Are there any tutorials or walk throughs on how to make a theme or apply or customize/modify? I've searched and I'm really liking the awesome layouts some of you guys have posted in the screen shots thread.
When I was moddin my moto slide a few years ago, there were a lot of tutorials on how to change the looks of things, but I haven't been able to find anything here and I don't want to mess up anything, my phone is my only source of net, so if I screw it up, I'm done for!
I'm running xtrsense 4.1
sorry for the newb question and sorry if this should've been posted in q&a but I thought I might get better responses in the theme section of Eris since I'm looking for specific info pertaining to this section of the board.
Thanks in advance for any and all help
If you really wanna go wild with the theming, it's much easier to go with a Cyanogen based rom. Sense roms can be a PITA to theme. Some pages you'll want to check out though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591329
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Creating_Themes_with_MetaMorph
If you need to sign the apks (if modifying Market apps, you'll need this):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
If you have access to Linux:
http://208.100.42.21/showthread.php?t=775758
Hope this helps
Thanks for the info! From what I've gathered so far is, you can flash a whole theme to the phone or just bits n pieces that you like and make something that's mixed and matched to your liking?
Are there any threads floatin around with fully complete themes that would work on an Eris runnning xtrsense?
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I love the ROMs here but not always the fan of the look. Anyone up for posting instructions and tools on how to make your own theme?
It's stickied in this section...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749683
The instructions are on making morphs, but it's where to start learning. Later you can make your themes CWM flashable.
read the link then start off small, get familiar with drawable folders first..
Use Apk Manager to tear apart the framework apk and you will find the drawable folder (this is where you'll find icons n such)... just my 2 cents
bnielsen40 said:
It's stickied in this section...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749683
The instructions are on making morphs, but it's where to start learning. Later you can make your themes CWM flashable.
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Yeah, that is a simple MM guide.
I wrote up a guide a while ago.. Just wasn't sure if I should post it here.
http://devsforandroid.com/ip.board/index.php?/topic/66-refhow-to-theme-samsung-vibrant01302011/
There's nothing unique about vibrant theming. The details like where to find various color codes, etc. may be different from other phones, but the process is the same.
A friend of mine made a great "getting started" guide in the main android theming forums you can find Here. For the details I suggest searching as you go or asking the help of one of our local themers.
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Yeah, that is a simple MM guide.
I wrote up a guide a while ago.. Just wasn't sure if I should post it here.
http://devsforandroid.com/ip.board/index.php?/topic/66-refhow-to-theme-samsung-vibrant01302011/
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I noticed your new thread. ([REF])How to theme.
I have a full brain. Do I get extra credit?
I'm actuall in the progress of making one but it's slow going.
Really, all that I'm doing is taking bits and pieces from themes and roms and making my own. It's sorta based off of my Community Hero Mix for the MT3G and G1 devices. Unfortunately since this is an totally different device that takes totally different ROMs I just can't use what I already have.
Master's theming walkthrough is a fantastic place to start! A good step-by-step that applies really to any apk to modify. I would read up on that one first...
If anyone out there is like me, they are ANAL about their phones appearance. I enjoy themeing, and i get positive feedback on my themes (here's my latest one, for example). However, I must admit, my knowledge is limited. I do a lot of kanging and collaborating, and I dont know how to edit .9pngs, which hinders my ability. Also the fact that I dont know how to create an image from scratch. Not to mention, Im not a big ROM flasher so I cant release themes for a lot of ROMs.
I would like to get a "theme team" going for the vibrant, and add some more flavor to the forum. im mainly looking for someone/people who is/are good with .9pngs and flashes a lot of ROMs. Please let me know. Thanks.
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If anyone out there is like me, they are ANAL about their phones appearance. I enjoy themeing, and i get positive feedback on my themes (here's my latest one, for example). However, I must admit, my knowledge is limited. I do a lot of kanging and collaborating, and I dont know how to edit .9pngs, which hinders my ability. Also the fact that I dont know how to create an image from scratch. Not to mention, Im not a big ROM flasher so I cant release themes for a lot of ROMs.
I would like to get a "theme team" going for the vibrant, and add some more flavor to the forum. im mainly looking for someone/people who is/are good with .9pngs and flashes a lot of ROMs. Please let me know. Thanks.
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I'm always willing to help anyone who has questions, but my time is limited on physical contributions. Also, I recently hijacked birgertime's (sorry man ) thread here With some basic information on .9s.
I've considered opening up a separate theming Q&A thread, but I thought it might get locked since there's already one in the main android forums. Between you and me though, questions don't get answered there.
im new to the android community and im looking to learn how to perform certain tasks such a development. i am keen on picking things up fast, diving in and just learning from trial and error. im hoping some of you guys can shed some light on what are some things i should start out with. ive come a long way in picking things up because before the thunderbolt came out i was unaware of how to root, abd, roms and kernels. since ive owned it, i have rooted manually and put my tb through many flashes. id like to work up and just get a good sense of how to tweak app and mod certain features to make them more useful to me. so if you have any tips, tricks or just knowledge to drop, id love to know where i should begin so i can one day be a contributor to this site and its users. thanks
I'm a C/C++/Java programmer and I'm currently working on some applications myself, and I have found that the general discussion under Android development on XDA has been very helpful. Lots of threads there with nuggets of info.
im going to school for programming and computer science. i havent really been able to go into to much depth with it so this is my attempt to go above and beyond so i will have a little something to bring to the table when i go to class. i want to be able to know to how to do something while understanding how im doing it and what makes it do it. im new to all of this and hope within the next month i can bring something for all of you guys to critique so i can go back to the drawing board and do something better.
Can anyone help with creating custom skins for apps/widgets it is something i have always wanted to get into
check out APK manager, it lets you get into apk's and make some edits and changes to XML files and layouts, etc. but not all of the source code can be extracted from apk's once compiled, just the way it is. but still allows for mods nonetheless!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695701
I have to say I am impressed with the overall performance of my Cyanogen 7 6.2.4, I was skeptical but now I am very pleased....The feel and appearance of it is just magnificent, I give many many thanks to the developers who spend countless hours porting and working with this low level phone to give us what we all want. I just have a few questions, so Im not searching numerous hours over a thread
1. Is it possible to have a Sense UI ported to our LG Optimus phones and everything in it actually work, b/c with alot of Sense UI roms, there is always something that isnt quit working ie..BT, Camera and other things
2. What does Honeycomb bring to the table that Gingerbread does not ? Also, I have heard of "Icecream", what can we expect with that version ?
3. I would love to see just one thread dedicated to teaching a complete noob everything he needs to know on cooking,flashing, ADB, or anything that has to do with Android than have a seperate thread to questions that could be ask...There are literally hundreds if not thousands of articles already on this but it would be nice if there was one centralized forum thread on everything I just said. As a novice user, Im limited to what I already know but would love to learn more.
Many thanks goes to the Dev's who spend countless hours tinkering over these Android platforms, if it werent for all of you, we would be stuck with the same boring useless stocked rom's that our LG's come with
1. work is being done by ciaox and hopefully he will come out soon with a bugless rom.
2.use google...doesn't take much time...
3.there is a sticky at starting in development forum use that....post your questions in general forum(after searching once).....
hit thanks if i helped you
Hey!
A while ago I got the idea of learning how to cook roms.. I made some research on it and I found some helpful stuff on xda. Well, I tried but quiet didn't understand and manage to be successful in doing what was told there..
I've read lots of stuff like "The hardest part of developing roms is getting started". So I guess this is the part where I need the most help
Whatever, the reason why I opened this thread is that I wanna hear some developers. Their ideas on developing; How to get started, their short story on how they started developing...
Basically I wanna learn where/how to start from those people who experienced and managed to become a developer..
I mean, I wanna know your stories as I really think they will help me, they will be examples to me...
Well, not only me, to anyone who reads them.. I'm hoping that this thread will help other newbies like me...
Thanks!
My first android phone was the g1, didn't install CM until the myTouch on t-mobile. I started writing scripts for android phones. Little ones, like LCD Density script or apk removal. Then worked on a theme. Didn't really go anywhere. Fixed a bug for Salvagemod for the Evo, then started working on SalvageMod. Evo needed a kernel after support was said and done, I figured out how to compile it, looking at other commits, I was able to make changes successfully to the Freedom Kernel for the Evo. Then decided that I wanted to work on some gui application. Cmcompiler came about.
While there are many many more details from start to finish. Point is really, that no one is going to teach this to you. You have to want to learn, and you simply have to do it. Its hard work. I have spent hours and hours of messing with things to get them to work correctly. Trial and error is a great way to learn android. Sadly "Android" isn't the only thing you have to learn when it comes to development. You need to learn the tools that come with the development, like packaging or install script if you have a local gui application, or git/svn/bzr for version control systems. Most importantly, you need to have fun learning. If you are not having fun. Quit.
I do not feel attracted when you ask devs to answer, but still.
I started with XDAs kitchen.
No development ofcourse, but a good place to start.
I felt XDA kitchen was not enough, so I started to learn BASH - the scripting language in wich Kitchen is written.
I started with opening the "menu" file out of the kitchen.
After a while, I neede batch-resize, as I wanted to become a themer.
I made it together with my dad.
After I saw that some themes contain more items then another, I made CopyFrom.
AndroidCentral was my next idea - a combination of all home-made tools.
Just like lithid, I felt a GUI was needed.
But I started to work on it for cross-platform usage.
Conclusion: writing scripts is a good way to start. Google is my best friend, as I am new to scripting also.
Good luck
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To echo the sentiments of the two previous posts by lithid and mdroid, I also started by writing simple scripts and small projects. Android Utility was my start up project.
My first real projects involved Rosie (HTC Sense launcher) and theming it. Then it become modding the apk to do other things (remapped, 4x5, 5 column app drawer, transparency, etc). The process of learning how to theme and mod one apk really helps you learn.
My recommendation is to pick one particular aspect of your device/Rom and learn as much as you can about it. You will find quickly that by doing so you inevitably have to learn how to use the Android tools, scripting, BASIC programming fundamentals, and a general idea of how everything works.
And yes, Google is your friend. Also stackoverflow
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I also wanna to start developing. Thanks the infos. Can you write a few standard dev-tools name?
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After creating this thread and reading the opinions of developers I followed this tut and tried this kitchen.. Helps in modifying a ROM.
And as I already had Cygwin installed using the way shown in the above tutorial I tried this tool for modifying the boot.img..
And if you want to modify apps you can give a shot to this tool...
These tools are basically really easy to use and efficient. Especially for a newbie like me.
oh, and these words of cyanogen would be really helpful..
start developing is not easy...but if you really want it and can dedicatebtime and patience all will just be fine... it's not recommended that u try to do all at first...maybe just a mod can be ok for you or anyone starting here...try modding a rom,changing stuff,adding tweaka and playing with build.prop as well...then if all goes right u can think on modding more stuff like apjs,themes,including simo comex apks...those who needs extra settings,etc... you'll gain xperience as long as time goes on and will fibd lot of interesting stuff u'd like to invlude on builds...so don't rush...good roms need time and patience
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Thanks! when I read your ideas, telling me to play around with a rom and all that. I feel that Im really lucky. I've already been playing around with the ROMs I've used so far.. like editing build.prop, basic theming, editing apks, I once edited framework-res.apk to enable the navigation bar, etc...
Yesterday I tried porting MIUIv4 on the cm9 for for my device following some tuts on xda.. I did everything right, but no luck I get stuck in boot logo... Whatever I'll not give up!
I'm planning to study those kitchen stuff more for now, I'll give a shot to the tutorial mentioned on the portal today..
Whats your device?
My next plan to modding a ROM. I read also the MIUI porting thread, that's not hard. A long time ago, with my previously phone, the Xperia X8 (miss you...), i tuned up the stock ROM and modified a cooked ROM for myself - without XDA. I registered after here.
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LG GT-540 optimus
I know. Its really easy. Plus I tried to port MIUI by mikegapinski on cm9 by miroslav_mm.. both roms are developed for GT-540.. I do everything right but I get stuck...
I don't what to mod, I mean I don't have any ideas... so Ill try porting MIUI
Hey bro. My advice? Do some heavy softmodding first (Take lets say tejas rom and add themes, adjust framework, add tweaks, add custom animations.custom this custom that basically add what you think is nice and yeah after long you will get more and more weird ideas )