Features
Common Features
Icons Section to show all icons category wise
Apply section to apply Icon pack
Wallpaper section
Request icon section
Unique features
Minimal design
Fastest
Uses Google Design Library
No. of icons display in a row is according to screen sizes
In apply section, it sorts installed and not installed (Easy for user to use)
Wallpaper section have some cool animations
Wallpaper loads faster
4 Icons preview in collapsing ActionBar
XDA:DevDB Information
MaterialIcons, Theme for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
architjn
Source Code: https://github.com/architjn/MaterialIconPackTemplate
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2015-08-01
Created 2015-08-01
Last Updated 2015-08-01
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Good
Can you compile apk from it? I want only add icons.
EDIT: I found it on play store.
@architjn Thanks, good work. I downloaded at github and was working 2 days on a theme.
When test compiling/run via adb I realized that changing activity_main.xml does not have any effect.
Cleaned up but had no effect. I then changed back to the original activity_main.xml and edited the 4 icons on main.
Set up background for header on my server and in strings.xml, but background image is not loading.
Icon request function not working, showing only one installed app, but there are quite some unskinned installed.
A pity that after all my work I do not get this to release status.
Applying my icon theme works, but without changing the layout of main and without the icon request function this is not ready.
Code:
<string name="home_back_img_url">http://t-ryder.de/downloads/thumbnails/background1.png</string>
Not loading anything. Wallpapers are being grabbed.
EDIT:
Icon request function not working, showing only one installed app, but there are quite some unskinned installed.
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They are all there, just huge space between items!
Just realized that users can download the same wallpaper again and again causing traffic on server plus filling their internal memory with the same images over and over.
Plus the wallpaper gets pulled as 300kb JPG from server, but is stored as 3MB PNG.
After hours of working on that thing I will look for another template I guess. Or are things going to be fixed?
Feels like this thread is dead anyway.
Hello all!
I decided to make a slew of different colored, material design based wallpapers, and figured I would share with the class.
View Album Here
Here is a PSD if you are interested in making any variation of this you may want, or to edit into something new entirely. My only request is that anything you generate you share freely in this thread so that others may enjoy it. The PSD is set to be editable by anyone through Drive. If you create a new module / color / whatever, please bear in mind a couple of things:
The image is 1440 X 2560, at 515ppi. Aka, the exact resolution and density as the phone. Any changes made here should reflect exactly as seen on the device.
Please do not remove anything that anyone else has added, unless it is vulgar / inappropriate. If you find any content like that please check the change log and let me know who did it so that I can block them. Otherwise, use the hide layers button to hide any elements you don't want.
All of the coloring is done through layers styles. I would greatly encourage doing so as well. It makes it significantly easier to recolor the same element to multiple options, and makes it easier for others to add to later. - Use the color picker tool to use existing colors or add new colors from the material design palate.
Please keep all additions on the uploaded version as material as possible. To match my shadow, simply copy and paste the layer style from one of my layers to yours. That will also give you your color control options. I will audit this thing from time to time to keep it clean / material. Feel free to create new backrounds, shapes, typography using that general typeface or with others - anything that comes to mind, as long as it's material.
I WILL NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS VIA PM. I have posted the PSD so that you can pick and choose what elements of mine that you want. I am curious to see what we can come up with. If you simply do not have and cannot get photoshop, and do have a very good idea, please feel free to post in the thead. Either myself or some other generous soul may take it on and make it happen. (Please note, this is not a guarantee. This is a hobby, and I will tend it as I can and for my own amusement. I am sharing this project because it sounds like fun - please don't make it not.)
Download PSD Here
Check out the Attachments for a quick preview.
Thanks man. Great Idea. I will try to contribute...
Thanks dude
lickarock said:
Hello all!
I decided to make a slew of different colored, material design based wallpapers, and figured I would share with the class.
View Album Here
Here is a PSD if you are interested in making any variation of this you may want, or to edit into something new entirely. My only request is that anything you generate you share freely in this thread so that others may enjoy it. The PSD is set to be editable by anyone through Drive. If you create a new module / color / whatever, please bear in mind a couple of things:
The image is 1440 X 2560, at 515ppi. Aka, the exact resolution and density as the phone. Any changes made here should reflect exactly as seen on the device.
Please do not remove anything that anyone else has added, unless it is vulgar / inappropriate. If you find any content like that please check the change log and let me know who did it so that I can block them. Otherwise, use the hide layers button to hide any elements you don't want.
All of the coloring is done through layers styles. I would greatly encourage doing so as well. It makes it significantly easier to recolor the same element to multiple options, and makes it easier for others to add to later. - Use the color picker tool to use existing colors or add new colors from the material design palate.
Please keep all additions on the uploaded version as material as possible. To match my shadow, simply copy and paste the layer style from one of my layers to yours. That will also give you your color control options. I will audit this thing from time to time to keep it clean / material. Feel free to create new backrounds, shapes, typography using that general typeface or with others - anything that comes to mind, as long as it's material.
I WILL NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS VIA PM. I have posted the PSD so that you can pick and choose what elements of mine that you want. I am curious to see what we can come up with. If you simply do not have and cannot get photoshop, and do have a very good idea, please feel free to post in the thead. Either myself or some other generous soul may take it on and make it happen. (Please note, this is not a guarantee. This is a hobby, and I will tend it as I can and for my own amusement. I am sharing this project because it sounds like fun - please don't make it not.)
Download PSD Here
Check out the Attachments for a quick preview.
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Great, thank you!
lickarock said:
Hello all!
I decided to make a slew of different colored, material design based wallpapers, and figured I would share with the class.
View Album Here
Here is a PSD if you are interested in making any variation of this you may want, or to edit into something new entirely. My only request is that anything you generate you share freely in this thread so that others may enjoy it. The PSD is set to be editable by anyone through Drive. If you create a new module / color / whatever, please bear in mind a couple of things:
The image is 1440 X 2560, at 515ppi. Aka, the exact resolution and density as the phone. Any changes made here should reflect exactly as seen on the device.
Please do not remove anything that anyone else has added, unless it is vulgar / inappropriate. If you find any content like that please check the change log and let me know who did it so that I can block them. Otherwise, use the hide layers button to hide any elements you don't want.
All of the coloring is done through layers styles. I would greatly encourage doing so as well. It makes it significantly easier to recolor the same element to multiple options, and makes it easier for others to add to later. - Use the color picker tool to use existing colors or add new colors from the material design palate.
Please keep all additions on the uploaded version as material as possible. To match my shadow, simply copy and paste the layer style from one of my layers to yours. That will also give you your color control options. I will audit this thing from time to time to keep it clean / material. Feel free to create new backrounds, shapes, typography using that general typeface or with others - anything that comes to mind, as long as it's material.
I WILL NOT RESPOND TO REQUESTS VIA PM. I have posted the PSD so that you can pick and choose what elements of mine that you want. I am curious to see what we can come up with. If you simply do not have and cannot get photoshop, and do have a very good idea, please feel free to post in the thead. Either myself or some other generous soul may take it on and make it happen. (Please note, this is not a guarantee. This is a hobby, and I will tend it as I can and for my own amusement. I am sharing this project because it sounds like fun - please don't make it not.)
Download PSD Here
Check out the Attachments for a quick preview.
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Very nice wallpapers. Thank you
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Sony's Theme Creator​https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator/
Hello XDA!
We are the team behind Sony's Theme Creator tool - a tool that makes it easy for seasoned designers as well as for beginners to start making themes for Xperia devices.
A lot of people here on the team regularly visit XDA for one reason or another, and have been doing so for many years. For a long while now, we've been wanting to somehow connect with all the truly amazing theme creators for Xperia devices - the work and hours that you all have put into making themes of every color shape and size is truly astounding and is something to be proud of. Thank you, truly! (A big shout-out to everyone over at Sony Cross-Device Development Themes and Apps!)
So - why are we making this thread? We would love to hear about your thoughts on the tool itself, as well as your suggestions, feedback and any bugs you might've found whilst using the tool. Having all of this concentrated into one thread makes sense, and makes it easy for us to quickly - and directly - answer any questions you might have regarding the tool or theming for Xperia devices in general.
Key Features
Code:
* A simple, attractive and logical GUI for every step of theme creation.
* An easy-to-use resource navigation view helps organize the large variety of
customizable interface elements (resources).
* A preview area in the tool to see screen views, helping you to preview your
changes on different Xperia devices/Android versions.
* Interface elements are editable using any image editor.
* If you are using Adobe Photoshop, we provide downloadable templates for use
with Theme Creator.
* A sophisticated, but easy-to-use 9-patch editor and a color picker, which you can use to
further refine your design, and adjust how each element looks in different contexts.
* With just one click in the Theme Creator tool, you can build, install and apply a
theme on a connected Xperia device. This allows you to quickly test and verify the
result of your changes on a target device with ease.
Getting Started
But enough of all that - follow these easy steps to get started:
Code:
1. Download and install Sony's Theme Creator, found [URL="https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator"]here[/url].
2. Install the current version of JRE from [URL="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html"]here[/URL].
3. Have some form of an image editor installed (Paint, GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, etc.)
- As mentioned above, if you are using Adobe Photoshop, we also have some very handy
[URL="https://developer.sony.com/develop/smartphones-and-tablets/theme-creator/how-to-work-with-templates/"].PSD templates[/URL] that will keep your theme project nice and tidy.
When you are done with your theme and having exported your apk and distributed it to where you like - feel free to submit it to Sony's Theme Portal
where we feature great looking themes for our Xperia users. (More info can be found here.)
That's about it; to learn more about how to get started with your first theme, we have some handy and more in-depth guides available here.
And to top it off, we also made a little introductory video on how to get started:
Thank you for reading, and once again - a big thank you to the entire Xperia community!
Kevlanche, lead dev
eucatastrophe, designer
CarlJohansson, Developer World
Reporting - Suggestions / Feedback / Bugs
In order for us to easier see, manage and bring any suggestions/feedback/bug reporting concerning the tool internally - we would love
it if you could format these as in the examples below:
Suggestion
Code:
### Suggestion ###
## Description
- You should implement feature X - it would be great because of Y!
- You should also implement feature X - it would be great because of Y and Z.
Feedback
Code:
### Feedback ###
## Description
- This feature/function is not that great - could you change it to X?
- This feature/function is unclear/unintuitive - could you improve it by doing X?
Bug
Code:
### BUG ###
## Sony's Theme Creator Version
v. 1.1.0 (954-3769584)
## Operating System
Windows 10
## Phone Model & Build Number
Xperia Z3, 31.2.A.1.2 (or N/A)
## Description
When I try to do X, Y happens in Z way.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. Do X.
2. Do Y.
3. Do Z.
Changelog
Sony's Theme Creator
Adobe Photoshop Templates
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Hi,
The new version of Theme Creator is much better. Congratulations
However, in my opinion, still I am missing a few options
### Suggestion ###
- Theme for Keyboard
- Theme for Dialer
- Theme for Conversation
- Theme for Phonebook
- Theme more Icons
### BUG ###
## Sony's Theme Creator Version
v. 1.1.0 (954-3769584)
## Phone Model & Build Number
Xperia C5 Dual
## Description
Problem is that the theme does not work with some xperia phones (dual sim), for example, Xperia C5 ( Do not change the navigation buttons )
### Question ###
Xperia X Software has significantly changed Theme Engine in applications.
Is Themes done Version 1.1.0 will work on Xperia X Software ?
Thanks for the answer
Best
Hi, thanks for your post.
Ambor said:
Hi,
### Suggestion ###
- Theme for Keyboard
- Theme for Dialer
- Theme for Conversation
- Theme for Phonebook
- Theme more Icons
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I am not allowed to comment on specifics for future plans but all of those suggestions have been talked about and/or are being worked on . I'll include your list in the next planning meeting!
Ambor said:
### BUG ###
## Sony's Theme Creator Version
v. 1.1.0 (954-3769584)
## Phone Model & Build Number
Xperia C5 Dual
## Description
Problem is that the theme does not work with some xperia phones (dual sim), for example, Xperia C5 ( Do not change the navigation buttons )
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That's strange... What software version is your phone running? Settings -> About Phone -> Build Number. I'll forward this to someone who can investigate further.
Alternatively, do you have adb installed? If you do, can you please run the following while applying a theme:
Code:
adb logcat | grep skin
And post the results. The output should tell me what is wrong.
Ambor said:
### Question ###
Xperia X Software has significantly changed Theme Engine in applications.
Is Themes done Version 1.1.0 will work on Xperia X Software ?
Thanks for the answer
Best
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The phone software constantly changes, and each hardware version has a slight variation/uniqueness in software. With all possible combinations of hardware and software you have hundreds, if not thousands of different configurations you are targeting when building themes. One of the responsibilities of Theme Creator is to maximize the compatibility of your theme automatically to make it easier to support all these different configurations. As long as you use a relatively new version of the tool, most theme features should work "automatically" on most phones. Xperia X software contains some specific new features that we don't (yet) support, and it might (I'm not sure) have dropped some old features that other phones support. But in general, yes, everything should work as before. If you notice something or somebody tells you that a certain feature no longer works as before, please tell me and I'll look into it.
Thanks
Sorry, I do not have the Xperia C5. I got this information from the user.
I asked also that themes made by Sony work. (also not work)
Look on Sony Support forum link
In my opinion the problem is in SystemUi.apk in somc_skin_permissions.xml file.
But I'm not 100% sure because I do not have this file
I see the new versionI test and let you know
Thanks again
See You
I can't change colors in clock app on mm xperia m5... Any idea?
ivoda said:
I can't change colors in clock app on mm xperia m5... Any idea?
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I don't think MM is supported just yet.
You can see mm here. Selected colors in creator are blue, but installed on phone are yellow?! Only in alarm and clock app...
ivoda said:
You can see mm here. Selected colors in creator are blue, but installed on phone are yellow?! Only in alarm and clock app...
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Hi,
If you click the button in the preview you'll see the resource used at that location. In this case it is the "Global Colors / Light / Accent" color that is being used. The default accent color is slightly different on different SW/HW versions. For example if you activate Lollipop and Marshmallow previews side by side you'll see that the lollipop accent is orange while the marshmallow accent is blue. But if you customize the color in your theme then it should be the same on all platforms. So try customizing the light accent color and then the problem should hopefully be resolved.
If customizing the color doesn't solve your problem then please tell me which SW label your phone is on (Settings -> About Phone -> Build number) and I'll investigate further!
Buld no. is 30.2.A.1.21, mm... I already did what you said. And I looked at the themes installed from google play, the same issue in every theme! Why we've got preview of clock apk if we can't change it?
Amazing
###Suggestion###
Implementing themed components on the quick settings pull down...
- Switch icons
-Switch colours
-Quick settings background colour/image/transparency/blur
-Quick settings header colour/image/transparency/blur
I would love to see all these brought in because I was using CM roms and it looked great and also because the stock colour on the Quick settings look boring now.
can any one please share xperia theme creator v1.2.0 .I have been looking everywhere but no luck
Manually add theme elements?
Hi, since the Xperia Theme Creator does'nt yet support Android 7.0 (Nougat) I wonder if it is possible to manually add these theme elements. If it is possible I assume I would add these in the \.project\resources file, right? With corresponding .png files in \skins\[subfolder], of course. If this is the case, what do I name these .png files?
For example, how would I do to edit the magnifying glass icon in the apptrays search field? This is not a resource in the Xperia Theme Creator yet and must therefore be added manually (I guess?). What do I name the .png file? I would have posted an image showing exactly what magnifying glass icon I'm talking about, but apparently I'm not allowed to do that until I've made at least ten posts. Sorry about that, I hope you understand which icon I mean.
Thank you.
The_W said:
Hi, since the Xperia Theme Creator does'nt yet support Android 7.0 (Nougat) I wonder if it is possible to manually add these theme elements. If it is possible I assume I would add these in the \.project\resources file, right? With corresponding .png files in \skins\[subfolder], of course. If this is the case, what do I name these .png files?.
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As most of the file names seem to be the same as they are in the system apks that are themed except prefixed with somc_, it seems obvious what you name them and where to put them but won't know unless you try. I would look in the home app for that icon and it's original name, generally the drawable-xhdpi-v4 is where to look first.
XperienceD said:
As most of the file names seem to be the same as they are in the system apks that are themed except prefixed with somc_, it seems obvious what you name them and where to put them but won't know unless you try. I would look in the home app for that icon and it's original name, generally the drawable-xhdpi-v4 is where to look first.
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Of course! Why did'nt I think of that? Thank you very much! I believe I've found it now.
OP Member30 posts Thanks: 14
Hey, I'm making myself a theme in the theme creator app, and was wondering if anyone knows how to change the xperia keyboard skin, like to make my own skin/colors. I can't find an option in the app, is it possible?
If anyone knows this please help, thanks
(sorry for bad english...)
hi,
i'm new here and wanted to ask:
If Theme Creator supports when a custom rom is used (LineageOS)?
I've tested ist, but get the following Error, when try to install: INSTALL_FAILD_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY ... ... com.sonymobile.runtimeskinning._2:failing
Is it because the Custom Rom, or the Theme Creator generally works, but just not on Android 7.xx at the moment?
Does anyone know how can I create themes that include static wallpapers? All the static wallpapers of the themes I created are recognized as live wallpapers even though I wasn't creating any live wallpaper. I am using the latest, 1.3.3.
Hey everyone,
I've decided to share my personal icon pack. I've personally designed each icon using Inkscape and built the apk.
I've made it because I was annoyed by other icon packs always lacking some icons that I wanted.
Many icons (like those of google apps) look like the originals, just without the shadows.
My icon pack doesn't have many icons (about 100). The interesting thing is that I'm sharing also the source code to build the .apk (using Eclipse) and the .svg files to modify the existing icons/create new ones (using Inkscape), so that you can create your own personal icon pack.
The icons are for FHD screens, so 192x192. You can make them larger by exporting again the .svg files.
Atteched below you can file the apk file, the .zip source and some examples.
You can reuse and modify this app, just give me credit.
No requests please: I uploaded the source of the apk file and the icon svg files. If you want to add an icon just do it on your own.
Suggestion: to add a new icon you have to modify appfilter.xml, drawable.xml, iconpack.xml, add the icon in the res folder and then compile.
enryea123 said:
Hey everyone,
I've decided to share my personal icon pack. I've personally designed each icon using Inkscape and built the apk.
I've made it because I was annoyed by other icon packs always lacking some icons that I wanted.
Many icons (like those of google apps) look like the originals, just without the shadows.
My icon pack doesn't have many icons (about 100). The interesting thing is that I'm sharing also the source code to build the .apk (using Eclipse) and the .svg files to modify the existing icons/create new ones (using Inkscape), so that you can create your own personal icon pack.
The icons are for FHD screens, so 192x192. You can make them larger by exporting again the .svg files.
Atteched below you can file the apk file, the .zip source and some examples.
You can reuse and modify this app, just give me credit.
No requests please:I uploaded the source of the apk file and the icon svg files. If you want to add an icon just do it on your own.
Suggestion: to add a new icon you have to modify appfilter.xml, drawable.xml, iconpack.xml, add the icon in the res folder and then compile.
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Thanks for this Open Source Project!
A few questions
Thanks a lot for this project. I could finally fulfill my dream of making my own icon pack.
I have a few questions, though. I don't understand what a few files are foo, in the project. It'd be great if you could explain thier function. The list of the files:
Values:
res/values/bools.xml [I see those are some booleans in there, but, when are they ever used?]
res/values/colors.xml [Those state the theme colours, but, where's the style used?]
res/values/dimens [No idea what this folder does]
res/values/styles.xml [Its stating the themes of the app, but, again, are those used anywhere?]
Assets:
assets/app_func_theme.xml [What does this file do?]
assets/desk.xml [What does this file do?]
assets/themecfg.xml [What does this file do?]
Drawable:
res/drawable/grid_selector.xml [I guess, it determines how the list of icons is presented, but, it doesn't work in all launchers, right? I mean, in Nova launcher, I didn't get any grid, I got one in ADW though.]
res/drawable/square_over.xml [It's used in the grid_selector.xml file, but, how's it affecting the app in any way?]
I don't intend to be mean or offensive, but, I am a very newbie Android developer and thus, probably didn't understand what these files are doing. It'd be great if you can clear this out for me.
Once again, thanks a lot for the source code!