I grabbed the deodex'd rom from Frostman, extracted it and decompiled the Email.apk to see how challenging it was to tweak it so it doesn't look like its made for a blind person. I have the sizes shrunk down for everything except the message body, I was wondering if anyone could give me a hand or point me in the right direction to do that. I know I can ping to shrink the text but I want the initial size to be smaller.
I attached what I have so far, you'll need to remove both Email.apk and Email.odex if you aren't deodex'd and you'll also need to be rooted. Drop this apk in /system/app and reboot, you'll have to setup the email again.
I believe the section I want is under WebView in the message_view_header.xml file.
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i would like to customize the slider in titanium, could someone upload the file or tell me what file it is in the Windows directory?
bronzeres.dll in \windows
under rcdata
portrait 3000
landscape 4000
so i'm using XN resource editor, i'm new to this- i figured ut how to export the images, but i don't know how to replace them, anyone care to guide me?
use resource tuner...its the best that i know of...its what i use...if you want i can mod the file for you...just give me the images that you want to use and ill see what i can do...if not get that program and change them yourself...
thanks for the offer, but i am here to learn, i got restuner and i opened up the file and replaced it pretty simple, but then after putting it in my windows directory there was no homescreen, so i had to switch back to the original
do the images have to a certain type? restuner said they were .png so i ripped the files from the .dll and they were .png so i opened them with GIMP then colorized them to light blue and then saved them with default settings and but them back into the .dll, do i need to use special settings?
hey no prob...i like to do it and learn myself...i only offer cause alot do not...they just want it done...lol...alright...when saving you have to change and then click save as and put whatever and then add the ext .png...will save in .png and should be good to go...
I installed Smorg v1.4 (full version with ROM) on my phone. Also downloaded the extra icons to have everything match. I was just wondering how you are supposed to install them the correct way. I found if I extract them and place them where ever, I can use them in better cut. I don't like it however that better cut will pull up all my other pictures as well. A while back I downloaded the aero icon pack from the market, I was just wondering if I took the .zip file with the icons and changed it to .apk can I anstall them that way (I really don't think that will work)?
Basically what is the correct way to install the icons (I want them to appear in the icon pack using better cut)?
Try the search.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471195
That really doesn't help. I don't want to pull apart my ROM, replace the png files, resign, and update.
All I want is to use the icons posted with the Smorg v1.4 ROM using bettercut. I wanted them to come up in the icon pack, so I wouldn't have to filter out all the other nonsense pictures that take forever to upload anyway.
Take the time to either read my post, or read the post you suggested, before you post "try the search"
(for the record, I did search. I don't think it turned out too well as it would take forever to go through every topic that came up, especially when most of them don't seem to apply, they just match certain key words)
Anybody have some answers that are useful?
I'm not sure how he has them packaged (at work, can't download) but look inside the zip to see if he zipped apk file (if you see only one file inside the zip named something.apk then he zipped it and you will need to unzip using winrar, zip7 or something like that) or if he renamed it to zip (if you see number of files inluding pics, and folders and xml etc etc then you will need to rename it to apk). From there, just install it like you would any file and use it in bettercut.
Alternative way: I've notice there's Smorg icon pack in the market... download and install that, should be the same thing
Good luck, please add [SOLVED] to the title if it works out for you.
Thank you so much, I swear I searched the market for icon packs to advoid all of this. That is exactly what I was looking for. It just makes it so easy to change the icons through bettercut without browsing through every single picture on my phone.
While I'm new back in playing with the Android OS, I spent a ton of time modifying my iPhone when I had it, creating custom icons, wallpapers, overlays, etc.
What I've noticed recently is that most of the icons in the Android OS really don't have much synergy in their designs. Every widget maker has something a little different in what they see as their own design, but they often times don't make all of the widgets that I would like, and I'm stuck with a hodgepodge of different looking icons and widgets cluttering my screen.
I'm curious if there is a somewhat easy way to modify the graphics files of these widgets so that I can create a very clean theme. To give you an idea of what I would enjoy creating, I'll attach a before/after picture of some modified icons that I was using on the iPhone. While they retain the color schemes for the most part, I felt like I was able to make everything feel a bit more cohesive in a theme, and I would love to continue that trend on my Hero.
So the eternal question.... can it be done? And if so, is it something a mere noob back to the Android OS can make happen?
it is actually pretty easy, i will explain as good as i can. there are some drawbacks:
you need to resign the apk. there is testkey available at this forum, and i think you can generate your own with the sdk (not sure if and how). but after resigning the apps are signed with the testkey, not the developers key. i do not really understand what that means, but it was a hint i read somewhere...
i am not sure whether the apps will be flagged by the market as "update available", but i don't think so because they won't appear in your downloads list, since you have to install them "manually".
that is AFAIK all for the cons, here's the how:
1. extract the .apk, rename to .zip if necessary.
2. find the image you want to be replaced, should be somewhere in [extracted folder]/res/drawable/
3. edit the image to your needs and save it.
4. re-zip the contents of the folder (including the not changed elements of course) to whatever.zip
5. rename whatever.zip to whatever.apk
6. sign whatever.apk
as for signing, here is how to do:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711&highlight=howto
the process for apps is basically the same as for update.zips, just don't use with recovery image but filemanager to install as regular app...
i think there is a theme howto out there on this forum, maybe that helps too.
kendong2 explains it well .... it is easy when it all clicks into place check my siignature for more help
Just wondering how to theme on the Hero. I know the rough idea from my small amount of experience with Winterboard. Indicate folder/app with and then have images to replace UI elements.
However I don't know how to work a .THM file or if anything special needs to be done to the zip file.. I tried to edit a theme once and it wouldn't load on MM so something was wrong..
Is there any guide?
Also: there is an app available for iPhone OS that gives you all the UI elements in a list and has an image to indicate where it's found on the phone, you can then edit it and it will change on the image so you have a preview of your theme without saving or applying it... Anything like this available or in the works?
essentially the .thm needs to be exactly the same filename as the .zip
Also, if you open the .thm with Notepad for example, you will see the format you need to keep.
If you modify someones theme, remember if you delete an apk (dir) then you need to delete the relevant lines in the .thm. Same goes for if you are adding apk's too. You need to add the lines, so it is installed to the correct location.
You do not need to do anything specific with the .zip.... This is the beauty of MM. It does the complicated bits for us.
To be brutally honest, i dont find MM very reliable (having made a very full theme). People report all kinds of crazy issues caused by MM.
There is a VERY good guide in this forum....Google 'xda metamorph theme' that will lead you to it.
Also, there is no apps like the one you mention for the iPhone.
Enjoy
Hi,
I just started a new project.
It's a little piece of software that can be used to easily interchange image files in framework-res.apk and other files. Currently it's just a proof of concept. The software is able to pull the files from phone, extract them, exchange the statusbar (just for my phone right now) and push it all back to the phone.
I first wanted to make it wysiwyg... But that won't work because the devices are too different after all. And I still have to find a way to deal with odex'd files.
However, I think it will be one of the more comfortable ways to exchange resource files.
To check it out or for feature requests and stuff look at https://sourceforge.net/projects/droidthemetool/
Hope you are interested...
Not sure if I am gonna use it myself! Apart from replacing my notification bar with a black one.
Cool, would love to see something easier to mod / customize the status bar. I gather you would have to be rooted for this?
Yes you have to be root. It is necessary to remount the system partition writable and replace the resource files.