So I got fed up with the look of Swype on top of Sense on my DZ, and the only mod I could find just didn't quite cut it (and didn't quite match the current keylayout either), so I put on my OCD hat, fired up the GIMP, and started aligning pixels.
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It's a close to pixel-perfect as is possible - keys sizes are aligned exactly to the Swype stock keyboard, but are in every other way identical to HTC_IME.. even down to the jpeg noise on the background radial gradient.
The package is from cypis' mod, but with my own images, and the batch file modified to give you a chance to Ctrl+C out before adb goes blindly uninstalling swype on you even after something fails...
Currently WVGA Portrait QWERTY only, sorry - I'll probably get to doing a landscape version soon, but can't promise any other variants I'm afraid (OTOH I've got the text style in photoshop pretty much passing pixel-for-pixel like HTC_IME, so different character layouts with the same physical key setup should be something of a snap).
Goes without saying that you must be rooted with Swype installed for this to work - I can verify that it works with the latest official beta Swype on the Desire Z/G2, can't say for anything else however. Also, make sure adb.exe AND java.exe are available in the %PATH% of whatever environment the batch file is run from.
PSD sources also attached, do whatever with them long as you put a link back here. They're not the most well-formed of psds I've ever made, sorry; some keyboards have only raster type layers as I switched to Photoshop from the GIMP halfway through. You should be able to grab one of the newer keyboards (the symbolic one I think is pretty sanely-formed) with fully dynamic text and edit it pretty easily - you'll need to install the Droid Sans font though.
any change this will get updated for landscape?
Very nice skin!
I've already searched for such a skin but didnt find it.
How to install it?
When i start the Swype.bat it doesnt work.. My device runs in usb-debugging mode..
This is awesome!! I just themed my CM7 to Sense and installed the Swype beta, so this would be perfect for me! But how about us Linux users - any way we could adapt this to our OS? Or at least a manual way of editing the Swype APK? I took a look at the .bat file, and it looks like it's just replacing the image files and re-signing the apk, correct? Doesn't look like it should be too difficult, but I'm a bit worried I wouldn't do it right
how do i use this? will this work in desire hd?
This is really good, thanks.
yeah might do a landscape update over my holidays (next couple of weeks). Re: linux, the batch file should translate pretty much literally a shell script, as long as adb and java are in your path. 7za can be replaced with zip and unzip (you'll need to double check their syntax though), and %dp0 is just a batchism for $(pwd). Rmdir /S = rm -rf.
Take3r07, what happens when you run the batch file?
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Take3r07, what happens when you run the batch file?
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cant really remember..
there is a new swype version out now, so i cant test it anymore.
Could you maybe update your skin for the new Swype v.3.5 ? this would be awesome!
Thank you for your good job, I take it !
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Hi clever people!
Ok so it's taken me a few days to really figure this thing out and decide to root my T-Mobile UK G2 Touch (Hero or whatever) and after doing it, I installed villain4beta2 which at first I liked. however I've had it a day now at work (it get used alot at work) and its just not right.... things seem nicer and perhaps a touch faster but with silly errors. for example even when I'd disabled open home and put sense back on it kept coming up with force kill open home *sigh*
anyways i think I'm going back to a rooted stock rom because i dnt really want much from my phone i only rooted it to create "full" themes for it, apart from maybe apps2sd perhaps. This brings me on to the point...
So, I want to theme it, I know this can be done via open home ahome and other desktop replacement apps but they all seem to slow my phone done compared to sense - plus i like sense, and even when i use them I cannot a)edit the notification bar
b)change the bootscreen
so I want to know if the following few things are possible and point me in the right direction...
-create MY OWN bootscreen (not one off another phone)
-change location/fonts/colours on notification bar
-change the colours/font of the sense buttons (phone add apps)
this lot is probably way more complicated than i imagine, however I have made F0 (firmware - flashed) themes for the PSP, so i think i can handle this, its just i know very little about android atm. So please take pitty on me and point me in the correct direct of what ever is possible...
mattyyey
c'mon guys! can you at least tell me how to make a bootscreen - what files are involved etc?
(FYI i have a rooted stock ROM now - 2.73.110.26)
have a look at /system/media, in 1.5 roms you will find a folder called "bootscreen", in 2.1 roms there is either a folder or a zipfile. have a look at these, then ask your specific questions here after you did a search.
I would also like to know how to make/create/customize themes.
bootscreens are easy enough, what tools and files are involved in the theme and where can we locate them?
Do we need to get the sign tools etc from the dev of the ROM were creating it for?
Thanks in advance
edit the pngs inside the apks. do not unpack them, just update the files inside them. do not resign them with anything. and there is no rom developer key, there are the testkeys from htc.
Cheers kendong, your a gent.
I thought there would of been more to it than that, best fire up photoshop and alike
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Cheers kendong, your a gent.
I thought there would of been more to it than that, best fire up photoshop and alike
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goes without saying that i expect a spectacular theme in return
Guys check out PHAELOX's guide linked in my sig,... Its bang on.
Here's the one PHAELOX helped me make.
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It plays in portrait, with black bars at the top and bottom.
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Guys check out PHAELOX's guide linked in my sig,... Its bang on.
Here's the one PHAELOX helped me make.
(edited to remove repitition)
It plays in portrait, with black bars at the top and bottom.
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that is beyond awesome. tell me youre working on a theme to go with it!
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that is beyond awesome. tell me youre working on a theme to go with it!
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You like?.. Nice one. Themes are something I'v never looked into. I might do some research. I'll let you know if anything comes of it.
Thanks.
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edit the pngs inside the apks. do not unpack them, just update the files inside them. do not resign them with anything. and there is no rom developer key, there are the testkeys from htc.
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Wow I so forgot about this thread! Thanks kendong2 I have a lot of it figured out now editing apks and making bootscreens... and getting the final customization via sweeter home. LCARSoid is basically finished apart from a few widgets.
I have yet to figure out how rearranging the notifications bar is done or fonts. I know fonts can be done tho.
Anyways thanks, I managed to piece it together in the end. :-D
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I am trying to modify the background of the pull notification pull down screen in Cyanogenmod 6.00 RC0. I am assuming this image is the one in the framework-res.apk, in the drawable-mdpi folder, named 'status_bar_background.png'.
I want it to look like this:
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with the Modest 'mouse' image at the bottom of the screen when you pull down the notification. However after I edit it and push the new framework-res.apk to the phone and reboot it ends up looking like this:
Is there any way to make it so that the mouse only shows up at the bottom of the screen and only one time?
Another question is why isn't the semi-transparency applied so that i can see my home screen behind the pull down screen like in the original:
I attached the pngs that I have been working with, and the original framework-res.apk
Thank you for any help.
P.S. Modest Mouse is indie rock band that I highly recommend you give a listen to.
I'm not an expert but here my comments.
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Is there any way to make it so that the mouse only shows up at the bottom of the screen and only one time?
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You will have to change the resolution size of the image to match the screen. Currently status_bar_background.png is 120 x 120 px. So having a image of 120 x 120 it will filled the screen with multiple of same image. You can try modify your image so it fit the screen by change the resolution but it a trial and error case.
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Another question is why isn't the semi-transparency applied so that i can see my home screen behind the pull down screen like in the original:
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I checked the image and it not semi-transparency so that the reason you don't see the home screen. You might need to modify with any photo editing software to make semi-transparency.
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I'm not an expert but here my comments.
You will have to change the resolution size of the image to match the screen. Currently status_bar_background.png is 120 x 120 px. So having a image of 120 x 120 it will filled the screen with multiple of same image. You can try modify your image so it fit the screen by change the resolution but it a trial and error case.
I checked the image and it not semi-transparency so that the reason you don't see the home screen. You might need to modify with any photo editing software to make semi-transparency.
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Thank you,
I was able to get it working and pushed it using metamorph. Now it is time to try messing around with other images.
Modest mouse is one of my favorite bands, and I'd love to have that on my hero. Could you make a flashable, or at least upload it?
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Modest mouse is one of my favorite bands, and I'd love to have that on my hero. Could you make a flashable, or at least upload it?
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Nice to see another Modest Mouse fan. They are my favorite band (second right now is Wolf Parade).
I don't know how to make it flashable, I used metamorph. I will upload my metamorph zip that I made and will also upload the framework-res.apk and the photoshop file that I used to make it. It has been working real good for me all day. I am using Cyanogenmod 6.00 RC0 just so you know.
I would like to eventually make a full modest mouse theme but I don't know enough about editing all the images to really get going good....also I'm not real good with photoshop.
Attachments:
Modest Mouse.zip is the metamorph theme
framework-res.apk is the framework apk from my /system/framework/ folder
status_bar_background.zip contains the photoshop file that I used.
If you edit/use it save it as .png. the file goes in the framework-res.apk in the
res/drawable-mdpi folder
If you have any ideas for any improvements let me know and I will see if I am able to do it (still learning)
I recently have been trying to create a theme for the T-Mobile Theme Chooser that comes with CM7. I pulled the cyanbread apk and extracted it and just began to replace the images with my own, until I came across some indexed images. Basically when I open these in photoshop it turns all the alpha transparencies to opaque.
Original Image:
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After import then saved:
Obviously I can't work with this.
Is there a template or something that I can work with? Or an easier way? I'm basically just taking the best parts of a couple themes and putting them together, and editing the colors. I'm not smart enough with xml to write code from scratch.
Thanks.
I use gimp. It has a setting to change the mode from "indexed" to "RBG" or "greyscale".
When I run into those, I open them in pixlr.com (a free image editor that pretty much ignores permissions), save them, then re-open in Photoshop.
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When I run into those, I open them in pixlr.com (a free image editor that pretty much ignores permissions), save them, then re-open in Photoshop.
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Thanks man, helped a ton.
Unfortunantly I keep running into speedbumps, anyone mind helping me here?
I have two themes at the moment, mine and another one. The other one replaces the widget icons in the notification bar. I like those much better than the stock cm7 ones. The problem is is that I can't just drag them and drop them from drawable folder from theirs to mine, as I'm assuming the XML in mine doesn't have any code to tell that image where to go.
How would I go about editing the xml file(s) to add support for theming of these icons? I have never really touched xml before, plus I haven't had any success finding how to edit any of the xml's in the apk.
Leave xml alone just drag and drop
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Leave xml alone just drag and drop
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App
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Problem is is that the apk I'm using as a template does a ton of stuff I don't want it to, but some stuff I do.
Like it reskins the whole browser and shrinks the pop-up menu when you hold your finger on the home screen. I don't want this, and just deleting the images doesn't solve the problem because I get errors while compiling.
The only thing I really want is the ability to skin notification bar widget icons (toggle wifi, gps, etc). Haven't had much luck finding themes that do.
You still need to resign a theme.apk after replace new png files!
What key do you sign it with?
I've got a couple themes up and running right.now and would be happy to help. Do you use Linux, Mac, or windows? Do you have decompiled Apk's that you're working with or are you editing compiled ones?
With theme *.apk file, I can only replace the existing icons, then use apk manager to sign, i cannot add new icons into it!
You can check out my theme chooser guide here
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You can check out my theme chooser guide here
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+1. I used this guide as well. It's a great help
I take no credit for this, I'm just spreading the love.
Credit goes to nightshack0 of XDA
New major release! (ANDROID MASTER v0.2)
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Changes:
++Completely remade program
++Completely remade and reworked better UI (User interface) for the program
++Website launched
++Checks for updates automatically and can download and install the new version
++.apk file Association, Double click an .apk anywhere and Android Master's apk tool will open to install any apk really fast and easy.
++Batch APK installer, place a lot of .apk's in a folder and install all of them with just a click
++Reworked how the program starts
++Reworked how the program handles the ADB Server
++Now you can kill or start the server double clicking the "ON"/"off" label
++Clicking the android now will only expand the window instead of starting the server or killing it
++Now checks if ADB Server is started, and disables all buttons if the ADB Server is turned off, or if there's no device connected to avoid errors.
++Added "Open file" on the Zip flasher
++Reorganized the tabs and removed unnecessary ones to merge some.
++Added Menu bar for using the program without expanding the window.
++Added links to the website, to XDA-Developers and the Donate button.
++Now uses an installer to make things easier and to associate the .apk files
++New name and new logo.
Hope you like it, he spent a week doing all of that. (He remade the program completely)
PLEASE DONATE TO HIM AND SUGGEST SOME NEW THINGS YOU WANT ADDED!!
Website: http://androidmaster.weebly.com
Where are you supposed to find the IP of the device?
Just for Windows I see but that's cool I'm going to put it on my girls computer to helP her do some stuff more easily. I wish I knew how to break down components that make up .exe's and recompile them for LINUX.that is along the lines of the types of fun stuff I'm striving to learn in my LINUX journey.
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Where are you supposed to find the IP of the device?
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I'd like to know what ip you want too... because it definitely didn't want the LAN address of my phone.
The UI is deceptive. You don't need to click the connect to button (and I'm not sure it even works properly). Just click on the Android (like you would when you setup the phone) and it will extend the UI and open up the options. They work and they are pretty useful. I think if the guy wrote up a nice little how to I'd probably kick him a few bucks.
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This is actually a phenomenal package, and works great w/ the Bionic. Thank you for posting this, didn't expect this in the dev section and glad I found it.
Ok this is basically finished. Just needs a few more tweaks.
Make sure you back up your default mms.apk before you use this one.
Themed version:
http://db.tt/OMBgFaLa
Stock version:
http://db.tt/woexlR8C
Zip to install Themed mms.apk:
http://db.tt/e7rp4jew
Zip to install Stock mms.apk:
http://db.tt/vJCPKCkb
Installation:
Download
Use a root explorer to place into /system/app
or
Flash the zip file
Reboot
Profit
PS: On certain themes this may not look great... Meezy installed and sent me these screenshots:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7129559/screenies/snap20111208_200120.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7129559/screenies/snap20111208_200152.png
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screen shot?
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screen shot?
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I don't have that option I'm sorry Maybe someone who wants to install it can take some screen shots and post them for me.
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idk if the apk on that link works anymore.....I've been working on this a lot today and I got it to the point where it just FCs when you try to open a thread. It's one of the xml files I can either color the text inside the bubbles or put a background on the main page of the app.
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Cool...you made it sound a lot easier than when I did this a couple months ago. (I didn't use ImageMagick).
One word of caution, if you are just adjusting hue you'll be ok, but if you inrease brightness or maybe decrease opaticy...you will throw an aapt compiling error. The ticks that mark the stretchable areas have to be either black, or nothing. No imtermediates. What I do is when I'm working with an image like that, I'll just select everything except the 1 pixel border, then I can edit however inside without messing up the 9patch ticks.
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I just found this. Maybe it will help, maybe not. I tried to do stuff with those damn .9.png files, but I've had no luck.
From this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883392
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I just found this. Maybe it will help, maybe not. I tried to do stuff with those damn .9.png files, but I've had no luck.
From this threadhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883392
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Where did that quote come from? lol
Also, I know what is causing the Force closes I just don't understand why it is causing them. I can either make the back ground in the main part of the app black or change the text color inside the threads. I'm going to work with it tonight and prolly just leave the text color black inside the thread and come up with a different color for the bubbles
Okay. The apk on that link is working. There are 2 things I want to change but when I change them it FC's. btw one of them mt can change just fine.... I will get some screenshots and post them here for your viewing pleasure