[A] Update.zip - Streak 5 Themes and Apps

TheManii or chrisrotollo or any other theme ppl out there:
How do I create an update.zip that will flash data\local\bootanimation.zip, framework\framework-res.apk, system\app\phone.apk, and system\app\contacts.apk all at the same time?
I have a red theme update I'm working on, but I want to release it all as one update.zip that will flash everything at once.
Basically, I am trying to change update.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\update-script (I think) but I'm not getting it to work.
Also, when I try to add
ui_print("********************************");
ui_print("*******Now Flashing RedStreak5*****");
ui_print("********************************");
into update-script it doesn't flash at all?

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Code:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
is what i use, if you're going to be flashing stuff into /system you might as well keep everything in system (i'm talking about bootanimation)
just create <zip root>\system\<app, media, etc> and it will automatically copy everything there, i use update-zip-packager as anything short of an entire rom doesnt need anything more complex scripting wise
it might have something to do with the presense and ability of the update-binary, complex scripting is really flaky on streakmod except when flashing actual roms (vs themes and stuff) possibly for that reason

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boot animation can go in 3 diff places, be sure to set permissons correctly, just create the folders, and heiracrchies.
I think there are guides on this as well as tools which will build it for you.
as for the text Im not sure, I would ask TheManii, that guy is smart.
edit: beat me to it.

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Though this is just my personal opinion:
If you're gonna install files they should either all be in /system or all in /data and not a mix of either one, /data/local should only be used directly by whatever user instead of by whatever update.zip as you're already overwriting more important system files
your example update zip should look like
Code:
<root>/system/app
<root>/system/framework
<root>/system/media

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Works great! Thanks. If there is a bootanimation.zip in /data/local than the system always defaults to that one. Once I deleted that off my Streak, it worked as expected.
Getting ready to update RedStreak5. Should be a fun one!

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nickshertzer said:
TheManii or chrisrotollo or any other theme ppl out there:
How do I create an update.zip that will flash data\local\bootanimation.zip, framework\framework-res.apk, system\app\phone.apk, and system\app\contacts.apk all at the same time?
I have a red theme update I'm working on, but I want to release it all as one update.zip that will flash everything at once.
Basically, I am trying to change update.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\update-script (I think) but I'm not getting it to work.
Also, when I try to add
ui_print("********************************");
ui_print("*******Now Flashing RedStreak5*****");
ui_print("********************************");
into update-script it doesn't flash at all?
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try uot kitchen zip's script + djsteve's ui prints form

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I figured out edify scripting doesnt work on Streakmod,
It does, but unlike clockworkmod it requires the presence of update-binary
here is the update binary streakdroid uses:
http://mirror2.streakdroid.com/manii/Tools/update-binary
using that with updater-script allows you to use the much newer edify scripting engine, if/when i port newer versions of clockwork they MUST use edify as cwm 3+ drops support for amend scripting as it's really old.
your tree should look like
Code:
META-INF\com\google\android\update-binary
META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script
now with update-binary edify works perfectly, here's the example script from superuser 10819
Code:
ui_print("----Superuser r10819----");
ui_print("| Includes: |");
ui_print("| Superuser 2.3.6.3 |");
ui_print("| SU binary 2.3.2-efgh |");
ui_print("| Bash 4.1 |");
ui_print("| Busybox 1.18.4 |");
ui_print("------------------------");
ui_print("");
ui_print("");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
ui_print("Copying Files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
show_progress(0.25, 10);
ui_print("Creating symlinks");
symlink("busybox", "/system/xbin/[", "/system/xbin/[[",
"/system/xbin/arp", "/system/xbin/ash", "/system/xbin/awk",
"/system/xbin/basename", "/system/xbin/bbconfig", "/system/xbin/brctl",
"/system/xbin/bunzip2", "/system/xbin/bzcat", "/system/xbin/bzip2",
"/system/xbin/cal", "/system/xbin/cat", "/system/xbin/catv",
"/system/xbin/chgrp", "/system/xbin/chmod", "/system/xbin/chown",
"/system/xbin/chroot", "/system/xbin/cksum", "/system/xbin/clear",
"/system/xbin/cmp", "/system/xbin/cp", "/system/xbin/cpio",
"/system/xbin/cut", "/system/xbin/date", "/system/xbin/dc",
"/system/xbin/dd", "/system/xbin/depmod", "/system/xbin/devmem",
"/system/xbin/df", "/system/xbin/diff", "/system/xbin/dirname",
"/system/xbin/dmesg", "/system/xbin/dnsd", "/system/xbin/dos2unix",
"/system/xbin/du", "/system/xbin/echo", "/system/xbin/ed",
"/system/xbin/egrep", "/system/xbin/env", "/system/xbin/expr",
"/system/xbin/false", "/system/xbin/fdisk", "/system/xbin/fgrep",
"/system/xbin/find", "/system/xbin/fold", "/system/xbin/free",
"/system/xbin/freeramdisk", "/system/xbin/fuser", "/system/xbin/getopt",
"/system/xbin/grep", "/system/xbin/gunzip", "/system/xbin/gzip",
"/system/xbin/head", "/system/xbin/hexdump", "/system/xbin/id",
"/system/xbin/ifconfig", "/system/xbin/insmod", "/system/xbin/install",
"/system/xbin/ip", "/system/xbin/kill", "/system/xbin/killall",
"/system/xbin/killall5", "/system/xbin/length", "/system/xbin/less",
"/system/xbin/ln", "/system/xbin/losetup", "/system/xbin/ls",
"/system/xbin/lsmod", "/system/xbin/lspci", "/system/xbin/lsusb",
"/system/xbin/lzop", "/system/xbin/lzopcat", "/system/xbin/md5sum",
"/system/xbin/mkdir", "/system/xbin/mke2fs", "/system/xbin/mkfifo",
"/system/xbin/mkfs.ext2", "/system/xbin/mknod", "/system/xbin/mkswap",
"/system/xbin/mktemp", "/system/xbin/modprobe", "/system/xbin/more",
"/system/xbin/mount", "/system/xbin/mountpoint", "/system/xbin/mv",
"/system/xbin/netstat", "/system/xbin/nice", "/system/xbin/nohup",
"/system/xbin/nslookup", "/system/xbin/ntpd", "/system/xbin/od",
"/system/xbin/patch", "/system/xbin/pgrep", "/system/xbin/pidof",
"/system/xbin/ping", "/system/xbin/pkill", "/system/xbin/printenv",
"/system/xbin/printf", "/system/xbin/ps", "/system/xbin/pwd",
"/system/xbin/rdev", "/system/xbin/readlink", "/system/xbin/realpath",
"/system/xbin/renice", "/system/xbin/reset", "/system/xbin/rm",
"/system/xbin/rmdir", "/system/xbin/rmmod", "/system/xbin/route",
"/system/xbin/run-parts", "/system/xbin/sed", "/system/xbin/seq",
"/system/xbin/setsid", "/system/xbin/sh", "/system/xbin/sha1sum",
"/system/xbin/sha256sum", "/system/xbin/sha512sum",
"/system/xbin/sleep", "/system/xbin/sort", "/system/xbin/split",
"/system/xbin/stat", "/system/xbin/strings", "/system/xbin/stty",
"/system/xbin/swapoff", "/system/xbin/swapon", "/system/xbin/sync",
"/system/xbin/sysctl", "/system/xbin/tac", "/system/xbin/tail",
"/system/xbin/tar", "/system/xbin/tee", "/system/xbin/telnet",
"/system/xbin/test", "/system/xbin/tftp", "/system/xbin/time",
"/system/xbin/top", "/system/xbin/touch", "/system/xbin/tr",
"/system/xbin/traceroute", "/system/xbin/true", "/system/xbin/tty",
"/system/xbin/tune2fs", "/system/xbin/umount", "/system/xbin/uname",
"/system/xbin/uniq", "/system/xbin/unix2dos", "/system/xbin/unlzop",
"/system/xbin/unzip", "/system/xbin/uptime", "/system/xbin/usleep",
"/system/xbin/uudecode", "/system/xbin/uuencode", "/system/xbin/vi",
"/system/xbin/watch", "/system/xbin/wc", "/system/xbin/wget",
"/system/xbin/which", "/system/xbin/whoami", "/system/xbin/xargs",
"/system/xbin/yes", "/system/xbin/zcat");
symlink("bash", "/system/bin/sh");
show_progress(0.50, 2);
ui_print("Setting permissions");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/system/bin/bash");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/system/bin/profile");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/bin/su");
set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/system/xbin/busybox");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/su");
show_progress(0.75, 2);
unmount("/system");
show_progress(1.00, 2);
ui_print("Your phone is now rooted!");
You are STRONGLY recommended to switch all your update.zips over to edify as hopefully when i get cwm 3/4 working amend script will stop working.
I will be switching all my releases over soon

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All my releases have been updated to edify script, they're all functionally the same script if you want a very simple example of how to overwrite files:
Code:
ui_print("-----------------------");
ui_print("|Gingerbread Icon Mod |");
ui_print("-----------------------");
ui_print("");
ui_print("");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
ui_print("Copying Files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(1.00, 2);
zip file structure is:
Code:
META-INF/...
system/app/example.apk
system/bin/su
system/framework/framework-res.apk
This works fine if you're overwriting a file, you will need to properly set file permissions if you're adding a new file that doesnt exist in the filesystem.
UOT zips by default dont include an update-binary and hence wont work by default on streakmod, you need to manually add it in to make it work.

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Fantastic info. This is exactly what I was looking for. How would one remove a file using such a method?
For instance, using a themed Android Market requires removing com.android.vending-1.apk in data/app first before replacing vending.apk in system/app.

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Code:
delete("<path to file>");

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I guess we'll see if this works
Code:
ui_print(" RedStreak5 ,,,, Spiderman Edition ");
ui_print(" ,;) .';;;;', ");
ui_print(" ;;,,_,-.-.,;;'_,|I\;;;/),,_ ");
ui_print(" `';;/:|:);{ ;;;|| \;/ /;;;\__ ");
ui_print(" L;/-';/ \;;\',/;\/;;;.') \ ");
ui_print(" .:`''` - \;;'.__/;;;/ . _'-._ ");
ui_print(" .'/ \ \;;;;;;/.'_7:. '). \_ ");
ui_print(" .''/ | '._ );}{;//.' '-: '.,L ");
ui_print(".'. / \ ( |;;;/_/ \._./;\ _, ");
ui_print(" . / |\ ( /;;/_/ ';;;\,;;_, ");
ui_print(". / )__(/;;/_/ www.nickshertzer.com ");
ui_print("");
mount("MTD", "system", "/system");
ui_print("Copying Files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
delete("/data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk");
unmount("/system");
show_progress(1.00, 2);
ui_print("Your phone is now RADIOACTIVE");
::EDIT::
E: Error in /sdcard/RedStreak5v05-2.zip
(Status 6)
whoops... didn't work. I imagine I need to mount and unmount /data as well. Working on this...

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ok... so that is pretty cool. It must have been the update-binary file, 'cause when I replaced it from DJ Steve's from SD1.9.1 it started working.
Still not certain on mounting the /data/ directory to remove /data/app/com.android.vending-1.apk & /data/local/bootanimation.zip

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looks cool nice job!

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Ok, so how do you include forcing a default wallpaper and make sure it's set?
I can't seem to get Market to flash properly.
Also, I can't seem to fix contacts.apk / phone drawer icon...
::edit:: I really wish I could figure out how edify scripting can delete("/data/local/bootanimation.zip") if it exists

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At that point you should just leave it be, as the user should already be aware if it exists. Flashable zips shouldnt put it there to begin with

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nickshertzer said:
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::edit:: I really wish I could figure out how edify scripting can delete("/data/local/bootanimation.zip") if it exists
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Have you tried checking for the existence of the bootanimation,zip in /data/local and giving the user a warning?