Better Keyboard - skin developement - Android Themes

Hi all.
I'm getting started on skinning for Better Keyboard - skins also work with Smart Keyboard, Ultra Keyboard and probably others.
There's an ass-ton of blurry skins on the Market so I'm aiming at just producing high quality, graphically crisp skins.
EG: compare a current skin on the market with mine:
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What I'm after is a little bit of help regarding ALT keys and XML.
I know you can define the ALT keys to have different .9.pngs but I'll be goddamned if I know how they're declared in the XML.
EG: http://cdn3.staztic.com/screenshots/better-keyboard-skin-smoog-10-1.jpg
The res files are:
btn_keyboard_key_alt_normal.9.png
btn_keyboard_key_alt_pressed.9.png
The existing keyboard_key_feedback.xml, for example, looks like this:
Code:
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_long_pressable="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/keyboard_key_feedback_more_background" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/keyboard_key_feedback_background" />
</selector>
So I need to figure out what to put in btn_keyboard_key_alt.xml
Thanks in advance for any help

punkweakling said:
Hi all.
I'm getting started on skinning for Better Keyboard - skins also work with Smart Keyboard, Ultra Keyboard and probably others.
There's an ass-ton of blurry skins on the Market so I'm aiming at just producing high quality, graphically crisp skins.
EG: compare a current skin on the market with mine:
What I'm after is a little bit of help regarding ALT keys and XML.
I know you can define the ALT keys to have different .9.pngs but I'll be goddamned if I know how they're declared in the XML.
EG: http://cdn3.staztic.com/screenshots/better-keyboard-skin-smoog-10-1.jpg
The res files are:
btn_keyboard_key_alt_normal.9.png
btn_keyboard_key_alt_pressed.9.png
The existing keyboard_key_feedback.xml, for example, looks like this:
Code:
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<item android:state_long_pressable="true"
android:drawable="@drawable/keyboard_key_feedback_more_background" />
<item android:drawable="@drawable/keyboard_key_feedback_background" />
</selector>
So I need to figure out what to put in btn_keyboard_key_alt.xml
Thanks in advance for any help
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can you upload foobok skin in zip ?

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iPhone theme.

Hi,
I'm interested in getting my HTC Hero to look like an iPhone.
If it helps, you can pretend I'm doing this out of irony.
Here's what I have so far...
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(rom is superhero 1.0.1, running aHome, custom theme and bettercut)
And here's what I need to do:
Change the order of the icons in the status bar
Fix all notification icons into the smaller 16pixel size, including clock font
Edit the dialer buttons to look more like iPhone's
Edit the Calendar and Calculator app
Calendar Widget that looks just like the calendar icon, but changes the date
Dock without using aHome
Anyone know how to change the order of the icons, or have any suggestions (other than "GIVE UP NOW" )?
Nice1 Looking Good so far
Thanks MacaronyMax! I haven't had a chance to work on it much this week because of coursework, but I'll be updating it again soon I hope.
This is looking really good, Imagine running this on an iPhone that is running android... (whoah, head f**k!)
Shame it needs aHome, but keep up the good work
Oh man, I need to get ahold of an iPhone. That must be done. XD
Speaking of which. I'll hopefully be updating this either tonight or tomorrow with a useable downloadable version of the theme which will can used for the statusbar icons and maybe something even bigger like the Dialer!
Updates are going to be kind of staggered after that, though, as I don't have an iPhone of my own and clear reference pics are hard to come by.
Answer to 2.....edit framework-res.apk be as creative as u like! Should be able to resize icons in there,as for the icons order...its probably in the same file,just as xml
Cheers Bonesy I'll look into it!
No worries I would look but I can't read xml
I have ahome but i don't know wich theme are you using, because there are a lot of iphone themes in the market.
Thanks ,
Andre
When Will you be considering releasing this because it does look gr8

GM750 exclusive Glass Theme

Hey guys I just did some stuff with my GM750 and thought I might share it with the other GM750 owners. I dont know but it probably wont work on other phones, ecxept for the Lockscreen stuff!
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All the files have to be copied into the /Windows folderTo do so properly , you need Resco File explorer (I can just recommend you to buy it! A 30 days trial is included though in the attachment) ,except for the Livven Lockscreen modifications.
You need to install his cab before it will work, then you copy the files in the LivvenLockscreen Folder into /Windows/Livven.
Go here to get his awesome Lockscreen:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=667915
The pack includes many GFX and even custom sounds for the dialpad ( A LOT louder, different sound designed to play melodies on it for passionated pianists like me) and a customized registry to get rid of the LG sounds,clients etc. . For the todayclock, go here
http://kvv.my1.ru/load/7-1-0-39
and for skins here
http://kvv.my1.ru/load/todayclock_skins/7-1-0-61
I have included the skin and a customized todayclock.txt though because the setup is kind of difficult. Just copy my glass skin folder into program files/todayclock/skins and replace the todayclock.txt in todayclockfolder with mine.
The Bottom Bar is made with IphoneToday. Thanx a lot! The Startupimage was made by an XDA Member as well but I cant find his thread. Thanx anyways!
I used a GTX Wallpaper for this one, get the whole Wallpaperpack at the "Everything GTX" Thread.
I take no credit for any of these, I just edited and customized stuff. Well , I take credit though for freaking copying the whole windows Folder to my PC and checking all files so that I knew which file does what ;D
To Do:
XDA Shutdown Glass
MusicPlayer Glass
Maybe: Modifying S Class to Glass Class (haha whatever)
Greetings
woww
I'll do the modified
thanks man
Nice,Thanks !
neon nightclub
great !! in red too

Stopped being lazy, made XDA darker. Like it?

If you're like me and the white of sites hurts ya, might like grey text on black. You can use Stylish with XDA - High Contrast style to change it. If you do that you'll see the text is yellow but you can edit it and use #736F6E everywhere you find #FFFF33.
I know off topic and outa left field, but know some others like dark themes too:
Stylish - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/
XDA - High Contrast = http://userstyles.org/styles/24695/xda-high-contrast
(All credit for style goes to sickbox)
PS, side note, if width requires you to use bottom scroll bar, change width in style. I changed it from 1200 to 1000 and worked perfect.
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"lightbox_download": "Download",
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Please move if out of place. Meant to put in off topic but got distracted while reading in general and posted here.
Sorry
Looks cool
That is pretty awesome actually
Nice! But I prefer Blue
So mine's a little weird...anyone know what's going on with this?
Screenshot is attached to this post or viewable here:
http://i.imgur.com/uTr6h.png
The main background of the website is right (black) but the forums are still their original background color with some text colors changed.
I'm running FF 4.0.1 right now.
ddrstreak said:
So mine's a little weird...anyone know what's going on with this?
Screenshot is attached to this post or viewable here:
http://i.imgur.com/uTr6h.png
The main background of the website is right (black) but the forums are still their original background color with some text colors changed.
I'm running FF 4.0.1 right now.
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There are 11 instances of #FFFF33 to replace with whatever HTML colour you choose. In vBulletin each little section is controlled by a command so if you skip that section, you'll end up with it being white or whatever colour it was before.
And by all means, experiment with different colours. If you wanna change the body or boarder to a different colour than black all you have to do is find the colour you want and change it, just make sure you put "!important;" (without " marks) to override the style native colour

xrl UI Project - v0.25 - This Time ? Calling Graphics!

Hey guys, as some of you may now, I'm trying to theme many things that don't have good skins yet.
In this thread I want to collect everything I made / make etc, and Introduce my "xrl UI" Project. If you thinks there anything that I should REALLY include, or if you want to scream at me because something's just not right, you can do it here.
Changelog:
v.01 added Toast Graphics
V.02 added Status Graphics
v0.25 added Caller Graphics - "CandyLame", "Etiquette", "Lucid" and "Metrotarded"
Stay tuned for future updates, I will post links here:
get the toast graphics here: (NOT 9patched yet!) xrl UI toasts 0.1
You can find the downloads in the next post.
I Hope you guys like it!
It took me much effort to make this skins, and if you like what I did, please click the Thank You button, leave a comment, or you could buy me a beer ;D
Downloads:
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xWype 3.26: get it here
xrl UI toasts: get it here
[Optimus3D] xrl CandyBar Framework Res: get it here
[Optimus3D] xrl CandyBar SystemUI.apk: get it here
[Optimus3D] Stock Keyboard iPhone look: get it here
[Optimus 3D] Galaxy S Style Dialer Buttons: get it here
NEW!![Optimus 3D] Black Browser App: get it here
The Project has been updated and I provide new Statusbars.
I like what you are doing. How do you flash this on your phone though, and is it for HDPI, MDPI or LDPI.
MrChaosDesire said:
I like what you are doing. How do you flash this on your phone though, and is it for HDPI, MDPI or LDPI.
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This thread is a collection of the stuff I'm doing, and a place for my coming xrl-UI, that you can't flash just yet (you can however download the graphics and place them in the corresponding file by yourself). It might take a long while, since I'm doing this in my spare free time :s
I've added a Black Browser for the Optimus 3D, you could possibly use the graphics on your browser aswell.
Download link in the 2nd Post

[Q] Modifications for 240 HDPI

Hey guys!
I recently changed my DPI setting to 240 HDPI
Would like to know if there is anything you can do to get the JKay mod to be bigger on the lockscreen. Or at least make more buttons so it fills out the screen cuz it just looks bad specially when its in the center of the screen..
At least it would be nice to put the buttons on the bottom of the screen.
And for all you others who have 240 HDPI density, would be nice if u could post what u had to do to adjust the apps and mods to look good.. So we could have everythin in one thread. Lets see how many replies this thread gets and the i will edit my post so its more of a collection of links or sumthing for users who dont have a clue what to do when they change their DPI settings.
All I had to do was to get exDialer and a modded S-memo
Sent from my superior GT-N7000 using Tapatalk
Where did you get that modded S-memo? It's annoying as hell that the backgrounds don't work anymore after changing DPI. A plain white background is apparently build up of white lines, which get tore apart if you change DPI haha.
julian071 said:
Where did you get that modded S-memo? It's annoying as hell that the backgrounds don't work anymore after changing DPI. A plain white background is apparently build up of white lines, which get tore apart if you change DPI haha.
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I used this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1361462
The link on the first post is dead so go to the 9th and there is a new link
and for more info i found this thread also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1491520
These threads solved all my problems
I also recommend ADW EX launcher, its awesome, so fast and smooth
Good luck mate
Thanks for the reply!!
Btw, LauncherPro also works great with lower DPI. Setting more columns makes for much more room for icons on the homescreens. And of course more info!
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