Hi all,
I would like to know how to theme sense itself. (Launcher, App Drawer, status bar, sense apps etc)
Could anyone point me in the right direction?
I would start by unzipping the file of the rom and finding apps like systemui.apk and decompiling them, inside the lpdi folders there will be the image files etc used. Sorry I can't talk through it much more thoroughly for you. I've never done it myself.
Framework-res, rosie.apk, htc.resources apk I think its called and the rest
And yes decompile the apps which are located in system/app using apkmanager. Edit .9 pngs in photoshop.
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How do you change the conversation bubble colors in the stock text messaging app? I know I could just use GoSMS or Handcent, but I like how clean the stock app is and the fact that it works well. I just dont like that "peach" color...doesn't match anything.
Use handcent SMS its free in the mareket and you can customize everything from bubble colors to fonts to the color of the notification icon
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lilhaiti said:
How do you change the conversation bubble colors in the stock text messaging app? I know I could just use GoSMS or Handcent, but I like how clean the stock app is and the fact that it works well. I just dont like that "peach" color...doesn't match anything.
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Are you on GB?
@jhild352 I am aware of the many different free options that I could use, just wanted to know if I could "theme" the stock one.
Yes I am using GB.
There arent settings to change it. You will need to manually do it. If you really are dedicated enough, then extract the apk and replace the desirable drawables.
lilhaiti said:
@jhild352 I am aware of the many different free options that I could use, just wanted to know if I could "theme" the stock one.
Yes I am using GB.
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You can find the images in the framework. They're located in the blur-res.apk in the drawable-hdpi folder. The images are called msg_in_item_bg and msg_out_item_bg. They are .9 pngs so you'll have to decompile the blur-res.apk to edit the images. If you don't want to edit them yourself you can maybe find a theme that includes the blur-res.apk and replace your current apk with that one.
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You can find the images in the framework. They're located in the blur-res.apk in the drawable-hdpi folder. The images are called msg_in_item_bg and msg_out_item_bg. They are .9 pngs so you'll have to decompile the blur-res.apk to edit the images. If you don't want to edit them yourself you can maybe find a theme that includes the blur-res.apk and replace your current apk with that one.
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Thats exactly what i was looking for...thanks
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what files would i need to look for if i wanted to make the app drawer transparent.
danweb66 said:
what files would i need to look for if i wanted to make the app drawer transparent.
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i'm def not a themer so i could be wrong, but i would look in the launcher apk file.
inside of the launcher apk, maybe an xml file, but it would vary which xml file or java/smali file depending on how each launcher is setup...
thanks very much just needed a driection ive been looking at files in the framework and i see how it would be part of the launcher app thank you.
Alright I know how to do this, but I am wanting to change a lot of my icons in the sense Rom I am running. Is there a way to do it in batch form? What is the easiest simplest solution to this? Any help from you expert themers would be very helpful. Thanks....
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First, if you are replacing status bar icons, the easiest way to do this is open the apk with 7zip and drag your new icons into the correct res/drawable... folder.
If you insist on a batch operation, you can look for a VillainRom theme package. They use a script to replace (and it is flashed in recovery). I suggest finding one of these and looking at the scripts inside to learn how it works. You basically create the folder with the images you want to replace and it does the work for you. Be sure to thank the creators of this very handy tool.
Finally, you could create a batch file that uses 7zip to do it. I actually did this for a brief time until I came across the VR themes.
You could use my ReZone theme as a guideline for doing what you want. The ONLY downside is it doesn't work with TWRP recovery.
Thanks for the replies....
What I should have specified is the app icons in the app drawer, and desktop. I downloaded the anti apple icons, and want to make a custom theme using them for myself. So I can open the apks, and change the icon, but that takes forever. I was wondering if there is a themer program that would allow me to do it in a batch format. That way u wouldn't have to do it for 75 apps individually. I know that you can install theme packs on aosp, and was hoping there was a way to do it with sense. Again, thanks for the interest, and help...
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easy enough if you are using nova or apex launcher and doing an icon set or viperes rom has this option
Yeah, I was hoping to do it on Dsb's 3.6 Rom. I may switch back to viper when the update drops. I was just hoping there was an easy way to do it to sense roms that the themers were willing to share....
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No batch format, but ninja morph is about the fastest way to do it on a phone.
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Its a pain tracking down the icons for each app but a vrteme could work
JeramyEggs said:
Thanks for the replies....
What I should have specified is the app icons in the app drawer, and desktop. I downloaded the anti apple icons, and want to make a custom theme using them for myself. So I can open the apks, and change the icon, but that takes forever. I was wondering if there is a themer program that would allow me to do it in a batch format. That way u wouldn't have to do it for 75 apps individually. I know that you can install theme packs on aosp, and was hoping there was a way to do it with sense. Again, thanks for the interest, and help...
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My original suggestion is what you want to use, it works on Sense. First thing you would do is clean out my folders or just make new ones following the folder structure. Then basically all you have to do is find the apps icon name (extract original .apk). Create the folders and add your new icon. Then just go into recovery and flash it... BHAM!! new icon. Lets not make this difficult. It will work on Sense or AOSP ROMs. Very simple thing to do..
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I have attached a sample .zip were I change 3 icons from my Theme the Camera, Gmail, and YouTube. If you follow that format (icons have different names and locations) you can change any icon you want and all you have to do is flash it.
Thanks Zone. Started last night. You say bam, but more like bbaaaaaaammnnnnnn. I will finish it up through the week, and post it in homescreens thread with a special thanks to you..
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I'm trying to replace system icons for phone gmail sms and browser. i used APK Manager to replace the png exaclty the same size but after pushing files to system it still shows the old icon but when i see apk on Root Explorer it shows the new one next to it. Please can somebody give some advise.
Are you trying to replace them in the App Drawer or just on the screen?
I mean decompiling system apks and replace png files.
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jayz_style said:
I mean decompiling system apks and replace png files.
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Gotcha. Yeah, that's a little above my head.
hi guys sorry for intrusion.. do you know where are the default system apps? I mean in which folder? thanks!
EDIT: I would like to know where are default apps ICONS..
moly82 said:
hi guys sorry for intrusion.. do you know where are the default system apps? I mean in which folder? thanks!
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system/apps.......amazing eh?
slaphead20 said:
system/apps.......amazing eh?
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hi! sorry I wrote wrongly.. I forgot a word.. I know where apps are.. I meant where default app ICONS are.. sorry for confusion..
I'm asking this because I would like to replace the exDialer icon (green one) with the default JB telephone one (blue receiver).. but I don't know where I can locate the JB telephone app icon..
I think you may have had the right image, but I believe you may have to decompile then recompile the app properly to do change that. Google should produce results for a guide to do this as I have seen one recently
slaphead20 said:
I think you may have had the right image, but I believe you may have to decompile then recompile the app properly to do change that. Google should produce results for a guide to do this as I have seen one recently
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nova launcher allows me to change apps icons very easily, I have already changed all the apps icons I have in the dock.. so I just need to know where I can find the telephone app icon to be able to use it..
moly82 said:
nova launcher allows me to change apps icons very easily, I have already changed all the apps icons I have in the dock.. so I just need to know where I can find the telephone app icon to be able to use it..
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Which one do you want? If I have it I will drop box it for you
To replace images you don't have to decompile just drop them in /res/*whichever folder it goes in* with a store compression value.
Only when you need to edit XML's do you need to decompile and recompile.
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Thank you very much
It is the blue telephone app icon you can see in the attachment..
I have it somewhere in the system I'm sure otherwise the app couldn't show it but don't know where i could look..
you forgot the attachment
Sorry.. second from the left, third row.. it is the regular jb telephone app icon.. I don't like all the other telephone icons I have..
just trying to upload it now :thumbup:
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http://db.tt/pn8ftakw
mate.. you are epic!!
that's wonderful.. at last.. thanks so much! :good::good::highfive::victory:
You dont need to decompile to change .pngs...just open the .apk with winrar and go to res/drawable-xhdpi and replace what you want to
the other drawable folders arent used in the S3 - they are overwritten by the xhdpi folder
Edit, couldnt type it fast enough...!!
And that should be dropped in appname.apk/res/mipmap-xhdpi or hdpi or mdpi whichever one is for your dpi.
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Could someone please tell me the easiest or best way to change the status bar icons, such as WiFi, mobile signal, etc. I'm currently using Xposed Icons, but there are a few it will not change on the Verizon N2. I have tried Ninjamorph, but it is saying it can't mount the system partition as RW. Thanks in advance for help on this.
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The easiest thing to do is use Android MultiTool from right here on XDA. It makes no difference what ROM you are on. All of the statusbar icons are in the systemui.apk. simply copy the Systemui.apk and he frameworks.apk into the programs "files" folder and decompile it to your PC. Trade out the icons you want, recompile, then replace the old systemui on the phone with the new one. It takes no battery life like xposed does and is relatively easy. The OP for Android Multi Tool has plenty of explanations.
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The easiest thing to do is use Android MultiTool from right here on XDA. It makes no difference what ROM you are on. All of the statusbar icons are in the systemui.apk. simply copy the Systemui.apk and he frameworks.apk into the programs "files" folder and decompile it to your PC. Trade out the icons you want, recompile, then replace the old systemui on the phone with the new one. It takes no battery life like xposed does and is relatively easy. The OP for Android Multi Tool has plenty of explanations.
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Thank you. That was just what I was looking for.
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