keyboards like with the htc_ime. unless you are talking about something else then in theory this should work.
thanks for the comment
yes it is an App file.. so i just need to add it to system/app in the update?
and how i can make it the default keyboard so right after a fresh install it would appear and ready to use with specific config that i set?
thanks again
Barina said:
thanks for the comment
yes it is an App file.. so i just need to add it to system/app in the update?
and how i can make it the default keyboard so right after a fresh install it would appear and ready to use with specific config that i set?
thanks again
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I don't think you can. All roms use android kbt as default (don't quote me on this but I believe so)and it's more trouble then it's worth to make something else default before install. It would be easier to go into settings->locale and text the first time you use it and just make it default (i.e. uncheck all other VKs). Once you do that, your vk will pop up everytime you touch fill-able field. Hope that helps.
OK, I'm curious about the other keyboard. The hardware keyboard. I have a German G1, and have actually become quite fond of QWERTZ even though I mostly only speak English. I've gotten used to reaching down for y and up for z. Also, There are keys like the euro symbol that I actually use a lot living in Deutschland. Not to mention that all the little symbols are laid out completely differently than QWERTY, so looking at the keys just makes life that much tougher. Anyways, I want to change QWERTZ to be my default keyboard, other than having to type in a long string of commands each time or use gscript. I would like it to be so that it works in recovery, and doesn't get lost each time I change builds. Is this possible?
hmmm, I would say yes...I wouldn't be able to tell you how though. I downloaded Russian keyboard from the market and it has the ability to change mapping of hardware KBT and change languages on it. So obviously there is a way. I believe devs name is Game Warrior (could be one word). It's on the market... contact him-he may be able to point you in the right direction.
Also... did you try switching locales in Settings->Locale and Text menu? That could do the trick (not sure what would you choose though as I'm not familiar what country uses QWERTz set-up).
Good luck, I hope you figure it out... sorry I had it easy.. I just dl'd my vk from the market
I DID have it working when I first got my phone. Everything was just dandy with JF1.51 as well. I decided to install the latest DizzyJACHero, and had to update my recovery image, SPL and Radio. Somewhere in there, it borked things up. I tried going back to another SPL and recovery, but only ended up in bootloops when I did that. I redid everything, but I'm stuck with QWERTY unless I do some terminal stuff each time I change roms. And with all the nice new ones (I LOVE Rosie, but she's a resource/battery hog) it's becoming more frequent that I change roms. Eh, I guess I'm just stuck having to terminal my way out of it, like usual with computers.
SPL, Radio and/or Recovery image have nothing to do with the way your keyboard behaves... hmmmm
Here... talk to DudeOfLife in the developement forum (pm him or something). His rom at some point had every language and every layout included.. he should know about this. As an alternative... you can make a script of what you put in terminal and have G1 run it on start-up to change mapping for you. Rogro82 is the king of scripts fyi.
Good luck
all u need to do is istall the new keyboard as an update. thats if it come in an update.zip format. otherwise, just install the .apk file and you should be good to go. best of luck!
shelay said:
all u need to do is istall the new keyboard as an update. thats if it come in an update.zip format. otherwise, just install the .apk file and you should be good to go. best of luck!
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He is not talking about virtual keyboard... he is talking about hardware.
borodin1 said:
I don't think you can. All roms use android kbt as default (don't quote me on this but I believe so)and it's more trouble then it's worth to make something else default before install. It would be easier to go into settings->locale and text the first time you use it and just make it default (i.e. uncheck all other VKs). Once you do that, your vk will pop up everytime you touch fill-able field. Hope that helps.
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thanks a lot
Well, I actually feel kinda smart for once. I just opened up a build which had the QWERTZ files in it. I deleted everything else except that folder (and the ones inline above it) and those files. Renamed them to the v3 files. I also added in all the ringers/notifications/alarms that I wanted from other builds in the right locations as well. I now can unzip any build I want to check out, copy the system folder I created over, and it fixes all my keyboard issues, plus ensures I'm never left with just one ringtone/alarm again. Just rezip and resign, then I can flash it right over. Just verified it all worked before posting. If anyone else wants that, I recommend trying it. My next question will be, can I JUST use these files, make a new update.zip that I will flash over any existing rom. If so, I'll just make one and post it up. Well, I guess I may as well try that now. I'm not doing much else tonight.
So, quick answer, NO. It didn't work like I hoped.
Long answer, If I understood more about the update script, I may have been able to get it to work. I noticed it was formatting the System folder when it went to install, pretty much screwing EVERYthing up. Maybe if someone knows how to make the script only replace the files instead of completely wiping the system folder, I may have something others can use. As it stands, it's really useful for me, and pretty much noone else.
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So, quick answer, NO. It didn't work like I hoped.
Long answer, If I understood more about the update script, I may have been able to get it to work. I noticed it was formatting the System folder when it went to install, pretty much screwing EVERYthing up. Maybe if someone knows how to make the script only replace the files instead of completely wiping the system folder, I may have something others can use. As it stands, it's really useful for me, and pretty much noone else.
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1. Can't you put your commands (that you type in the terminal) into your userinit.sh and it will run on every start up? Not a pro about this but I think it's one way of doing it.
2. There's a guy in the development forum who will build a custom rom for you. He made a post, you should see it on first or second page. Drop him a line. He may just show the way how to do it or he may just build you a rom. Don't worry, we'll figure it out one way or another
Cool, sounds good. I was looking at the script, and it's pretty straight forward. I COULD possibly figure it out if I wanted, but I wouldn't want to put other people's phones at the risk of me being an idiot. Heh. I'll check with the other guy. Thanks
So, I have absolutely no knowledge of any type of Android coding, but I'm hoping to learn through trial and error. I've always hated the native Music app -- especially its appearance, but also certain features here and there. My question is, how can I go about editing this?
I'm in the process of re-skinning the APK, basically replacing the old images with better ones. But how would I go about more substantive edits? Suppose I wanted to change the background color to white and the text to black, or the time-jumper at the bottom of the screen from orange, how would I go about that? There's some XML files in the APK, but whenever I open them, I get a bunch of odd characters that I can't really make sense of.
Am I correct in assuming that the source code is not available for Music.apk? If it is, how do I get it and where do I go from there?
Like I said, I'm an absolutely beginner at app creation/modding, but I'm usually a pretty quick learner. I went from zero web design experience to replacing my University's housing website with a brand new one in less than a week, so if I get a push in the right direction, I should be good to go. I did a site search for tutorials on modding a system app, but couldn't find anything.
Any help?
PS: Once I get some edits started (if I ever get that far), I'll definitely be sharing it with XDA. So, any advice you could provide could be mutually beneficial!
jay652 said:
So, I have absolutely no knowledge of any type of Android coding, but I'm hoping to learn through trial and error. I've always hated the native Music app -- especially its appearance, but also certain features here and there. My question is, how can I go about editing this?
I'm in the process of re-skinning the APK, basically replacing the old images with better ones. But how would I go about more substantive edits? Suppose I wanted to change the background color to white and the text to black, or the time-jumper at the bottom of the screen from orange, how would I go about that? There's some XML files in the APK, but whenever I open them, I get a bunch of odd characters that I can't really make sense of.
Am I correct in assuming that the source code is not available for Music.apk? If it is, how do I get it and where do I go from there?
Like I said, I'm an absolutely beginner at app creation/modding, but I'm usually a pretty quick learner. I went from zero web design experience to replacing my University's housing website with a brand new one in less than a week, so if I get a push in the right direction, I should be good to go. I did a site search for tutorials on modding a system app, but couldn't find anything.
Any help?
PS: Once I get some edits started (if I ever get that far), I'll definitely be sharing it with XDA. So, any advice you could provide could be mutually beneficial!
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android_source_root/packages/apps/Music
Not exactly a secret.
Why wouldn't it be available?
Ipod touch music player
not even kidding and all apple hatred aside, i've always wanted a ipod touch style music player on android! the touch music player is nice looking and very easy to navigate through. if you could make something like that, it would be PERFECT!
pbonello said:
not even kidding and all apple hatred aside, i've always wanted a ipod touch style music player on android! the touch music player is nice looking and very easy to navigate through. if you could make something like that, it would be PERFECT!
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Something like that would be pretty simple cause its just list views that expand other list views.
As for starting to edit you can change most of the colors is the strings.xml and the layout xmls. For images make sure you dont replace .9.png with normal images. If you have the sdk setup use draw9patch in the tools folder.
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android_source_root/packages/apps/Music
Not exactly a secret.
Why wouldn't it be available?
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Thanks, that helps. I'll get started by taking a look at that.
I'm not sure why I thought it was unavailable. I mean, some of Google's other apps are close-sourced, thought I suppose those are all part of the Google Experience.
I guess I thought that if the source code was available, someone would have improved the Music app substantially by now. In my opinion, it's terrible and could use a lot of work.
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?
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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
i want to manipulate the image of the dialpad in android. what folder in the phone are the images kept?
bldon said:
i want to manipulate the image of the dialpad in android. what folder in the phone are the images kept?
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From the great info you gave on what device and rom your on I am sure alot of people will be able to help.
Start with the dialer apks and the phone apk
zelendel said:
From the great info you gave on what device and rom your on I am sure alot of people will be able to help.
Start with the dialer apks and the phone apk
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wat are u talking about? the info i gave isnt "great" or fabulous or amazing so i dont know what ur taling about or watever ur trying to say.
anyway id like to know how to manipulate the image of the dialpad so it looks like wp7 dialpad. does anyone with great intelligence know how to do this?
it's in drawable-hdpi-finger for theme chooser and inside the phone.apk if you decompile it.
or you can simply search for theme chooser themes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219691
or wp7 dialpad app
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5mdXR1cmVkcmVhbXMud3A3LnBob25lIl0.
other than that port it to your rom by decompiling phone.apk
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it's in drawable-hdpi-finger for theme chooser and inside the phone.apk if you decompile it.
or you can simply search for theme chooser themes http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219691
or wp7 dialpad app
https://market.android.com/details?...wxLDEsImNvbS5mdXR1cmVkcmVhbXMud3A3LnBob25lIl0.
other than that port it to your rom by decompiling phone.apk
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hi r3d.. the 1st link you posted is for CyanogenMod roms. i got virtuous unity with sense. the 2nd link is about the dialer app. i tried it and it sucks big time.
what i dont understand is why something as simple as taking a pic from the android directory, manipulating it, then saving it back to the phone is so godamn difficult? is there a good explanation for something that should be this simple??
bldon said:
wat are u talking about? the info i gave isnt "great" or fabulous or amazing so i dont know what ur taling about or watever ur trying to say.
anyway id like to know how to manipulate the image of the dialpad so it looks like wp7 dialpad. does anyone with great intelligence know how to do this?
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That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
zelendel said:
That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
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yup... lots and lots and lots of research.. and def need the right tools...
zelendel said:
That's the point. You gave no real info in your first post. Remember this is a development forum not a support site.
You will need to decimpile 3 apks. Dialer, phone, and com.HTC.resources. then you will have to edit the .9 png.
Is it easy? Yes with the right research and tools.
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hi zel.. this sounds like a task. got a question for you and anyone else reading this: is there a theme for the call record behind the dialer where the font is white instead of black and the background is black instead of white?
bldon said:
hi zel.. this sounds like a task. got a question for you and anyone else reading this: is there a theme for the call record behind the dialer where the font is white instead of black and the background is black instead of white?
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To be honest I am not sure, I run a custom theme named gotham and dont enclude call recording at all so I have never come across it nor I have looked for it.
zelendel said:
To be honest I am not sure, I run a custom theme named gotham and dont enclude call recording at all so I have never come across it nor I have looked for it.
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im confused here. you mentioned call recording. how is call recording related to custom theming a dialpad?
also... why isnt the dialpad and call record themed like crazy? why is the iphone more customizable than android in this regard when it should be the other way around, especailly when android is touted to be more customizable than iphone?
bldon said:
im confused here. you mentioned call recording. how is call recording related to custom theming a dialpad?
also... why isnt the dialpad and call record themed like crazy? why is the iphone more customizable than android in this regard when it should be the other way around, especailly when android is touted to be more customizable than iphone?
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Sorry read it wrong. Ok that will be an xml in the dialer apk. The main reason is that each dialer is device dependent. The same dialer will not work on all devices
It is more customizable then the iphone in the sense you can use different apps then the stock default which the iphone doesnt allow you to do, Android themeing on a base level takes more knowledge then the iphone as it was made to be a geeks phone. There are plenty of apps that allow Simple theming for the dialer. I would try dialer one.
is there a way to import windows phone smileys and keyboard click sound. i dont want keyboard theme just i need keyboard sound.
Thumb Keyboard has WP7 keyboard sounds. I use it, and it's good. It's also got a normal keyboard layout if you're not comfortable with its split layout.
thnx
but i was looking for like importing just a file into system rather than installing a 3rd party app.
abhi29021992 said:
is there a way to import windows phone smileys and keyboard click sound. i dont want keyboard theme just i need keyboard sound.
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what format are the sounds in? why is the sound that important?
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Richy99 said:
what format are the sounds in? why is the sound that important?
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actually i also have wp7.5 so i just love the sound and smiley of windows. so i was thinking of importing them into android.
abhi29021992 said:
actually i also have wp7.5 so i just love the sound and smiley of windows. so i was thinking of importing them into android.
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I'd suggest you join a WP7 forum, and ask around for where you can get those sound files. In the keyboard application or in the system, and how to get to them. Then, the audio file I'm pretty sure would go into the keyboard apk ( I haven't looked inside it, but it should be there). The smileys, however, are found in framework-res.apk. I think UOT onlike kitchen (uot.dakra.lt) would have a set that you'd like.
If you manage to import the keypress sound, please, please share!
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I found these WP7 keypress sounds in thumbkeyboard's apk. They are ogg files, and oddly, VLC won't play them. You can try to replace them in your keyboard's apk, see if that works. You can get info on repacking and signing apks on the forum ;-)
[EDIT] I don't know if it really is appropriate (read: legal) of me to share a paid app's resources like this.
Quite frankly, installing a keyboard seems much more logical, easier, and faster than actually trying to include those files into android. Why would you NOT want to install a keyboard that's just better than the stock keyboard, can be made to look like the stock keyboard (gingerbread and ICS keyboard themes available, along with ipad and a customisation options to boot), AND has the elements you're looking for?