can someone help me add a theme preview image for cm7 theme chooser and then compile the apk for me, i have everything set and done, i just need those two things, and i have been stuck on it, i looked everywhere and i have asked ppl to which none responded, please help me do these to things!!!
You compiling on windows im assuming? you need to remove the backslash in front of @preview in the androidmanifest.xml to get it to show the preview.
kevin2516 said:
You compiling on windows im assuming? you need to remove the backslash in front of @preview in the androidmanifest.xml to get it to show the preview.
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of thanks for that and yes im using windows, but i cant recompile or compile the apk back for sum reason i used autoapk tool
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Hello,
how can i sign framework-res.apk on Windows x86????
a.woellert said:
Hello,
how can i sign framework-res.apk on Windows x86????
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I forgot how you do it, search it. Search "Test sign windows"
a.woellert said:
Hello,
how can i sign framework-res.apk on Windows x86????
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Why do u want to sign it ? if you are editing images you can simply open the apk as a zip file and drag the newly edited png's into the correct folders. Then adb push it to your phone. If you are compiling from source thats a different story, i havent done that so i would not know sorry.
Use Metamorph, but first try using the "SEARCH" option to get your answers. It's really not that hard.
Hi,
I try autosign.zip...Bootloop.
Then i try Win-sign.zip.....Bootloop
Next i will try metamorph
Why i become allways a bootloop.
I just editing one png picture (stat_sys_battery_charge_anim5.png)
The ROM is "SuperEclairv30BETA2.zip" and i want to port the xperia theme.
Here is the Original ROM:
http://sharebee.com/8a52ab3f
and here is my bootloop ROM:
http://sharebee.com/d93c1367
i change one .png picture, with the same pixel (25x25) and the same bit (8bit)
Best Regards
Andi
a.woellert said:
Hi,
I try autosign.zip...Bootloop.
Then i try Win-sign.zip.....Bootloop
Next i will try metamorph
Why i become allways a bootloop.
I just editing one png picture (stat_sys_battery_charge_anim5.png)
The ROM is "SuperEclairv30BETA2.zip" and i want to port the xperia theme.
Here is the Original ROM:
http://sharebee.com/8a52ab3f
and here is my bootloop ROM:
http://sharebee.com/d93c1367
i change one .png picture, with the same pixel (25x25) and the same bit (8bit)
Best Regards
Andi
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Try making the rom by signing the entire ROM without signing the individual .apk. It should boot then.
An idea!
a.woellert said:
Hi,
I try autosign.zip...Bootloop.
Then i try Win-sign.zip.....Bootloop
Next i will try metamorph
Why i become allways a bootloop.
I just editing one png picture (stat_sys_battery_charge_anim5.png)
The ROM is "SuperEclairv30BETA2.zip" and i want to port the xperia theme.
Here is the Original ROM:
http://sharebee.com/8a52ab3f
and here is my bootloop ROM:
http://sharebee.com/d93c1367
i change one .png picture, with the same pixel (25x25) and the same bit (8bit)
Best Regards
Andi
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Andi,
If you have Eclipse setup, you could use a sample apk for testing your png edit. Drop it in your res/drawable folder of the sample apk. Eclipse will tell you if your png is valid for the android version chosen or tell you it not going to work with the error code. You would be saving steps and headaches before your flash. I also recommend using MetaMorph for the job to further skip your steps in signing apk's or zips...
K dude, if ur editing a png you DONT need to sign framework-res.apk
All u have to do is open it in your favorite compressed archive viewer 7zip/winzip blah blah
Then go into appropriate folder, drag the picture u want to edit out of it to ur computer somewhere, edit it and drag it back into the zip n then push it to your phone. SIMPLE.
Not for nothin' fellas but this page is the #1 google return on "sign apk windows7" and though I know you're just talking themes here but ... throw the rest of us googlers a bone and copypaste some instructions pretty please
In the meantime I'll keep googling.
d0ugie said:
Not for nothin' fellas but this page is the #1 google return on "sign apk windows7" and though I know you're just talking themes here but ... throw the rest of us googlers a bone and copypaste some instructions pretty please
In the meantime I'll keep googling.
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NewYork love! lol
There is a apk on the market called signapktic.apk it should be able to sign it for you.
To sign on windows, you must have java jre or jdk installed to use the signapk.jar or the testsign.jar .
Im new to the whole idea of having a rooted phone. Just let me say its pretty cool! Ive messed around with some rom cooking but nothing serious. Can anyone point me in the direction of creating a theme for my eris?
Thanks
-paperweight
sure, but ur gonna need the following first:
1. photoshop skills
2. linux
3. patience
4. an idea
one u have all of those, ill show u the thousands of pngs u need to edit
I got the skills to pay the bills... Time is what Im lacking, My family takes up most of my time. Maybe fathers day I can sit down and dink around.
Thanks for your help
-paperweight
SoCalSpecialist said:
sure, but ur gonna need the following first:
1. photoshop skills
2. linux
3. patience
4. an idea
one u have all of those, ill show u the thousands of pngs u need to edit
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yup not to mention hex editing etc...I am working on a theme now and let me tell you after being a 8 year Blackberry user its a whole different thing...dont get me wrong creating and editing svg's and layering theme for blackberry wasnt the easiest thing to learn this is just "different".
So not to be long winded any noobs or anyone for that matter interested in starting a theme there are some fantastic tutorials and loads of helpful fellows over in the heroc forum. Hopefully in the not so distant future we as the Eris community will have our own talented group of themers instead of just porting or simply being able to flash a hero theme. Good Luck and be patient.
sure, but ur gonna need the following first:
1. photoshop skills
2. linux
3. patience
4. an idea
one u have all of those, ill show u the thou
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yup not to mention hex editing etc...I am working on a theme now and let me tell you after being a 8 year Blackberry user its a whole different thing...dont get me wrong creating and editing svg's and layering theme for blackberry wasnt the easiest thing to learn this is just "different".
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So!? Have you thought about cooking up a blackberry-esque or bbstorm-esque theme theme. That, would be such a wonderful idea! :-D (i was a former bb storm user btw)
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what are some of the other files to edit png's in other than framework-res.apk and com.htc.resources.apk? the wifi, gps, etc. on and off widget/icon and the dialer keypad in particular. using the leakbase rom jcase posted if it matters. thanks.
iflip : a blackberry theme already exists via marketplace for GDE
magnum : the way i started was via windows. i was grab each apk .. edit the extension to .zip extract it and dive in the MDPI folder ( thats the folder ur gonna want to get into to edit themes.)
if ur using linux just jump in the apk and check out the icon_launcher's. thats gonna be a great starting point..since at least 22 icons need to be changed for a theme LOL
i kno i kno..its a p.i.a. but u asked ...
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magnum : the way i started was via windows. i was grab each apk .. edit the extension to .zip extract it and dive in the MDPI folder ( thats the folder ur gonna want to get into to edit themes.)
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Thanks, yea i'm on windows, takes a little time going through all the png's lol.
HtcDialer.apk and Phone.apk will contain the png's to change the phone dialer.
I was looking into making a theme or at least just changing some things around in the one ROM I'm running now. The two questions I have is how do I re-zip the ROM and how do I sign it so it will work? I'm running snow leopard on a macbook pro just as an fyi.
Hi can anyone suggest an alternative tool for apktool. It just doesn't work for me. Whatever I do either gives compiling errors or just a bootloop. Thanks guys.
It's nice to know I'm not the only one. Anything past extract optimize and zip is useless for me. I have never had it actually compile an .apk without an error.
I'm having serious problems compiling the framework-res from a CM6.1 based ROM. It decompiles fine, but won't recompile I get hundreds of errors about missing referances.
I only wanna edit a few XML's :sad:
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l0st.prophet said:
I'm having serious problems compiling the framework-res from a CM6.1 based ROM. It decompiles fine, but won't recompile I get hundreds of errors about missing referances. I only wanna edit a few XML's :sad: Sent from my HTC Hero using Tapatalk
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Which xmls do you want to edit, and what are you wanting to change?
dean.d said:
Which xmls do you want to edit, and what are you wanting to change?
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Thanks for replying, but I worked it out. I had some dodgy .9.png's that were breaking the compile, so I just had to remove them before compiling.
For anyone else having trouble, check the logs after you decompile to see if there are any messages about .9.pngs. If there are, remove them from the decompiled folder, compile when you are finished, then just add the .9.png's back in afterwards with WinRAR.
I was tryna change the color of the text and the border in the bottom popup menu for my Gingerbread theme
l0st.prophet said:
Thanks for replying, but I worked it out. I had some dodgy .9.png's that were breaking the compile, so I just had to remove them before compiling.
For anyone else having trouble, check the logs after you decompile to see if there are any messages about .9.pngs. If there are, remove them from the decompiled folder, compile when you are finished, then just add the .9.png's back in afterwards with WinRAR.
I was tryna change the color of the text and the border in the bottom popup menu for my Gingerbread theme
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The reason that happens is the original "dev" who themed the framework did not decompile/modify/recompile. He merely dragged and dropped the modified .9.png
Hence when u decompile, apktool cannot find the necessarry data within resources.arsc to decompile the .9.png and hence when u go to recompile, it complains. Ur safest bet is to always decompile an apk as close to stock as possible.
Where do you place your framework-res.apk I placed mine in the platform tools folder but apktool can not find it
I know there are tons of tutorials out there on how to edit .9.png files, but for some reason, I cant get the SDK to install..
I'm trying to mod a couple of apps that use .9.png images, and I want to make them absolutely transparent. Since ninepatch files are made for stretching, I really don't care about the size.
Can someone please upload a blank, transparent .9.png so that I could rename them and make my mods?
Thanks in advance!
Here you go, this is already compiled.
dully79 said:
Here you go, this is already compiled.
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Thanks alot...now I can finish up my mods!
Your welcome
I forgot to say its compiled to display fully top to bottom and left to right.
It works! Ahhh!! I cant believe it actually works! Thank you!!
check out my mod here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10552463#post10552463
More to come later!
Ok guys, I am totally new to theming and what not, and akoe101 and I are deciding to release a theme under metamorph, called MinimalMechanics, this is what the status bar looks like
So far, everytime i try to create a morph, it gets rejected. Heres the steps i have taken
1. Downloaded a template morph
2. extracted the .zip
3. Opened the .xml with notepad, edited the path like so...
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<themename>MinimalMechanics</themename>
<themeversion>1.0</themeversion>
<author>mkcm97 and akoe101</author>
<phone>Motorola Droid</phone>
<rom>?</rom>
<themedescription>Changes status icons</themedescription>
<item>SystemUI.apk</item>
<path>/system/app/</path>
<description></description>
4. I then saved the .xml
5. I added the icons in the correct folder.
6. renamed the .xml to MinimalMechanics- SystemUI
*side not, in reality, i'd prefer to add other paths, to framework-res.apk, gmail.apk, and vending .apk. If this is possible let me know, or do I have to make a seperate .zip?
7. I renamed the zip to MinimalMechanics- SystemUI
But as I said earlier, when I try to apply it, it gives an error. Could anybody give an insight on this, if you have any you get an early theme release and some extra GOODIES!. If you need the actual .xml, i can upload it for you.
Thanks for taking the time for reading and answering
- Matt.
You want Notepad++ on a windows machine. Windows notepad screws up the EOL sequence.
<themename>MinimalMechanics</themename>
MinimalMechanics- SystemUI
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If you rename the zip, you must change the <themename> too.
As 3rdstring says, I use Notepad++ to edit.
Dont Panic said:
If you rename the zip, you must change the <themename> too.
As 3rdstring says, I use Notepad++ to edit.
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Ok. wow i didn't release that a version of notepad would make a difference. I'll give it a shot and get back to you guys.
thanks a bunch.
ok i owe you guys big time! notepad ++ did the trick. so now for the next question, can i add a path to framework-res and system ui in the same .xml?
mkcm97 said:
ok i owe you guys big time! notepad ++ did the trick. so now for the next question, can i add a path to framework-res and system ui in the same .xml?
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You can, but you will get FC loops that are a pain with metamorph. If you do it, use ZipThemer to install instead, great program. Myself, I don't put SystemUI.apk or Phone.apk in the same morphs as framework-res.apk.
Dont Panic said:
You can, but you will get FC loops that are a pain with metamorph. If you do it, use ZipThemer to install instead, great program. Myself, I don't put SystemUI.apk or Phone.apk in the same morphs as framework-res.apk.
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ok. so i will just release the theme in seperate morphs. but when i applied just the systemui.apk, i got fc loops anyway, but a battery pull fixed it and it was all okay.
I agree with Dont Panic, ZipThemer is an excellent tool. It will take your morph(s) and build a flashable update & as a super cool added bonus an undo file so when things go wrong you have an easy road back.
The XDA thread.
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I agree with Dont Panic, ZipThemer is an excellent tool. It will take your morph(s) and build a flashable update & as a super cool added bonus an undo file so when things go wrong you have an easy road back.
The XDA thread.
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so could i build a morph and put it in zip themer, and release it as a .zip? and it will still have the same concept as a morph. ie only change the icons that you want..?
mkcm97 said:
so could i build a morph and put it in zip themer, and release it as a .zip? and it will still have the same concept as a morph. ie only change the icons that you want..?
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Yes but it will be device/ROM specific.
3rdstring said:
Yes but it will be device/ROM specific.
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ok thanks for the help guys. feel free to pm me if you would like anything.
cant wait for you to drop this, ive been eying it since you first started posted screens with it. i check customandroid all the time in hopes its been released lol.
mbh87 said:
cant wait for you to drop this, ive been eying it since you first started posted screens with it. i check customandroid all the time in hopes its been released lol.
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haha thanks. almost done
mkcm97 said:
haha thanks. almost done
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If for some reason you are feeling generous or need someone to test on a Thunderbolt, shoot me a pm