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[Q] How to change installed application's icons?

Hi there, I've searched and couldn't find how to change the app's icons.
I know I can create shortcuts and change the icons with Better Cut. I know that Desktop Visualizer can create icons on the homescreen. But what I meant is to change the application's default icon. I tried to change the icon.png in /res/drawable/icon.png from the .apk files and then it says the application is not installed.
Why is that?
Is there any easier way to change the icons of installed apps instead of modifying from the .apk files?

No the easiest way to modify is modyfing apk in ninjamorph.
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[Q] Anycut?

Does anyone know how to make anycut work or does anyone with bettercut know if it works?
I can not seem to get it to place any of the shortcuts on the home screen.
Would be great to get it or something similar to work to gain access to portions no accessible in the menus..
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BetterCut does not seem to work, either. Anyone have a workaround? I want to be able to edit my shortcut icons and names.

Desktop Visualizer seems to work pretty well. It allows you to use any icon with any application.
Using Astro with this will allow you to create widgets of any of your files on your homescreen. Most file formats are supported. You can also create a new extension to allow Astro to read epub format as well. It already reads most other file types.
This also works for folders on the homescreen. It's made the "Shortcut" and "Folder" selections on the launchers unnecessary.

mad5427 said:
Desktop Visualizer seems to work pretty well. It allows you to use any icon with any application.
Using Astro with this will allow you to create widgets of any of your files on your homescreen. Most file formats are supported. You can also create a new extension to allow Astro to read epub format as well. It already reads most other file types.
This also works for folders on the homescreen. It's made the "Shortcut" and "Folder" selections on the launchers unnecessary.
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How do you get this to work? I am using Launcher Pro. When I long press it goes blank for a sec and then nothing. If I try to launch DV and create from there I get a DVR message saying I don't have permission to create icons on my homescreen.

[Q] list of all the correct app drawer names for making adw theme

hi im in the middle of making a adw theme but only half the icons showed up so obviously im getting the naming wrong. does anyone have a full list of the correct icon names for all apps an system apps so i can rename the images to show up on the adw launcher app drawer please

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10459190&postcount=52

hey
hey thanks for that. i used this already and some worked and others didnt? and i tried the method of finding the names in the app manifest on the phone and adding _ instead of . and it still didnt work?

like browser. in my browser manifest it tells me the same name as the list you showed me but it doesnt have the browseractivity bit at the end? why is that bit added?

list of ones that didnt work from that list
automatic task killer
claculator
camera
clock
fm radio
fasterfix
miui music
my files
no lock
phone
quick boot
layer
root explorer
sgs tools
sim toolkit
superuser
task manager
video player
voice recorder
z4zoom

[Q] Can I change app titles?

Hi All,
I suspect the answer to this question is a flat "no" but I thought I would ask anyway....
Is there any way to change the titles of the apps as they appear on-screen? I don't want to rename them as such i.e. Greenify is called Greenify in all of menus and app lists etc, and I have the app titles on my homescreen hidden using Apex launcher. Every so often, for example on the lockscreen, I will have an app that has quite a long name which is not fully displayed, but might look neater to the eye if it just said "Browser" or "Internet" instead of the whole name of the app.
Is there any app which can do this or is it more like the app title is taken directly from the code within the app? I certainly don't want to infringe any legal copyrights etc by wanting to change the legend (like you can with the name of an icon on Windows desktop).
Hopefully this makes a little bit of sense, please ask if my explanation sounds confused
Many thanks
Weezlerox

weezlerox said:
Hi All,
I suspect the answer to this question is a flat "no" but I thought I would ask anyway....
Is there any way to change the titles of the apps as they appear on-screen? I don't want to rename them as such i.e. Greenify is called Greenify in all of menus and app lists etc, and I have the app titles on my homescreen hidden using Apex launcher. Every so often, for example on the lockscreen, I will have an app that has quite a long name which is not fully displayed, but might look neater to the eye if it just said "Browser" or "Internet" instead of the whole name of the app.
Is there any app which can do this or is it more like the app title is taken directly from the code within the app? I certainly don't want to infringe any legal copyrights etc by wanting to change the legend (like you can with the name of an icon on Windows desktop).
Hopefully this makes a little bit of sense, please ask if my explanation sounds confused
Many thanks
Weezlerox
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You can't change the name of the app systemwide, but with some launchers (for example APEX and NOVA) you can edit the shortcuts on your homescreen. Just longpress the icon on the homescreen and press edit.

Much as I had thought, thanks for confirming this is the case
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[Q] Getting resource IDs

I want to modify Navigation Drawer of an app.
How can I go about knowing what is the ID of that control in that particular app?
Is there any sample?