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[THEME] mercury/liquid metal

this is the first theme i have ever made. i started on it yesterday and worked all night and day to get it out in just under a day. there are a few files that got edited and looked kinda crappy but most of the files look just fine.
** i fixed the crappy icons and the theme now includes a skinned dialer, sip and spb calc. i will update it later to include more icons, a skinned task manager and skinned tp2 calulator.**
heres the download link:HERE

Looks nice!

heya, what software do you use to make your battery look like that? I've been looking around but none of the themes say the name of the battery software.

Hi everybody!
Look nice but link is dead.

mputtr said:
heya, what software do you use to make your battery look like that? I've been looking around but none of the themes say the name of the battery software.
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Search for "taskbar icons" like I did here

I was specifically looking at fatalcharade's taskbar. It looks really cool and I'm wondering where he got it from.

i fixed the link. the version i posted was glitchy so i deleted the file from my server. i then put up the fixed version but forgot to come here and fix the link.
i also made a dialer for it that makes the phone look the same, if you would like it i can upload that too.

Wallpaper
@ Fatal Charade- Could u upload the wallpaper for your theme in the screenshot or send a link to it?

not sure how i fix this but after running your installer the theme displayed fine execpt that the call history calendar and the background of the clock are still black and realy hard to read any idea how i make them white like in the photo

the link is broken
I can't find the link that u mention above..
could u give me the precise address or the update one..
how to install this theme?
is it just like the regular *.cab files installation?
or need something else?
many thanks.

i just recently changed the links and stuff, i updated the first post.

Weather Widget from 2.0 BackPorted

I searched the forum to see if someone had done this and couldn't find it. I back ported the weather widget from 2.0 in case anyone is interested (works fine on donuts). This is the beginning of my development work. Hope this helps!
Please just take the .zip file and rename it to .apk
copy to your sdcard and install with any file explorer or
connect your device to your pc with development enabled
type "adb install MotAccuWeatherWidget.apk"
Red
G1 with latest Cyan
Thank you to this site and all the developers for their inspiration and hard work.

This has been around for a while...
Good work, though. Kudos and thanks for the effort.

Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red

redd12345 said:
Oh, sorry. I guess I'll probably get flamed by like 30 ppl now. lol. I guess I will try my hand at the Dock applications, unless that has been done too?
Red
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If anyone flames you, they're stupid. You did good work, even if it was in vain. Car Dock has been ported to Donut, though I don't think the little nightstand Dock from Droid is running on anything prior to 2.0... Not sure, though, as it doesn't interest me all that much.

thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
Red.

redd12345 said:
thanks for the encouragement. is there a list of things that show what needs to be back ported or which ones have already been? I want to contribute.
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Not to my knowledge. It might not be a bad idea for one of the leading devs to start a thread here on things we want from new phones to run on our phones, and check them off as they are accomplished. 75% of the list would be from the Nexus One, at the moment. You really want to help? See what you can do to get Launcher2 from the Nexus working on Dream... Just changing the build.prop doesn't work, so we'll have to fix errors one by one. Hope you're better at coding than I.

There is also more info in the Dream app section, where these apps are usually released...good work, keep it up!

Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.

I'm not sure. I pulled this weather widget from Eugene373's AOSP Rom port and hex edited the AndroidManifest.xml to make the MinSDK 3 instead of 5. I can't tell you much more than that. I hope this helps you.
Red.

Give this widget a shot and see if it's the one you are looking for. At least one person might make use of it. haha
Red

yukkio said:
Hi, there's a version that does not work with 1.6 (only 2.X). Which version is?
BR.
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So, does anyone know if this will work on 1.6? Cyanogen MOD ROM?

It will work on any 1.6 rom. I am running Cyanogen's 11.1 (most recent.) This widget typically works on most people's "custom roms" as long as the 1.6 base is the same, it's just that there is a MinSDK value that prohibits users on a lower SDK from using the application. I dropped that value to 3, so I think that it should also work on hero roms (1.5 cupcake base) if someone likes the graphics on this widget better than the weather app that is included. Hope this helps.
Red.
Ps. I am going to be trying my hand at creating themes instead. My only experience with programming was C++, Pascal, and Visual Basic and that was close to 8 years ago! lol. I'm a little outdated as far as Java goes.
I'm really looking forward to using Stericson's Metamorph. It is such a great effort for theme development.

i sure could use it im new to xda im non root for now, but i would like to make a few nice add ons to my mt3g till i get the guts to root. is thr some good stuff here for a non root like me

Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..

Nice Widget, thanks. I was using weathereye before. I like this one better.

Thanks. In the case of this widget, it was ok to backport it because it doesn't call on any other functions that are proprietary to a specific rom (ie. Happenings widget from Blur calls tons of other functions in the home.Blur). There are a few places online when you look up backporting (I'll try to remember to post the links for people.)
You want to start by unziping the aplication you want to backport. Just rename it to a .zip file.
When you look in the file, you will see AndroidManifest.xml. This file has been compiled out as a binary file so you can't read it like a normal .xml file. You want to then download AxmlPrinter2.jar and run that to change the AndroidManifest.xml to AndroidManifest.txt by typing "Java -jar AmxlPrinter2.jar AndroidManifest.xml > AndroidManifest.txt"
The hard part is to find the byte offset in the AndroidManifest where it says the MinSDK value is. The MinSDK value needs to drop from 6 or 7 down to "2" so that you can use the widget on Cupcake or higher. There is a program online and I will post the link when I get home that you use with Eclipse to find the byte offset and then you have to use a Hex editor to change the value in the original .xml file.
Once you use the hex editor and save your changes, you zip up all the files and use the apkbuilder.exe that is in the sdk tools directory by typing "apkbuilder application_name.apk -z application_name.zip"
that will make an apk from a zip file and then you right-click and resign the apk file. From there, you just copy it to your sd card and you know the rest.
It is a pretty dirty and painful approach to porting an app. That is why I am more interested in working on themes. You can just unzip the apk's you want to use and edit the /res directory and then rebuild the app and sign it. Photoshop works great for it.
I'm planning on making a theme/rom that uses hero (1.5) for a base, but slimming it down and using widgets that are smaller like the one that I ported and changing a lot of the graphics for the clocks and such.
I hope this helps for anyone interested in developing.
Red.
Wisefire said:
Awesome job. I appreciate the work.
Odd question though, what do you do in the process of back porting? I'd love to learn..
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[Q]Theming Guide

First off, I would like to say, I know nothing about themeing Android, which is why I'm posting this.
My basic knowledge is: framework.apk in /sys is where the theming is kept. I know how to pull it from my phone, but do not know how to edit/open a .apk once its on my computer. Thats it. Thats all I know when it comes to theming. I don't know how to use the SDK or command prompts(I use root explorer) or what the individual files are in the apk are.
What I do know is graphic design, which makes me want to get into this.
What I'm trying to do is take part of a theme I like and port it to a different ROM, with my own added touches. I contacted the original developer, but since he doesn't have the phone I have(Droid A855), he has no experience on how to port it himself. In fact I was able to port his theme over from a CM ROM to Bugless v0.5 using a program I found online. However I'm unable to port the theme to Bugless v0.6. I assume this because v0.6 has bits of Gingerbread in it, and things aren't lining up.
More specifically, I'm looking to do the following:
-Take a theme that works on Bugless V0.5 and get it to work on Bugless V0.6
-I'd be happy with just porting the status bar and all the icons that come with the status bar(Wifi, battery, downloading, downloading complete, sms etc...) and the notification menu with the ability for me to change a few of the icons.
-And theming the keyboard
I understand that this may be or may not be a lot of work for someone to tell me how to do this, due my 0 knowledge of anything like this.
Thanks in advance.

Dude just a search for theme Porter, there's a couple of them and there's a sticky at the top of the forum how to theme.
My sig has links that could be useful to you also.
Hope this helps.

dully79 said:
Dude just a search for theme Porter, there's a couple of them and there's a sticky at the top of the forum how to theme.
My sig has links that could be useful to you also.
Hope this helps.
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If you read my post, you would see that a theme porter doesn't work.
Besides I'm looking more into how to do it for future reference too, the sticky at the top is lacking.

As I say there's a few theme porters, 1 may work better than another unless you've already tried them all.
Basically youll have to use apktool/manager to decompile the apk, swap out your desired images, and recompile. You may also have to edit the xml's inside the decompiled apk to change colours. The sticky can point you in the right direction to the xml's to edit.
Just be aware of. 9png images as they can create head f#$k.
Everything you need to know is already posted its just a case of finding it.
To put the new apk on your phone you can use adb or create an update zip, there's threads for these hanging about too.
Sorry I can't link but I'm sending this from my phone, hope this sheds a little light on the subject.

Swype Template

This is an Illustrator CS 5 template for swype theming. This template is for the old version of swype that is floating around (does not include the vocie to text button, but never expires).
If someone can send me the exact PNG files I would need to create this for the beta copy of swype I think I could make that fairly easy now too.
Anyhow on to what this exactly is...
What I have done is created a AI file where all buttons use symbols, all text use styles, and global colors are used. This means that someone could change the theme in a matter of a few clicks to something completely different. I have done my best to make it as absolutely efficient as possible, please let me know if you find any errors so I can fix them.
I just realized I left the PNG files liked, just ignore the link not found error when you open this, I'll remove them later.

Did I completely misjudge the usefulness of this? I thought for sure it would get used

Might be due to the version of swype it's for.

AFAIK there is only one person who was taking email requests for copies of swype, and this is said version.
I also offered to convert it to work for newer versions, I just need the PNG files that I would recreate to do them.
I am not trying to force an issue, I just wanted to do something nice for the community here and thought this would be it. Spent a good while doing these too lol.
Anyone know if you could make completely finished themes for the beta swype with metamorph?

I hit the thanks button, I just assume everyone is using the beta. Themed swype is one of the things i miss the most about my fascinate so if you can work your magic on the new beta I'm sure your thread would blow up!

orion421 said:
I hit the thanks button, I just assume everyone is using the beta. Themed swype is one of the things i miss the most about my fascinate so if you can work your magic on the new beta I'm sure your thread would blow up!
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I don't use the beta because it's been too buggy. Additionally, I HATE that voice-to-text button - always accidentally press it which ends up losing what I was halfway done typing. :-/

The beta is certainly buggy, I tend to use it until I can't stand it then switch to slideit for awhile. Once I get sick of looking at the white keyboard I switch back swype. I hope that the next ota has an official version so we can start using/posting themed versions.

I have a working metamorph template with one bug to work out... Any theme requests guys?

Morkai Almandragon said:
I have a working metamorph template with one bug to work out... Any theme requests guys?
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Hey man, this is great...didn't see it before but I am using the old version for the simple fact that I like having auto capitalization. I gotta a color request for ya...can you do a red letter theme that is not like the one in the screen shot. It's too bright for me but it will do til I find something better. i hate the "glow" that the theme put on the numbers and I would like a little darker red if you can find the time

I quit working on the old one, so the template I have for it is only for the keyboards, the word choice windows would not change.
Which one would you prefer?

Morkai Almandragon said:
I quit working on the old one, so the template I have for it is only for the keyboards, the word choice windows would not change.
Which one would you prefer?
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Thats fine...If you are working on the beta, I am enrolled and can redownload it if you can make a red theme for it

M'Flat

Hello,
I spoke to some people who created a few M'Flat icons. I will be making a go launcher icon pack (free obv), however, it doesn't quite seem to work. There is one thing I am asking and that is; does someone have a template?
An Android Studios project which I can simply put in mine, which is empty apart for the necessary files (so basicly the whole thing but then without the icons and without the xml assigments etc. do include the default go thingys though, such as the "allapps" icon and stuff like that. Just make it clear of icons. I tried downloading the pack they created themselves, the GoLauncher EX UI5.0 icon pack. It was full of errors, couldnt import it to android studios so after just renaming my images and resizing them, I replaced the one that came with it (via winrar), but it kept erroring out. I tried to use an old template someone posted here and imported it as Eclipse project to android studios, but it was full of bugs. I want to do all the assignments by myself, so that I know exactly what this theme will include.
If someone could give me a download link I would be forever gratefull.
Kind regards,
BremFM.

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