I've been coding for Android for awhile now, but just with a basic UI. I'm coding an app for a friend in which I simply retrieve his tweets, and Facebook statuses, and I wanted to have a sleek UI for it. I know that since every phone runs ICS, which means they won't get the Holo theme(<3). I wanted to know if anyone could lead me in the right direction, or even help me code the app. Are there templates that I can use, or what? lol. Thanks!
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i can help you with the ui its a bit tricky at first but it gets to the poibt of second hand nature...
Im not at home if i was i would send over some samples
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So...you need help with... what? (sorry, I don't understand you )
motodroidfreak said:
i can help you with the ui its a bit tricky at first but it gets to the poibt of second hand nature...
Im not at home if i was i would send over some samples
Zach
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hi.
could you please post it here? i am also looking for some nice ui component.
thanks a lot!
My best advise would be not to follow what most app developers do. Use the built in framework for most of your layout needs. You program will run faster and you will get a better over all UI no matter what version they are using. To many people fill their apps with color coding and images that are not needed. You an jack right into the base framework files for most of what you will need
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Is there a way to use metamorph or ninjamorph to change the battery icon in the notification bar. I've done it before but that was a while ago.
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spacecasespiff said:
Is there a way to use metamorph or ninjamorph to change the battery icon in the notification bar. I've done it before but that was a while ago.
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This is not the Q&A board.
A simple search of this board will get your answer.
creator2456 said:
This is not the Q&A board.
A simple search of this board will get your answer.
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for crying out loud its still the theme forum, leave him alone....lighten up on each other honestly, friggen search police
OK so I put it on the wrong forum oops. There are a lot of people with questions on this forum. I thought it would be better answered if it were on this forum since I'm asking about something that can only be done on a rooted phone. I did do some searching but did not find much not saying that there isn't anything just didn't find it.
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TopShelf10 said:
for crying out loud its still the theme forum, leave him alone....lighten up on each other honestly, friggen search police
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Thank you. I just thought that it had something to do with customizeing the phone.
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spacecasespiff said:
OK so I put it on the wrong forum oops. There are a lot of people with questions on this forum. I thought it would be better answered if it were on this forum since I'm asking about something that can only be done on a rooted phone.
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youre fine, dont let wannabe searchsearchsearch mods get to you, people do ask questions all the time in EVERY section, and your question is perfectly relevant to theming. Q&A forum is more of a safe secondary option for people who dont know where to post
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you may be able to actually change the .png through ninja morph but you wont be able to apply it. Ninja morph is a good concept, but until there is the option to sign through it, realistically it creates more steps than it eliminates.
With that said you can alter a Metamorph theme (thats what i do), just go to your theme that you use in /sdcard/Android Themes, and find the image/s that you want to edit, then just reapply the theme.
I'm sorry to ask you this but I'm a big time noob when it comes to this stuff. So it it easier to go that way or just flash it?
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I'm sorry to ask you this but I'm a big time noob when it comes to this stuff. So it it easier to go that way or just flash it?
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depends. if something you like is already in flashable format, and its compatible with your firmware/ROM, that would obviously be the best way to go. But if you have decent image editing software (GIMP), its not all that hard to access your sdcard from your pc and just edit a few .png files within a theme and then reapply the theme. Sometimes it can be a hassle to figure exactly which image you are supposed to edit to get the result youre looking for.
I'm looking at the battery icons in a thread just a few down from this one. Those I think a flashable. I'm running on the stock rom.
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You can find about 7 different battery icons using the gst app. All you do its download the icon you want and put it on the root of your sd card. Then use rom manager to boot into clockwork mod recovery and select the apply zip from sd option. The battery icon will show up on there.just click it and that's it.pretty easy huh
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Can I still do that on my modified notification bar. I'm using the clear with the modified icons that I got from one of the threads on this forum.
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for crying out loud its still the theme forum, leave him alone....lighten up on each other honestly, friggen search police
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TopShelf10 said:
youre fine, dont let wannabe searchsearchsearch mods get to you, people do ask questions all the time in EVERY section, and your question is perfectly relevant to theming. Q&A forum is more of a safe secondary option for people who dont know where to post
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you may be able to actually change the .png through ninja morph but you wont be able to apply it. Ninja morph is a good concept, but until there is the option to sign through it, realistically it creates more steps than it eliminates.
With that said you can alter a Metamorph theme (thats what i do), just go to your theme that you use in /sdcard/Android Themes, and find the image/s that you want to edit, then just reapply the theme.
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TopShelf, I think you're way out of line here. The theming forum is obviously not the best place to ask questions about theming. People like "creator" shouldn't have to be bothered to click on threads that they don't have the desire, nor time to answer. Instead, creator and other busy people need to only see threads that they enjoy reading, and all questions pertaining to theming should never be asked in the theme forum.
His valuable time cannot be spent answering questions to threads he clicked on and read, and only in the severe ignorance of the OP can he be bothered to reply, and of course, only reply with a full paragraph explaining the ignorance of the OP.
I'll thank you, Top Shelf, to remember the forum etiquette in the future. If you're going to utilize the theming forum, then please remember to berate and belittle anyone that also utilizes it for questions pertaining to theming.
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OK been looking for awhile now and just cant find any real info for changing the background,and icons in the lockscreen especially for the newer GB roms.
I've got the sence lockscreen now and like the way it performs so all I'm wanting to do is change the wallpaper and icons.
Thunderbolt on das bamf gingeremix 2.0 beta 5
What a stupid name for a ROM
From the home screen. Menu,personalize, locksreen, turn to one, click settings, then click on one of the 4 icons to change.
Don't forget to click the thanks button.
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rafaelvelasquez2 said:
From the home screen. Menu,personalize, locksreen, turn to one, click settings, then click on one of the 4 icons to change.
Don't forget to click the thanks button.
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I think It's more the icons themself. Not necessarily the shortcuts. Id like to find out how to change the lockscreen wallpaper myself
Tbolt meatclaws-talkatap
This is the developers forum go ask in q/a jesus read the goddang rules
Do you paint your face like a clown? If we are just asking questions..?
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I think It's more the icons themself. Not necessarily the shortcuts. Id like to find out how to change the lockscreen wallpaper myself
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If you have it set to display wallpaper on lock screen, just change your regular wallpaper and it will change your lock screen wallpaper as well.
Cool rom bro, could I see some screenshots and a changelog?
No I'm not asking about how to use my phone..I do know how to change it to the others that came on the phone...BTW ADW dont let me get to personalize anymore anyway.
sparta31...would you like some cheese with that?
anothen...yes especially when we gather...not much unlike kiss fans in the 70s
g00s3y...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095280
OK maybe I need to be a little more clear about my questions...
how about somebody telling me where the file for the lock screen is located and what I have to do to change the background and icons once I'm in the file.
I'm trying to make my wallpaper differnt from whats on the phone and would like all the icons to match
Don't be any more clear. Just put it in the right section. Q and A!
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anothen...yes especially when we gather...not much unlike kiss fans in the 70s
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Woah, slow down there son. No need to lump us old school Kiss Army in with the ICP juggalo tomfoolery. Very few FANS wore the makeup ... just the band.
By the way ... have you figured out magnets yet?
I may be way out of the loop but aren't the ICP tools referred to as juggaho's?
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I didn't write this thread for a debate on what juggalos do or don't do...I just want to know if the .apk for the lockscreen can be changed and if so how.
I didn't bust into your threads asking about your way of life,I would expect the same.
Just so you know, they're making fun of you because you didn't read the rules, and now you're just blatantly disrespecting those telling you that you're not following them by ignoring what they've told you to do. You're disrespecting everyone on this forum and demanding respect in return? You see the problem?
Thrown by Zeus himself
Got to agree ninja. I too am a Juggalo, love the pc btw, but you would friendly get a answer faster if you moved the thread to the general or Q&A section.
That being said... These self loving pricks in this forum can suck a bag of dicks. If you would just answer the question the thread would die. Or if you were just more polite about it I am sure he would have moved the post. But alas you decided to degrade and mock this guy because of the music he likes. You are all just so happy to bully someone because it is not you. Just stick to the forum and have your comments relate to android issues and leave the personal stuff out.
2 whoops and I am out like Casey Anthony.
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Guys, I've noticed this on all ICS ROM's that the text in notifications and on lockscreen is squashed and not looking good, seems like the text size has been compressed which makes it unreadable/look bad. I tried changing the font size in settings but it has no effect on notification drawr and lockscreen. Please help me fix this, this thing spoils the beauty of ICS
U first stop creating a new thread for all the problems u are facing.. instead u can pm anyone of our devs and ask .. don't overload xda server .. we are having more than 2 discussion threads for ics, u can ask there ..
What am I supposed to SEE? There's not even a frickin' screenshot attached of your "squashed" text.
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Guys, I've noticed this on all ICS ROM's that the text in notifications and on lockscreen is squashed and not looking good, seems like the text size has been compressed which makes it unreadable/look bad. I tried changing the font size in settings but it has no effect on notification drawr and lockscreen. Please help me fix this, this thing spoils the beauty of ICS
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Like lolphirae said, you didn't attach any screenshot so we cannot know how your text looks.
Did you try Roboto font on a GB rom? Roboto is more square-y than Droid, maybe it's that combined with our MDPI screen...
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U first stop creating a new thread for all the problems u are facing.. instead u can pm anyone of our devs and ask .. don't overload xda server .. we are having more than 2 discussion threads for ics, u can ask there ..
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Actually devs hate it when you PM devs for technical support
People were pm ing Franco on how to flash kernels and that was bad
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How do you make coffee? Oh crap,wrong forums..I meant to post in Starbucks...ha...yeah if you honestly don't know how to flash a kernel,than give yourself a big hug because you'll be that moron who screws his/her phone up....To OP,I'm not positive about why you seem to have that problem..I never recognized it while using any ICS rom...did you ever try using spare parts to increase/decrease the size? Either way,ill agree with what was initially posted. Its better to find an expert or intermediate user who can guide you to your solutions,irregular posts are the reasons why some devs are leaving..I can't say I understand why only because when I was developing on my T-Mobile g1. What seems to have been years ago. Blind just ignore the dumb questions and comments....I enjoyed doing work arounds and code work,who cares about all these rules on XDA...Anyways,if you find a solution b4 the thread is locked,please share with the rest of us
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Hello all! I am currently running CMX with a TouchWiz 5 theme. I installed the TouchWiz Launcher port along with a few different zips I have found across xda. My phone has most TW widgets, sounds and stock apps. I feel a lot of people would love to run this ROM. I have no idea how but is there a way for me to generate a zip of my setup so that others could enjoy it?
What do you guys think?
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What do you guys think?
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i like!!!! i would rock it all day!! :good:
Anyone that is interested or knows how to get the ball rolling please point me in the right direction. I am extremely happy with this set-up. Forgot to mention it even is running the SGS3 Camera Port as well. It's heavily themed.
please
I would love to contribute to the community. Just need to be pointed in the right direction. Similar to SVN?
The one thing I'd love to have on my ROM is the TouchWiz lock screen. My sisters both have SGII's and I love how you can flick away the lock screen
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1207467
You can use this to make an update zip. Just put the apks in their respective places. The theme would probably be in data and the launcher in system.
The only issue I see is if this is the TouchWiz 5 theme you speak of it can't be included because it's a paid app.
Like the setup, i have been looking for something like this a little while.
Can you post how you did it in the meantime
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I found another update zip creator that is more generic and less device specific than D4.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248486
Here's a guide that explains an easier way to mount system and data by using busybox instead of finding the mount points.
http://androidarea51.com/modifications/(how-to)-make-a-flashable-update-zip/
Edit: This thread will help you find mount points if you need too..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611615
Edit2: ^^ I agree. Can you post what you used for everything? Where did you get the launcher, the widgets, the sounds, the stock apps, the theme, and maybe the wallpaper/s?
Anything new on this?
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I wrote a couple of devs seeking help. I am a full time student and I work full time as well. I thought about releasing a HOW to guide. I have not given up.
Pimp my ROM seems to have the full tw launcher and some widgets. Cannot confirm if all are there. You can then get a tw theme from market and you should be set. I am on decks 10-10 build (4.1.2) and the theme is not working but launcher is
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Hi, I have some questions for you devoted developers out there. I don't really know how to theme but I see there are many tutorials out there that can help mer
get started, but there are some things I wonder about that's not been answered clearly.
Question 1: do you have programming skills prelearned from school or are most of you self learned? If you are self learned what is the best way to understand the developing and programming concept?
Question 2: I see a lot of icon packs out there with own design for each icon and there can be thousands of icons in one pack, I was wondering do you make the designs from bottom all by yourselves or do you find a premade template and just alter it with your own design?
Question 3: where can I get a list of icons to theme? To keep myself updated with new apps and icons ? Is there any place where icon templates can get download which are updated regularly ?
Thanks in advance for all serious answers
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seriously no one???
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