Does anyone know how to change the color of the text on buttons? Ive been messing around with my phone a lot and have somehow changed the color to white and now I cant see the text on buttons. I'm running kaos froyo but all of the framework-res has been replaced. I have tried colorchanger.jar but it doesn't control these colors and I cant seem to find what file it is?
I have found a great looking theme that has all it's graphics in the drawable-hdmi folder. The only thing I need to do to use them is resize them to same size as the corresponding file for our phone, correct? Basically spinner_black.png has to be the same dimensions as the original.
Also I want to take the spinner, wait, icon out of the NFL mobile app and use it in my theme. I have been reading a lot and trying to figure this out on my own. I am now able to read all xml files in plain readable English and am able to convert it back to binary. I still don't know what all the java means but I'm trying to learn that now. Does anyone know any easy way to find what I'm looking for or should I just wait and figure it out with the knowledge of more java.
For those who are interested the resources.arsc file found in framework-res.apk is where the control of the color of buttons is located. I dont know how to decompile it into readable form yet but that is what controls colors and size of images for some things. Colors for the notification bar is held is services.jar so at least Im making some headway. I will keep posting small things I find here to help anyone wanting to make there own themes.
P.S. My **** is starting to look really sweet
Did you figure it out?
I am trying to create a theme for my alma mater. I have it just about the way that I like it, however, I am having a bit of trouble with one thing. In the notification drop down where it says ongoing, notifications, and no notifications it is grey. I have editted ever png file that I could think it would be in the framework-res.apk file and I am not able to find what the source of this grey area is. I am attaching an image of what I am trying to change.
For background I am running CM6 RC3.
Hi there,
I'm trying to edit a couple of the settings menus (add to homescreen + wallpaper select) on a 1.84 Sense Rom (using Launcherpro, Revolution DHD theme) to change the color of their outline, and I'm wondering what I need to edit to get this done. I'm also trying to change the color of the "menu sliders" in the settings and preferences menus. I think I may have found the slider drawable, but I can't seem to find any drawables for the outlines, and I assume this means I need to edit something in framework-res.apk to make the change. I've decompiled and opened styles.xml, but now I'm lost (and I may be barking up the wrong tree altogether). If anyone has any tips, they'd be much appreciated.
Hi, i need help with changing statusbar background image.
I pulled SystemUI.apk, decompiled, changed images
\SystemUI\res\drawable-hdpi\status_bar_background.9.png
and
\SystemUI\res\drawable-hdpi\statusbar_background.9.png
but it wont let me compile it again, it gives some errors...am i doing this right?
kristjanp said:
Hi, i need help with changing statusbar background image.
I pulled SystemUI.apk, decompiled, changed images
\SystemUI\res\drawable-hdpi\status_bar_background.9.png
and
\SystemUI\res\drawable-hdpi\statusbar_background.9.png
but it wont let me compile it again, it gives some errors...am i doing this right?
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The images are a .9 type. That means there is a black border around the images which you can't mess with. You need to get the original pictures, and do it again, but without touching the borders. So in gimp, that means you should use colorize, or colorfy.
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Didn't quite understand that, can anyone do it for me?
I added the SystemUI file and the statusbar file.
Thanks
kristjanp said:
Didn't quite understand that, can anyone do it for me?
I added the SystemUI file and the statusbar file.
Thanks
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use 7-zip for it
wil also work and never gives errors
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I have also wondered about this. If I changed one of those statusbars in a theme that was a .9 png to a standard screen width statusbar image, and renamed the png to statusbar_background.png in the drawable folder and in the XML, would that work? Or would I need to make other changes?
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So someone can do it for me ?
Didnt work will try again
kcls said:
I have also wondered about this. If I changed one of those statusbars in a theme that was a .9 png to a standard screen width statusbar image, and renamed the png to statusbar_background.png in the drawable folder and in the XML, would that work? Or would I need to make other changes?
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No, I'm 99% sure that won't work. I say that because I've modified images and in renaming, I accidentally deleted the ".9" leaving just ".png". My tweaked image did not show up and instead, it still displayed the stock.9.png.
I'm gonna assume that you know how to modify .9's correctly. If not, here is a new tutorial I just saw without even searching. There are several others out there both here and on you tube. I could help as well if need be.
As long as you know how to modify and recompile .9.png's, here is a nice little shortcut for modding any system apk as the OP originally inquired about. Start by decompiling your apk. Modify whatever .9's you want and use one of the MANY tools (one is linked in the tutorial above) to recompile each individual .9.png. Once all of your .9.png's are recompiled, open the COMPILED apk you are modding using 7zip as someone mentioned above. (Left click, go to 7zip, open archive) Then navigate to res/drawable-hdpi/ and just drag your new, modified images in to the folder overwriting the old ones. Close the 7zip window and you are all done. Pretty simple. MAKE A BACK UP (just in case) and then adb push it to your system folder or use root explorer to copy and paste it.
I'd love to go into more detail, but I gotta run. I hope this helps a little. Trust me, I am no computer guy. A year ago, I didn't even know what "root" meant. I've learned everything from reading these forums and having some questions answered by other helpful users. Good luck
kcls said:
I have also wondered about this. If I changed one of those statusbars in a theme that was a .9 png to a standard screen width statusbar image, and renamed the png to statusbar_background.png in the drawable folder and in the XML, would that work? Or would I need to make other changes?
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I usually just change the Status Bar backdrop in the Mdpi folder, then sign it.
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Problem is, some statusbars can't use a .9, as they aren't a solid color the whole way through. Excellent writeup by the guy a couple posts above me by the way. But I just wonder what the best way to change the statusbar background from a .9 to a full 320xWhatever (for mdpi) png is. Can it be done? Am I being clear? Because sometimes I don't make much sense
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kcls said:
Problem is, some statusbars can't use a .9, as they aren't a solid color the whole way through. Excellent writeup by the guy a couple posts above me by the way. But I just wonder what the best way to change the statusbar background from a .9 to a full 320xWhatever (for mdpi) png is. Can it be done? Am I being clear? Because sometimes I don't make much sense
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I certainly can't speak for every rom or every phone, (and maybe this isn't exactly what you are referring to) but this is an old statusbar I made for a MIUI theme that worked just fine as a .9. If turned horizontal, the middle stayed the same size and both of the solid colored sides would stretch. Actually, the sides are a black to grey gradient.
Try this....
Draw9patch is the tool used for creating .9 images, it is included in the android sdk.
1 .Navigate to the tools folder at the dos prompt and type Draw9patch.
2 .Drag and drop the image to be edited into the window that opens up when you hit return.
3. Press press shift and select one pixel at two corners of the image (diagonally opposite)
Then simply save 9 patch image from file menu.
Make sure you name it as-- yourfilename.9.png
It works for me anyway
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Draw9patch is the tool used for creating .9 images, it is included in the android sdk.
1 .Navigate to the tools folder at the dos prompt and type Draw9patch.
2 .Drag and drop the image to be edited into the window that opens up when you hit return.
3. Press press shift and select one pixel at two corners of the image (diagonally opposite)
Then simply save 9 patch image from file menu.
Make sure you name it as-- yourfilename.9.png
It works for me anyway
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So with this tool, you can take a full blown statusbar, say the one a few posts above, or one with gradients and such, and make it into a .9? I wish I'd known about that earlier!
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If u use ninja morph it will work
I am looking for some information and assistance with attempting to modify the SystemUI.apk or in creating a custom Theme for my HTC One M7 on Android 4.4.3 with Sense 6. I am running the ARHD Rom but I would like a method independent of using Custom ROMs or Xposed framework if possible, requiring root is fine. I have seen some packages that do some of this which contain a vrtheme folder in them but haven't been able to find a tutorial on building one of these and which files are for which icons.
I have tried modifying the background color in res/values/drawable.xml and in res/layout/status_bar.xml files to #ff000000 but the status bar still appears grey on the home screen. This seems to match with the theme I selected from the Personalize menu in Settings. It's my guess that somehow, these theme settings override the systemUI settings. So I would like a way to create my own theme to select which will hopefully also allow me to change the color for selected notifications and the like.
In addition to this, I have a set of icons for the status bar such as battery power, battery charge, wifi signal, cellular signal, mobile data quality, etc.. which I would like to use to replace the systemUI icons for these. However, there seem to be several versions of icons in various drawable folders. So if I could find out the requirements for these files (size, naming, location to replace them at) or if there is a way to replace them as part of a theme that is, again, independent of custom rom or xposed framework if possible.
If anyone knows of a tutorial that already exists for any of these things simply pointing me to that is answer enough, I just didn't have luck finding it when trying to search for it.