Hi i found apk's styled to Windows Phone 7 (Mms.apk, Phone.apk, Contacts.apk, and there is framework-res.apk, and much more) it is made for Galaxy S I9000.
here is originar thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=910918
is there any option or someone who can help or port those apk's to X10 mini pro.
i don't have so much knowledge to do that i only know how to resize png's and decompile apk.
I'll be grateful for any help
Well, porting will be much work..but at least there are some developers creating some WP7 apps, they are even working on our QVGA devices
Have a look at: WP7Android.com
If you make a little contribution you get access to all (full version) apps - for lifetime!
Theming the framework-res.apk (statusbar, buttons and all that stuff) is not that big problem, but how to resize an app, i don't know either so we need some more help
Apkmanager or apktool, it has nice enviorenment and noob friendly ui
@Nitroboy tnx i will take al look
@ glavic i allready have apkmaneger for decompiling and compiling and so.
I dont know how is with smali and java :/
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Here is the original thread in XDA: WP7Android UI - UPDATE 6.1: WP7Contacts 1.1 Update
Like you see, some apps are free...
EDIT: When downloading app it requires a password...
Nitroboy77 said:
Well, porting will be much work..but at least there are some developers creating some WP7 apps, they are even working on our QVGA devices
Have a look at: WP7Android.com
If you make a little contribution you get access to all (full version) apps - for lifetime!
Theming the framework-res.apk (statusbar, buttons and all that stuff) is not that big problem, but how to resize an app, i don't know either so we need some more help
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Well, now the new site since August 10 is: http://sevenplusandroid.org/
And I found also this theme here in the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219691
I just want to clarify that http://sevenplusandroid.org is not the new website, but rather a separate organization from http://wp7android.com. While some of WP7Android's developers (notably ZPlayer and WP7Lock) have joined us, a number of other developers are a part of this project (notably Timo of Launcher 7), and it is under different management so to speak. Nonetheless the ideas are similar, we seek to provide an entire suite of applications for any Android device with the WP7 style user interface.
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Dear m8s
there's no doubt that Xperis S stock launcher is awesome
but still i want to experience other launchers
for me, i found Nemus launcher is so great
my only problem is that i can't place the stock widgets (timescape) and Accuweather on any of the home screens
as it's not available in Widgets list in any launcher except the stock one only
tried some other launchers to check, and result is still the same
available only in stock launcher widgets list
and not available for any other launcher
My Q is, is there any method i could make the stock launcher widgets list available for all launchers
i'm sorry to place a Q in this forum, but i think my Q is related to this forum only
i'm not trying to break any rules
Thanks in advance.
You can't use Sony widgets with other launchers.
I've wanted this for a while but my research yielded nothing :-(
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Not possible...sorry and actually that is the reason I didn't move to other launchers...
i really can't believe it that Devs can cook a complete ROM
and they r unable to port some widgets only !!
ChIcO*GsM said:
i really can't believe it that Devs can cook a complete ROM
and they r unable to port some widgets only !!
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You see, when you modify the stock firmware, you don't have sources for anything but the kernel. You can add tweaks and overclocking and init.d without going deeper, but after that it's all decompiling. You probably know a toolchain named smali. If you don't, smali is like assembly for Android. You can't get java code from a built app, just as you can't get C++ from an EXE. Now say we want a part of that app ( widgets ). This is the very moment smali comes in. With smali, you can get some very basic, assembly like code from a prebuilt app. That's the code Android uses to run it. And that's where the interesting things are. To allow using Sony widgets on other launchers, you need to find the code responsible for loading them, displaying them and all the code the previous two depend on. It can be in the launcher or in the frameworks, so it's two huge source trees that you can't even search through. When you get all this code, you need to integrate it into your launcher app. Ironically, Android doesn't support smali code directly, so you have to either rewrite it back into Java ( which is hard) or build your launcher first and then add the code using smali ( which is not easier) .
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You see, when you modify the stock firmware, you don't have sources for anything but the kernel. You can add tweaks and overclocking and init.d without going deeper, but after that it's all decompiling. You probably know a toolchain named smali. If you don't, smali is like assembly for Android. You can't get java code from a built app, just as you can't get C++ from an EXE. Now say we want a part of that app ( widgets ). This is the very moment smali comes in. With smali, you can get some very basic, assembly like code from a prebuilt app. That's the code Android uses to run it. And that's where the interesting things are. To allow using Sony widgets on other launchers, you need to find the code responsible for loading them, displaying them and all the code the previous two depend on. It can be in the launcher or in the frameworks, so it's two huge source trees that you can't even search through. When you get all this code, you need to integrate it into your launcher app. Ironically, Android doesn't support smali code directly, so you have to either rewrite it back into Java ( which is hard) or build your launcher first and then add the code using smali ( which is not easier) .
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in short words
i have to wait till Android support this smali
or to wait for some Dev to wast his time on this
as i dun have any other solution yet
So,Waiting .....
This question is to all the developers out there!
I am more of a graphics designer than a programmer.
I have very basic knowledge as far as programming and API's are concerned.
I know there are tools out there which can help you Compile and Recompile APKs, and I can do that without help,
but I was wondering if its possible to edit just the graphical elements of the app (say, change the app icon,or modify the typography, or color accents) without the need for changing a whole lot of the code?
If not, is it possible to learn how to do it in a short while?
I would love to modify to redesign a few open source apps and post it here for everyone else. ( Inspired by Android Design in Action )
shubhamsizzles said:
This question is to all the developers out there!
I am more of a graphics designer than a programmer.
I have very basic knowledge as far as programming and API's are concerned.
I know there are tools out there which can help you Compile and Recompile APKs, and I can do that without help,
but I was wondering if its possible to edit just the graphical elements of the app (say, change the app icon,or modify the typography, or color accents) without the need for changing a whole lot of the code?
If not, is it possible to learn how to do it in a short while?
I would love to modify to redesign a few open source apps and post it here for everyone else. ( Inspired by Android Design in Action )
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Yes it is possible all you need this:
1 the app you wish to modify
2 an app called ninjamorph
A computer optional
And enough space on your phone to decompile on APK which isn't much
A way to save the app as an Apk on your phone ( ie titanium backup or the like)
Run ninjamorph I believe it has a tutorial with in and app if you need it very simple to use
It will decompile the APk of the app and then you can go into the product work space within ninjamorph and goto resources drawable depending on the app maybe drawable HPI just look through the folders then select the PNG you wish to modify and ninjamorph has ui to change right there on your phone or you can connect your phone to a computer and transfer the PNG file you wish to modify to the computer and modify it there then replace it and in the exact location you found it (with the same name names are I believe case sensitive) and use ninjamorph to recompile the apk, uninstall the old apk (if installed before hand) and install the new Apk and there you go should work
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moving to q&a
if u only need to modify image files open apk from winrar, edit it and save.
Can I also change stuff like screen margins, fonts etc. this way? I'm guessing no. Right?
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Is it really that tough? Any suggestions?
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Is it really that tough? Any suggestions?
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No you cant change the margins and fonts that way. You will have to edit the layout of the app by decompiling it and changing the XMLs and maybe some smali coding changes.
I spend some time to figure out how to handle sense 4.5 skins development. BatEarsJoe give us some advices to modify a skin but these are the very basic steps to build/change a skin. Also I tried to find tutorials on other HTC devices but all I found are obsolete...
What I'm asking for is that somebody (and here I'm asking ckpv5, ayyu3m, BatEarsJoe and other developers too) to give more precisely advices on handle skins.
For example I used 'APK-Multi-Tool' to decompile a ckpv5 rom's skin and I recompiled that again without modification. The result: I lost transparency of dock bar, folders and so on.
So is anyone willing to give some advice about how to handle skins? I mean it is not necessary a step-by-step tutorial (this could take maybe much time), but at least some informations, advices, tricks or some ways to handle transparency, colors, link between m10 files and regular png files. There are more important advices that is about how to manipulate png files, how to preserve/alter alpha channel, compression to use, software to use to handle properly png and m10 files.
I respect guys (mentioned above) who wants to give us more skins but I believe that the development is too slow, so I think sharing information in this area is welcome.
Thanks in advance!
VTS is the way to go (decompiles M10 files fine and does pretty much evreything else for you) alot more of the stuff cant be edited through .pngs instead in Colors.xml and other xmls. The images in mention can be found in m10 files (make sure there the same resolution though - thanks to ayyu3m for that.)
if you wanna use VTS then follow this tutorial http://www.virtuous-ten-studio.com/index.php/other-stuff/94-how-to-create-your-own-sense-skin
It's good to see a more active theme-ing community
Its good to see members who are eager to try their hand at theming. I had started a skin thread in the forum but could not continue cos of png issues during then. But now those issues are gone. But so is my free time since I joined work and its been a busy month.
But hopefully I would surprise you all by releasing my skin and also a tutorial.
As a quick answer...I use VTS and photoshop cs5 only. Will include tips and tricks.
ayyu3m said:
... Will include tips and tricks.
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glad to hear that
Hi, My name is Michael, I'm Xperia Theme Designer
I'm looking for people willing to test my themes on tablets Xperia.
I mean mostly about making some photos and my Themes testing.
Of course Share your whole collection of volunteer.
If anyone has a moment please contact me Thanks
Ps. I have to test more than 60 Themes
Best Regards, Michael
My Themes
Can you provide source of one of your theme. I m actually trying to develop a theme but a lot of elements are not visible in Themer tool. And a lot of elements that are visible in the tool do not show up in the actual phone like the App Drawer button. Help me.
Ive requested a designer account and got accepted. I went on official web theme designer but this tool is VERY limited with custom options.
Is there another and better designer tool that we can use or install on a computer?
Thanks
No one on xda knows how to create a theme on miui? Really?
I'm sorry , but i don't. You can find lots of tutorials on the internet but if you want to get deep in designing a theme , you need to know how to code.
I'm planning to try on tickle my Android. I just got it set up. That is for Windows. It's an xda program for theming.
Yes, MIUI Online theme maker is very limited. If you plan on creating advance MIUI 9 themes then you will need the latest MIUI Theme Editor which you can get from here: http://c.mi.com/thread-658768-1-0.html. Do note however that this theme editor will take some pretty steep learning curve. And if you want to really customize the theme you'll need to at least have google translate beside you or learn chinese ^_^.
you can check out some of my free themes and use it as basis if you want to: http://zhuti.xiaomi.com/search?keywords=jenz1
mi note2 need pitch black theme for his amoled
alexmanu1 said:
I'm sorry , but i don't. You can find lots of tutorials on the internet but if you want to get deep in designing a theme , you need to know how to code.
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The only problem , that I have is how to open the files inside mtz. With which program , because for ex. in notepad++ none of encodings are unsuitable