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Ok, so I spent all day researching this and didn't get a clear answer so I figured I just bring it to you guys. What I'm trying to do is edit some of the battery xml files in the framework-res.apk. I tried using apktool to decompile the apk, edit the file and then recompile the apk, but I always get an error. Read some stuff on that sdk might do it, but I could never get it to run (wore out when I tried lol). So now I'm stuck. Spent all day writting the exstensive xml file but can't do anything with it. This is my new hurrdle in theming and would really appreciate some help from you great people
Thanks in advance.
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Won't recompile if you don't add the images too - did you do that?
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Ok, so I spent all day researching this and didn't get a clear answer so I figured I just bring it to you guys. What I'm trying to do is edit some of the battery xml files in the framework-res.apk. I tried using apktool to decompile the apk, edit the file and then recompile the apk, but I always get an error. Read some stuff on that sdk might do it, but I could never get it to run (wore out when I tried lol). So now I'm stuck. Spent all day writting the exstensive xml file but can't do anything with it. This is my new hurrdle in theming and would really appreciate some help from you great people
Thanks in advance.
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A lot of themes/rom frameworks won't recompile after decompiling them due to funky .9 pngs.
What I do is just take Stock KB1 (for instance) frameworks, and decompile/compile them with changes I made and just take the changes from the compiled one and add them to my working one. Did that make sense?
So. Decompile KB1, make changes, compile it back. Open it up, take your new files & put them in your framework you're working on.
The above method is a little trickier when dealing with things in the values folder, but you can still apply it with some logic
Let me know if you need me to clear anything up
Yeah, when I recompile I leave it all in the project folder in apktool. Select the xml I'm editing from there as well and save it there too.
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A lot of themes/rom frameworks won't recompile after decompiling them due to funky .9 pngs.
What I do is just take Stock KB1 (for instance) frameworks, and decompile/compile them with changes I made and just take the changes from the compiled one and add them to my working one. Did that make sense?
So. Decompile KB1, make changes, compile it back. Open it up, take your new files & put them in your framework you're working on.
The above method is a little trickier when dealing with things in the values folder, but you can still apply it with some logic
Let me know if you need me to clear anything up
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No I get it. Use stock to let recompile the xml to binary. Pull it from there and then add it to the framework I actually want to change correct?
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No I get it. Use stock to let recompile the xml to binary. Pull it from there and then add it to the framework I actually want to change correct?
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yep!
also see if apk manager is easier for you. seems to help me keep a little organized, sometimes at least
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yep!
also see if apk manager is easier for you. seems to help me keep a little organized, sometimes at least
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Haha I just realized that's what I've been using lol
Thanks guys. Really appreciate the help. Let you know how it goes.
Just to drop a hint of what I'm working on is a vanilla theme for trigger...kind of like what you did birger, but a little deeper...
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Still getting the same issue! Tried a deodexed KB5 framework and a stock from another phone I'm working on. Both won't recompile without an error! Grr!
See If you can de compile and re compile without making any changes at all to it.
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See If you can de compile and re compile without making any changes at all to it.
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yeah that worked
EDIT: tried again and still get error!! I'm gettin mad
Ok, so this is there error I'm getting:
\projects\framework-res.apk\res\drawable\stat_sys_battery.xml:5662: error: Error parsing XML: mismatched tag
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Any thoughts?
EDIT: Fixed that. Got it to recompile but didn't change what I want it to.
Ok, got it to finally work, but I don't think my XML code is right now, or I'm missing something Anyone want to take a look at it. It's a battery thing.
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Ok, got it to finally work, but I don't think my XML code is right now, or I'm missing something Anyone want to take a look at it. It's a battery thing.
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Did you add extra images you're adding to public XML?
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Did you add extra images you're adding to public XML?
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No. That I did not. I'll take a look at that. Basically what happens is when I plug my phone in to charge the battery icon disappears.
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TXLunchbox said:
No. That I did not. I'll take a look at that. Basically what happens is when I plug my phone in to charge the battery icon disappears.
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yep. if you have 100 battery charing images there's a good chance you'll need to add them in
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yep. if you have 100 battery charing images there's a good chance you'll need to add them in
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Haha! That's how many I've got! How'd you know? Lol! Thanks for your help man, I really appreciate it. Your willing to help is what makes you a great dev!
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Haha! That's how many I've got! How'd you know? Lol! Thanks for your help man, I really appreciate it. Your willing to help is what makes you a great dev!
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I'm no dev, just a really good blender.
Also, it's because that's the only other logical choice anyone would do. Bionix has like 26 or something and I only use 20 in Trigger
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I'm no dev, just a really good blender.
Also, it's because that's the only other logical choice anyone would do. Bionix has like 26 or something and I only use 20 in Trigger
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I really like the smooth effect of it and how it looks when its charging. Just becoming a pain in my rear getting the xml code right. Lol
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So is there any easy way to modify the public.xml to include them all? lol! Boy did I take on a big job
I have searched high and low .... no luck. Can anyone point me in the direction of a theme that I could grab this from?? Or maybe make one
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I have searched high and low .... no luck. Can anyone point me in the direction of a theme that I could grab this from?? Or maybe make one
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my question is like yours
Bumpity Bump
Yet another bump
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Look for glasstopia. It has the transparent mms I believe.
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Look for glasstopia. It has the transparent mms I believe.
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Thanks, I have tries this one before. I push to system/app and fix permissions, but it won't change. I have deleted the old mms.apk and it never changes. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Try this guys
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27219566/Mms.apk
Trainrider try putting a COPY in data\app as well as system\app
Not working for me, I put in both places and fixed permissions. Anyone else have differant results>?
so whats the problem? is it giving you a force close or error when you open it? Or it's not showing up in apps at all?
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so whats the problem? is it giving you a force close or error when you open it? Or it's not showing up in apps at all?
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Shows up and opens... not transparent
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hmm, when you copied to folders did it ask to replace existing? I pulled that out of Gassadena I think, standby I'll post Glasstopia, see if that works
I tried ones from both Glassadena and Glasstopia. I am overwriting the old and have tried both of these twice. Last shot - I wiped Dalvik to see if that would make a differance. I also used root explorer and searched for all instances of MMS on my phone and didnt find anything hiding anywhere else Damn this MMS it is hard to work with!
Yeah i don't know what to tell you, never had that much trouble. This might eork might not, go into glassadena or glasstopia zip and see if there is a copy in data and one in system, if so maybe move both to your corresponding folder? long shot but at least then you'll know if you need a copy in both, because if it has one in both then you know you do too
Hey I would like to share my blue themed stock music player from my Blutiful1.4 theme for all yall who would like to try it out. Its still my favorite music player for the fact that it has a great EQ function plus you have the Music Effects that really enhance the sound and you got that cool visualization that looks great in your car at night...
-replaced the colored bubble images that shows up when no album art with a blue android tile image (dim when visualization is on) and a splashing blue android on the music list.
-replaced the transparent bottom EQ reflection bars with solid ones and themed both top & bottom blue so it now looks like one big blue wave (visualization must be on).
-Replaced the music title background with blue "android" wallpaper.
-new HD blue menu icons
-themed the music controls blue
-new blue glassy status bar play/pause icons
...enjoy and let me know if you like it/hate it, or if I should go jump off a cliff for ever trying to theme something, but if you do like it shoot me a thx.
[EDIT] Might wanna add that this probably works only on a 2.2 ROM since I'm running BionixV 1.3.1.
UPDATE 8/25/11 So I got the MIUI music player from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=854766&highlight=MIUI+MUSIC (THX lightninbug) and I like it but I did not dig the purplelish color so I themed it (obviously) blue to match the rest of my theme.Too bad it wont go on landscape mode. I felt I had to put it here for those crazy enough to want it.
-Android blue background
-New HD blue icons
-Blue music visualization
-Blue, Blue, and more Blue
same as the MusicPlayer.apk, just push it to the system/app folder using Root Explorer (or equivalent) file manager and reboot. Enjoy.
Pics: 1-3 SGS Music player
4-6 MIUI music player
How do i install
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Use a file manager program (like Root Explorer or Astro File Manager) to either install the MusicPlayer.apk file by using their built-in installer or push (copy) the file directly to the system/app folder and then reboot. There are also stand alone app installers in the market (like ApkInstaller) that you could download and use to install "apk" files.
Very nice. Mind if I add it to some of my themes? All credits yours of course.
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Very nice. Mind if I add it to some of my themes? All credits yours of course.
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Not at all. I would be honored.
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Is this compatible with the sgs4g? Im liking the theme.
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Nice could u tell me where did u get the battery n icons on top
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Is this compatible with the sgs4g? Im liking the theme.
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Sorry I couldn't tell you if it is. I'm pretty sure someone with more knowledge tell u if the Vibrant and the SGS4g could share the same stock apps. I'm gonna try to find out also and I'll let u know as soon as I do.
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Nice could u tell me where did u get the battery n icons on top
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I extracted the battery from this theme it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1003975but for the rest of my Blutiful theme,I extracted alot of stuff from many other themes including non-Vibrant themes like this one. If you do extract it for your phone make sure you pay attention how the icons in the charging animation are set up in your theme cuz u gonna have to follow that same pattern when you install a new icon set or your charging animation will be off.
Idk what the problem is but I cant get it to install using any method. Ive pushed it, flashed it, used apk install, and built in installers. Idk if the upload is bad or what cause I have downloaded it 5 times to test. Can you try making a mediafire mirror? And has anyone installed successfully?
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Idk what the problem is but I cant get it to install using any method. Ive pushed it, flashed it, used apk install, and built in installers. Idk if the upload is bad or what cause I have downloaded it 5 times to test. Can you try making a mediafire mirror? And has anyone installed successfully?
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I pushed it successfully. It froze up & ran like crap. Deleted app & reinstalled the original from my titanium backup. Don't waste your time. Nice thought tho.
will try this when i get home!
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I pushed it successfully. It froze up & ran like crap. Deleted app & reinstalled the original from my titanium backup. Don't waste your time. Nice thought tho.
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Really? Im not sure what happened. I've been running this on both of my Vibrants for about a month already and I use this all day long at work and then docked to my car stereo when going home with no problems. Sorry for any inconvenience but I would like to see if someone else is having the same problem so I could rule out a bad download.
[EDIT] OK I deleted the MusicPlayer.apk in my phone then I downloaded one from the op link and pushed it to my system/app folder using RootExplorer and rebooted. Everything looks fine on my end.
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Really? Im not sure what happened. I've been running this on both of my Vibrants for about a month already and I use this all day long at work and then docked to my car stereo when going home with no problems. Sorry for any inconvenience but I would like to see if someone else is having the same problem so I could rule out a bad download.
[EDIT] OK I deleted the MusicPlayer.apk in my phone then I downloaded one from the op link and pushed it to my system/app folder using RootExplorer and rebooted. Everything looks fine on my end.
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Hmm ok ill try some more when I get to better signal. Im stuck on edge at home, could be causing bad downloads thanks for the app and the info. Once I can get it going I will let you know.
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Freezes and fc on gingerbread.
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Hmm ok ill try some more when I get to better signal. Im stuck on edge at home, could be causing bad downloads thanks for the app and the info. Once I can get it going I will let you know.
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Freezes and fc on gingerbread.
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I guess it will only run on a 2.2 ROM since I'm still running BionixV 1.3.1.
Sorry people, didn't know that it would cause a problem on GB.
Im on project v so its 2.2 also. If nothing else I might break down the apk and see if I can get it working like that
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Freezes and fc on gingerbread.
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What rom are you running? If your using cm7 / miui you might need touchwiz framework for it.
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I pushed it successfully. It froze up & ran like crap. Deleted app & reinstalled the original from my titanium backup. Don't waste your time. Nice thought tho.
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It's not the themed app that's causing the problem.It runs flawlessly on my phone,using Tard rom/Bali X 1.2
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It's not the themed app that's causing the problem.It runs flawlessly on my phone,using Tard rom/Bali X 1.2
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THX. Its good to know it worked for someone.
I have a stock unlocked and rooted rezound, i just created a zip from kitchen for my status bar icons. I followed the directions exact, wiped cache and dalvik, then flashed zip. Booted up and status bar keeps force closing. I then wiped cache and dalvik again, mounted data and system, and flashed again but with same results. Anyone know whats going on or how to fix, i am going to have to restore my nandroid and start over?
I wouldn't wipe. most times you get that but let it sit for a few minutes then reboot then it sticks
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Ive tried everything and still it just shows no status bar and give the force close message from time to time
hardfallen87 said:
Ive tried everything and still it just shows no status bar and give the force close message from time to time
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What ROM are you running? ICS ROMs are finicky and even still Sense GB ROMs can be that much worse. I'd recommend pulling your working framework and swapping the icons/files you're trying to get from the Kitchen.
Im stock rooted. Gingerbread
Im just gonna restore my backup i cant figure out anything else
I've been getting that status bar issue for the last few days. It started after I installed a couple remote control apps and a game. I've uninstalled the game and deleted the openfeint folder and uninstalled one of the remote control apps and it's still happening.
It usually restarts itself but sometimes I have to reboot to get it back.
I think I'm going to go back to my stock OTA nand and then set everything up again, make a nand and try that remote control app I like again.
Anyway, just chiming in that I'm having the issue as well but I've never used the kitchen. I am running a theme, a skin and I pulled in some icons from an ADW theme into Sense using Folder Organizer.
If I figure out what is causing mine to fc I'll post back.
Much appreciated thanks, my status bar never even showed once since flashing but the force close message would come up from time to time. I just restored my backup and am gonna continue looking into this. I would really like to get it solved to due away with the boring stock icons.
I wouldn't use a kitchen for that. Put your icons in with 7 zip and then sign it.
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I wouldn't use a kitchen for that. Put your icons in with 7 zip and then sign it.
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I've had a similar issue. Every zip I've tried using for my themes ends in a bootloop. I've never had to sign apk's before when making themes. Do I need to sign each APK for the zip?
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I've had a similar issue. Every zip I've tried using for my themes ends in a bootloop. I've never had to sign apk's before when making themes. Do I need to sign each APK for the zip?
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If you're just swapping icons. Pull your framework/sysui and unzip it, swap the icons and re-zip it(usually using store compression). You won't need to sign the apk. I actually made a script for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467805
I've been having strange issues with SystemUI, first of all, I deodexed it, which worked fine. Then I tried using apktool to edit it, all I did was decompile it, the rebuild it. To keep signature I pulled the res folder and resources file from the built apk, and put them in the original (even though I didn't actually change anything, this was just a test). I attached a screen shot with the issue, the top bar in notification panel is green. Now remember I didn't actually change anything at this point. Now to further test, when I DO edit images or XML, the changes are recognized (I made the clock text bright red to test, and it worked).
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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I've been having strange issues with SystemUI, first of all, I deodexed it, which worked fine. Then I tried using apktool to edit it, all I did was decompile it, the rebuild it. To keep signature I pulled the res folder and resources file from the built apk, and put them in the original (even though I didn't actually change anything, this was just a test). I attached a screen shot with the issue, the top bar in notification panel is green. Now remember I didn't actually change anything at this point. Now to further test, when I DO edit images or XML, the changes are recognized (I made the clock text bright red to test, and it worked).
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.
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Usually when you rebuild you only need to pull the META-INF and AndroidManifest.. You should not need to pull your res folder..
But your issue.. Of being green.. Not sure man.. Images and backgrounds don't just change in their own..
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Usually when you rebuild you only need to pull the META-INF and AndroidManifest.. You should not need to pull your res folder..
But your issue.. Of being green.. Not sure man.. Images and backgrounds don't just change in their own..
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Well, I actually figured it out, but I really wasn't changing anything, after decompiling SystemUI.apk I looked through the XML (not editing anything), and I found that the buttons associated with those "green boxes" were set to use list selector drawables from framework-res, which were in fact green, for some reason before decompiling it wasn't defaulting to those list selector drawables, but after decompiling it was, I have no idea why, it really doesn't make sense, but I really didn't edit anything.
And I'm not new to coding, I have HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, C++, C, and Python experience, so it's not like I don't know what I'm doing
Anyways, I ended up just setting colors instead of those drawables for those buttons and it was fixed.
How to rename thread???
By the way, I'm new to XDA, I want to change this thread to SOLVED, but I can't seem to find an 'edit' button, is it because I'm still to new? Is it one of the restrictions for new users? Or am I just not seeing it?
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Hello sir,
U said to copy the Meta-Inf and Androidmanifest.xml only .. From the original apk to the built apk ... Do I have to copy it before compiling or after compiling ?? Bcause when i did that AFTER recompiled it .. I get 'SystemUI force close' ?? But no failure during recompile or decompile process ... Not sure what I've done wrong .. :banghead:
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U said to copy the Meta-Inf and Androidmanifest.xml only .. From the original apk to the built apk ... Do I have to copy it before compiling or after compiling ?? Bcause when i did that AFTER recompiled it .. I get 'SystemUI force close' ?? But no failure during recompile or decompile process ... Not sure what I've done wrong .. :banghead:
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This also didn't work for me, do the opposite, pull res and resources from the "built" and put in the "original", after building. For some reason this is the only way that seems to work, otherwise it doesn't accept the signature.
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Thanks for replying .. I did that just now ... It works !! My Status bar didnt force close this time ... But .. The change that I made was not applied .. Any idea ??
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Thanks for replying .. I did that just now ... It works !! My Status bar didnt force close this time ... But .. The change that I made was not applied .. Any idea ??
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Well, what changes did you make?
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Just a color code .. #ff000000 to #00000000 ..
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Just a color code .. #ff000000 to #00000000 ..
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Most likely it's not changing anything because that color code isn't used anywhere you can see right away, play with other color codes until you see something change. This just takes lots of trial and error.
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Thanks .. Will try right now .. ^^ Im just trying to learn modding SystemUI .. Even from last year .. Cant even edit anything :banghead: and still crawling ..
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Thanks .. Will try right now .. ^^ Im just trying to learn modding SystemUI .. Even from last year .. Cant even edit anything :banghead: and still crawling ..
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When first starting out, when you want to know what changing a certain color code will do, make them dramatically noticeable colors like bright red, blue, green, etc, that way it's easy to tell when something changes.
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Okay .. Thanks for your help .. I think I get it now ..
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