Hi
Is it possible to edit the apps you'we downloaded from the market, with other pictures etc like we do with the framework?
For example changing the icon shown in the app-drawer. In-app icons and so on..
Ive already tried but it didnt work...
Does it need some sort of signing to work?
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tandfeen said:
Hi
Is it possible to edit the apps you'we downloaded from the market, with other pictures etc like we do with the framework?
For example changing the icon shown in the app-drawer. In-app icons and so on..
Ive already tried but it didnt work...
Does it need some sort of signing to work?
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Any apk can be edited, some need signing, some don't, but you'll find most that you download will need to be signed.
How do you sign it after editing, so it is possible to install it on my 10?
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youll need a program like apk manager, to sign etc..
there may be others, i use this one for messing around i think i have apk_manager-4.9
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How do you sign it after editing, so it is possible to install it on my 10?
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This should help - http://www.londatiga.net/it/how-to-sign-apk-zip-files/
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ive pulled the apps from the honeycomb preview sdk can anybody get them to work on android 2.3.
heres the link to the apps http://www.mediafire.com/?o6w8x9y5vaykzgv
i dont know much..put i will try a push to /system/app.
just tried it with the calc, camera, desk clock, gallery and launcher...no luck
Yeah I tried that with no luck to
HTC Glacier w/ CM7
Only thing I want is the video chat Gmail/Google talk for it idk why Google didn't push this in gingerbread first.
Yeah thats what I want too the video chat but I'm not having any luck either, was worth a try though
I would love the music player.
yaddamean said:
I would love the music player.
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Music player is the only app I have heard of currently in any roms. I dont remember the one tho...
Honeycomb music player was posted for the Vibrant, I tried it, wasn't impressed, kept Doubletwist.
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You need to edit apps and change minrequieredversion to match with honeycomb
imfloflo said:
You need to edit apps and change minrequieredversion to match with honeycomb
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where would i find that?...i am kinda new to coding.
dont you mean to match with froyo? its already honeycomb by default right?
I think you need to edit the manifest inside the apk, if anyone knows how to do this please let me know.
daz1uk said:
I think you need to edit the manifest inside the apk, if anyone knows how to do this please let me know.
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I'll give it a shot.
Killbynature said:
Only thing I want is the video chat Gmail/Google talk for it idk why Google didn't push this in gingerbread first.
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The gmail and talk apks aren't in that download.
Nothing I can find will decompile any of the apk's. Sorry guys.
You can open the apk's with winrar.
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I get errors when trying to open the manifest for editing though?
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i decompiled the apks, but the xml is in binary. i converted that and changed the values but i dont know how to convert it back to binary. without binary the xml wont be recognized by android. any help would be appreciated?
Thats why you cant just open them in winrar. They have to be decompiled to edit them. Cant do that with the tools currently available.
As we all know, you can morph third-party apps in /data/app
would i be able to move a market app to /system/app and then morph it? has anyone attempted this?
Why would you need to move an app to /system/app? To stop it from upgrading? You can only accomplish it by a shell script or something.
birgertime said:
Why would you need to move an app to /system/app? To stop it from upgrading? You can only accomplish it by a shell script or something.
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metamorph will not morph apps in /data/app....thats why i would need to move it
I cant think of any reason this would not work.. why not just try?
s15274n said:
I cant think of any reason this would not work.. why not just try?
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im going to, gotta wait till i get home, so i figured in the meantime id check to see if anyone had ever done this. wasnt sure if it might lead to signature issues, or something along those lines
TopShelf10 said:
metamorph will not morph apps in /data/app....thats why i would need to move it
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I was always under the impression that it does
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I was always under the impression that it does
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i wish....stericson had said a couple months ago that he was working on it to function for /data/app, but there's been no follow-up on that yet
I've made morphs for market apps on several occasions...the most recent was changing the background on my meridian music widget.
To answer your questions, it works without causing any problems to the functionality of the app itself, nor have I had any issues from applying the morph with the apk still located in data/app. But, you will get errors when trying to apply an update through the market. This also screws things up when you have lots of updates and try to "update all." The updates will work fine until the market tries to update the one you modified, then all apps it tries to update after that will also come back with errors.
Since I don't check for updates often, I need that "update all" button to work properly - so I solved the problem by using Titanium Backup to detach the modified apps from the market. The downside is you won't see if an update is available, but an update would require you to uninstall, reinstall, then reapply the morph. Most updates aren't critical enough to go through that hassle...imo.
Hope that helps!
bnielsen40 said:
To answer your questions, it works without causing any problems to the functionality of the app itself, nor have I had any issues from applying the morph with the apk still located in data/app
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did you use metamorph, or ninjamorph for this? im assuming you use ninjamorph to unzip, make your changes, rezipped, signed, and installed? im trying to bypass the signing/reinstalling because ever since i upgraded to froyo "signapktic" no longer works for me, so i cant sign apps on my phone.
thats the beauty of metamorph is that you can change images without needing to take all those extra steps.
i was certain you caouldnt metamorph an app in /data/app....
TopShelf10 said:
did you use metamorph, or ninjamorph for this? im assuming you use ninjamorph to unzip, make your changes, rezipped, signed, and installed?
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Nope, used Metamorph. Never messed with Ninjamorph.
I actually do most of the work on my phone, so no need to unzip/rezip/unzip. Once it's unzipped on my phone I write/modify the xml file and move around the images to the folders they need to be in - all using Root Explorer.
For example, yesterday I tried applying MotorJohnny's Swype morph, but it didn't work because my Swype Beta had been installed in data/app and was "com.swype.android...something.apk" instead of "Swype.apk" in the system/app. So, all that was necessary was to modify the xml file to the correct filepath, folders, and apk name. Voila, worked like a charm. (well, the morph did...the buttons were a little screwed up having applied to to Swype beta haha): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13670377&postcount=42
How do you change .xml files on your phone. I didn't think it was poss to decompile and recompile .xml's on a device.....?
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GrainOsand said:
How do you change .xml files on your phone. I didn't think it was poss to decompile and recompile .xml's on a device.....?
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You can rewrite without decompiling.....i use an app called "silveredit"....you can also use a simple text editor on your pc like "edit pad"
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Any success morphing an apk in data/app Topshelf?
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Any success morphing an apk in data/app Topshelf?
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i have not tried, but i can confirm that i just successfully morphed a third-party app installed to /system/app
TopShelf10 said:
You can rewrite without decompiling.....i use an app called "silveredit"....you can also use a simple text editor on your pc like "edit pad"
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Yeah Top, I know you can use note pad, but im very curious how you edit xml.s without a pc. I have ported whole themes using ninjamorph and zip themer but any xml I had to edit had to be done on my comp. Even if I used ninjamorph to extract the .xml, I could never edit it on phone alone. The Xml would just look like garbled code...i will check out silveredit tho.....If you get a chance check out Xml engine..just search in market It looks promising but is still in alpha....thanks
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I have changed market apps with ninja morph. You need signaptic from the market to resign it when your done. There os a bit of w down side to it but it works well.
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gunked said:
I have changed market apps with ninja morph. You need signaptic from the market to resign it when your done. There os a bit of w down side to it but it works well.
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Yup, I talked about this earlier in the thread
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I was just gonna say that.. or use ZIPsigner2. its free on the market to sign the apk when finished
Annex1 said:
I was just gonna say that.. or use ZIPsigner2. its free on the market to sign the apk when finished
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Or get ahold of a metamorph zip. Prefferable a whole theme zip. You want the control file.....now rename the zip to .apk using root explorer, then use ninjamorph to decompile your new .apk file and delete everything in it except the .xml control file. Now take your new .png files and add them to the decompiled .apk in the correct folder or you may move whole folders if you like. After you have all your files in place use ninjamorph to recompile but dont choose to replace exsisting. Just hit no. this will leave your .apk in the workspace folder of ninjamorph. Go into root explorer and rename it back to .zip and move it to root of sd. Now go into zip themer and choose that zip file. Now change the output to /sd/whatever.zip, now hit build. Zip themer will build you a CWM flashable zip with all the mods for whatever apk.s you included using the exsisting files on your phone....not the easiest way and I wouldnt reccommend it just to theme 1 app. But if you want to theme multiple apk.s, even the ones ninjamorph cant theme like Swype and apps in data folder It works flawlessly....sounds like alot but literally takes 5min using root exp to move whole groups of .pngs instead of 1 at a time with ninjamorph and this can all be done without a computer.
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Would anyone know if it's possible to remove the attach option (paperclip) on the message app? I never use it and just wondering if there is a mod or something. Many thanks!
sfms said:
Would anyone know if it's possible to remove the attach option (paperclip) on the message app? I never use it and just wondering if there is a mod or something. Many thanks!
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It's lpssibly, but It would require decompiling the apk and making some edits probably to the smali. You might be able to just delete it from the xml somehow. My experience doesn't go that far. If that doesn't work, maybe try one of the other messaging services from the market, there should be one there that works for you.
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I would rather not install another app to change icons. How involved is it to actually pull the apk from the ROM, replace the stock icon and push it back through.
I messed with this some on my Vibrant decompiling apk's and doing basic icon and xml changes but that was so long ago I don't even know if the process is relevant. I also only played with non stock apks like launchers, never anything that is already compiled to the ROM initially.
I'm wanting to push in custom icons for Facebook, Twitter, camera, market ect....
Thank you
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blizzard1017 said:
I would rather not install another app to change icons. How involved is it to actually pull the apk from the ROM, replace the stock icon and push it back through.
I messed with this some on my Vibrant decompiling apk's and doing basic icon and xml changes but that was so long ago I don't even know if the process is relevant. I also only played with non stock apks like launchers, never anything that is already compiled to the ROM initially.
I'm wanting to push in custom icons for Facebook, Twitter, camera, market ect....
Thank you
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After you decompile look in the hdpi folder I and replace the picture named icon with one that have the same dimensions.
I think I'm not sure it was a long time when I messed with apps
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Kratz17 said:
After you decompile look in the hdpi folder I and replace the picture named icon with one that have the same dimensions.
I think I'm not sure it was a long time when I messed with apps
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Me too this is why I wanted to dbl check. Also, some of these apps split to another folder right? Would I need to pull both?
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Its not all that difficult, just have to decompile the app, swap icons in res/drawable/ folder I believe(might have to look elsewhere), recompile. Then as long as it's NOT a system app, sign it. Then push back to phone. There are a couple of tools to use. I like using just apktool, but apk Multi-Tool is good as well. Try them out, see which you like more.
Apk Multi-Tool
apktool
Do note though, doing it this way, whenever the app has an update(facebook, twitter,etc.) you will have to re-do this. Let me know if you have any other questions, i'll try to help.
and p.s. shortercut is a good lightweight app to add custom icons.
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Me too this is why I wanted to dbl check. Also, some of these apps split to another folder right? Would I need to pull both?
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you can (most of the time) swap the icon with 7zip, no need to decompile and recompile. Some apps put the icon in /res/drawable, some in /res/drawable-hdpi. If you need more help after trying this out go to the theme help link in my sig.
Anyone know how we can change the icon in the carousel for apps download from Play Store to look like ones from the Amazon app store?
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rcartaz09 said:
Anyone know how we can change the icon in the carousel for apps download from Play Store to look like ones from the Amazon app store?
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Create an icon of the app you want the icon to be changed, or find a bigger icon on the net. Decompile the apk, find the icon inside the apk. Change it with your new icon. Compile the apk. Sign it. Put it into your kindle, install and enjoy!
Seriously... i have no idea
Hanzo.Hasashi said:
Create an icon of the app you want the icon to be changed, or find a bigger icon on the net. Decompile the apk, find the icon inside the apk. Change it with your new icon. Compile the apk. Sign it. Put it into your kindle, install and enjoy!
Seriously... i have no idea
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For some apps, Amazon has a folder with pre-defined icons on the device. I cannot remember the directory atm, but browse around & you will find it.
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For some apps, Amazon has a folder with pre-defined icons on the device. I cannot remember the directory atm, but browse around & you will find it.
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Thanks, I'll have to do some browsing!
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rcartaz09 said:
Thanks, I'll have to do some browsing!
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Just bumped over this topic.
As there are still lots of people buying Fires around, maybe topic is not outdated for all - thus there is a solution.
APK Icon Editor freeware, open source tool to modify Android app icon.
Very easy to use in fact.
Just need to install Icon Editor on your PC, open and replace APK icon and repack it back and sideload to KF HDX (should work for other KF as well).
From dozens of apps just few of them may not work - f.e. if you repack Toshl, it gives error while loading (can't connect to server), the same with Dolphin Browser... Thus my advice is BEFORE you install modified APK, backup original one.
Anyways in my case only this 2 apps refuse to work after modification. All others (including Chrome, Firefox, alternative markets like Mobogenie or 1Mobile, MxPlayer or Dice Player.... etc. etc. all work just fine.
And yes - NO ROOT required.