I was going to put this in the GingerBlur 2.5 thread, but got the smackdown for not having enough posts yet
I was thinking of theming kenneth's great GingerBlur ROM, but have noticed that some of the files seem to be in different places than expected.
It would be helpful if there was any guide or how-to on what .png files would need to be modified to theme particular areas specific to this ROM.
For example I had thought to change the color of the notification bar background you'd find statusbar_background.png in framework-res/res/drawable...alas nothing to be found.
Thanks!
I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
The vast majority of your editable pngs are in drawable-hdpi, but many of them are draw-9 pngs and require some special handling to alter.
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I also want to change the lockscreen slider img.
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Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
Awwww man..
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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coool, cant wait. There are some aspects that I like changing (text colors mainly) and I hope it really is going to be a breeze. Changing images are easy in any case though. It's the text stuff that are tough.
Wow man that theme you got there looks pretty awsome!
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
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Big-A-Rob said:
Looks a lot like the steel blue theme I am currently using but green. Very nice.
Sent from my Blue Steeled Atrix
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Thanks... It's pretty much a mirror of that theme, but not as customized as Tones.. don't have that much time to mess with all the features
The origianl Galaxy S them has Blue, Green, and Red themes of the same.... which is where we both got the theme from to put it on the Atrix..
FYI some icons are in system/app/systemui.apk
kennethpenn said:
Hey guys! Super glad that you all want to theme GingerBlur. I will encourage you to go ahead and wait until the release of GingerBlur 3.0.
Version 3.0 will have a re-worked framework that can be decompiled more easily. Theming will be a breeze!
Good luck!
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Awesome news and a sincere thank you for all of your concerted efforts! Quick general question: do you know if Android supports transparency in the notification bar (the actual static bar at the top)?
I would assume so given they are .png; I think it would be pretty cool if you could have your notifications floating on top of your wallpaper.
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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Awwww... I've themed it already.. lol.. here are some shots... I got some of this stuff from the Galaxy S Poison Green theme, with a few of my own tweaks... and still a work in progress as I have more time to match the other parts to the theme... this is with fly-in affect... looking forward to the 3.0 update
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WTH man??! Amazing screenshots!! This is exactly the color scheme I was wishing for on the Atrix!
How could you keep such good goodies only yourself? Or did you post your here somewhere?
Me would like it very much!
Thanks!
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Edit: Sorry! those beautiful screenshots got me a head-rush! I read later it's work-in-progress. gold luck.
tonecreationz said:
adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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This sounds hard...maybe I just stick with black
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adding transparency is not as simple as just editing the png's...you will also need to edit the services.jar in the framework (i think)...i know that is true for adding transparency to the notification bar dropdown...also after some research, launchers such as adw and launcher pro may cut off the wallpaper underneath the status bar, not sure about the stock motoblur launcher, so adding transparency may be pointless...
a more experienced dev or android user may know a bit about this...but i'm just sharing what i know...
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that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
jimbush3 said:
Lockscreen slider is a draw-9 png in the framework-res/res/drawable-hdpi folder. In order to alter it you would need to decompile the apk, as opposed to simply extracting it, change the image, and then recompile the apk. I am planning on starting a thread in the near future as a guide/discussion for theming.
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please make a thread! i'm a little confused, i use 7-zip to extract (which you say is a no no), then change the images (even the .9's, i just add .png to the end, and yes i know that's a no no but that's the point of being deodexed, so you can throw any png in there and either match the name or change the xml, in my case, it works everytime....), throw them back into the apk, and either root exploror the framework back (with an immiediate reboot) or adb it in in between boots (the way your suppose to do it, unless you make an zip to flash which i don't know how).
this method works for me, but if you use root explorer, the rom erases your dialer history (odd, never happened on the cappy).
p.s. this isn't a guide, if somebody does this and bricks their phone, they can hold me responsible and sue me (as i have nothing, nor a job). but seriously, backup your framework and know how to use adb if you want to mod your framework...
chaosjh said:
that's not true, i use paint.net and make transparencies on many of my png's, then simply add them back to the apk and vola.
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I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
tonecreationz said:
I was referring to adding transparency to the notification/status bar...
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The bar is a normal png, you can transparent it fine without any fancy coding.
Yes, the status bar image is a standard png and can be made transparent. However, the wallpaper does not expand behind where the status bar is - so even if you make your status bar transparent, some color needs to be represented behind it. I went into drawables.xml and set the status_bar_background to transparent as well but it still shows up black for the homescreen, it does stay transparent for apps though and shows up differently based on what app is running (aka, for words with friends it shows the blue stripes - but not when I screen cap). Here are some images of what I mean.
- black on the homescreen, wallpaper must not extend that high
- see straight through to the notifications
- shows more grey on my phone than here
Does anybody have any nice lookin weather screen? with animations and all for different times of day etc. Knightwolf/Warm has a few cool lookin ones, lookin for any crazy ones like that. The blue space/fantasy themes are always cool. The file is obviously IdleScreen_Weather.apk . Always lookin for new styles to tweak out the phone
Not sure if this is what you're looking for but Beautiful Widgets in the market has themeable widgets and animations and a huge library to go through. You might be able to create your own fairly easy to work with it too. It's very very similar to the sense clock/weather widget.
I've switched to Beweather Pro though, It's not much different than sense's either but supports push weather alerts. No theming though
gonna check it out thanks
Hello guys, this is my first cm9 theme via theme chooser. I kinda like some elements of the moto ui graphics and that's where the name from. It's not a motoblur theme but rather my personal taste. It's blue oriented. Note that I do not have the latest cm9 release (im on Quarxs 26.05) and it's possible that there is something that I do not see or something that you do not see. Bugs are possible, my mistakes are also possible. Here is how it looks:
Used icons from Moto Razr, Moto Defy, custom ones, also for the other ui elements that I changed. For the ones that I took few elements for my theme i gave credits (sorry for forgetting your names) and for soudy1994 which theme I used as a base for start and learning things.
This has been said but I'll say again: if you got a theme error when applying hit the Apply anyway. Or if you got a message telling you that the theme is not compiled properly or something like that switch to system theme (if you are using custom one) reboot then switch, or reboot twice.
Version 2.0 is for JB only, cause it has themed contacts and mms that don't work on ICS. If anyone wants ICS update I'll need testers. Also I'll need testers with XHDPI phones, cause I don't have one.
Changelog:
Code:
[B][U]v2.0 [B](JB Only)[/B]:[/U][/B]
Themed Messaging
Themed Contacts
Themed contact widget
Themed quick contacts
New battery
New statusbar togles
Statusbar redone
Dialer bug fixed
Lockscreen bug fixed
Popups and panels redesigned
CMP Player widget themed (still in progress)
Many color updates
etc..
[B][U]v1.6:[/U][/B]
[B][U]JB support[/U][/B]
Fixed: Camera, Call screen, calendar widget, Status Bar
Updated new Viber
Fixed bugs
Themed msg widget
Themed Browser
Changes in mms, Tapatalk
Atrix HD nav bar
[B][U]v1.5:[/U][/B]
[U]New themed apps:[/U]
Zumocast
Viber
Tapatalk
Samsung S3 Launcher
Trebuchet
Genie Widget
Traffic Counter Widget
Alarm clock
Mi File Explorer
Play Store
[U]Re Themed:[/U]
Camera
Apollo
Email
Updated icons
New colored toggles and background for them
Removed system background
Added new background when HWA enabled
Fixed small title bar, some bugs
New mms icon
etc..
[B][U]v1.4:[/U][/B]
Re themed dialer
Themed in call screen
changed the left notifications background
come color changes
fixed (!) notification line
background changes
[B][U]v1.3:[/U][/B]
This time I added solid blue status bar
Little bit reduces size in toggles area
Themed Top and bottom bar
Added version without % battery
Changes in dialer
Background changed
Small bug fixes & color fixes
More that I already forgot
[B][U]v1.2:[/U][/B]
Themed keyboard
Fixed/added some icons
Themed Calendar widget/Power widget/clock widget
Themed Apollo/Email widget (those are still work in progress)
Added charging animation
Fixed some colors
Status bar more blue
Reduced the gap between toggles and date
Added solid blue color behind toggles and date (experimental to see the feedback)
Wallpaper colour in blue
More that I forgot
[B][U]v1.0:[/U][/B]
Initial release
And for end, if you like this theme don't be lazy, hit thanks or donate
Thanks for share, i also like the blur interface... mainly the statusbar color which is present in this theme
Touchwiz 5 launcher in your rom ???
GeovaGioohh said:
Touchwiz 5 launcher in your rom ???
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Yup
Sent from my ICS Defy
Its awesome...thx
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Looks awesome. Great work!
Looking great, downloading to test!
You should definitely mention this to that guy who started the (official?) CM9 Theme Chooser Themes thread
NITRO_100 said:
Yup
Sent from my ICS Defy
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How's it working? Do comment onthe looks and the performance
niksy+ said:
Looking great, downloading to test!
You should definitely mention this to that guy who started the (official?) CM9 Theme Chooser Themes thread
How's it working? Do comment onthe looks and the performance
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The launcher ? I think its one of the smoothest I tried. No lag, not to many options like every stock launcher but at least it has option to hide apps. So working very well.
Sent from my ICS Defy
Nice theme!
Programmed in xml or UOT finnaly works?
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Nice theme!
Programmed in xml or UOT finnaly works?
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Mostly in xml.
nice man
Woow awesome theme ! Thanks man !
Thx! It looks good. Works well.
page bookmarked this is my fav theme ! btw u can upload this as a paid version in market ! this is better than every other paid theme avail in the market !
edit : can make statusbar transparent ?
NITRO, sorry, I have to ask one more question
What have you used to get the TouchWiz5 launcher?
The launcher apk from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668428
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The TWICS addon for any CM9 ROM from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667051
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Nevermind, downloading the TWICS addon! Sorry for the off-topic here, mate :-/
simmer14 said:
page bookmarked this is my fav theme ! btw u can upload this as a paid version in market ! this is better than every other paid theme avail in the market !
edit : can make statusbar transparent ?
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Yeah I know, maybe one day I will see what I can do about transparent statusbar.
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NITRO, sorry, I have to ask one more question
What have you used to get the TouchWiz5 launcher?
The launcher apk from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668428
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The TWICS addon for any CM9 ROM from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667051
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Nevermind, downloading the TWICS addon! Sorry for the off-topic here, mate :-/
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No prob. if you want only the launcher I used it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26635172&postcount=190
Thanks, awesome! Best blur CM9 theme till now.
I really love that status bar mod......
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Love it great work my friend hat's of to you
Very nice theme. I m on kang cm9 and in the settings menu except launcher and themes option everything is themed. Please can you theme this in the next update? Love the quick toggles in the notification panel .superb job
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