Would really like to make several Metroid Themes for my Rezound running Viper 1.0.3. I'm very new to it and was wondering what files to edit. Like do I edit the files in the drawable-hdpi or the ones in drawable-xhdpi? Are they basically the same files but in different resolutions? Also how do I edit the statusbar's look. Not the icons on the status bar but the actual status bar itself; like turning it from like black to red or something?
I think its drawable-hdpi. I haven't themed in awhile and my ssd corrupted so I lost all turning progress I had on my computer. As to theming the status bar; I think its part of the systemUI.
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No it's always going to be xhdpi
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It's a hybrid of the 2. Most are in xhdpi.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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Thanks for all the help. I have one more question about notification icons. When I open them in photoshop they are indexed and in 8bit; do I need to keep them that way or can they be RGB?
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I haven't had issues with changing it
All I know is .9.pngs are the ones that give you issues
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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ok thanks I'm giving it a try.
EDIT: In the Statusbar theme can I add things from SystemUI.apk such as the Notification Bar Background and have that show up in my theme or would I have to edit SystemUI.apk?
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you will want to open the indexed images in something like paint.net, save them, then open in photoshop to edit.
If you are only worried about the statusbar icons then i would suggest grabbing the theme template from viprez thread and just change them, much easier approach and you know what icons you need to change.
Ok thanks for all the help. I think i can take it from here. Again thanks everyone.
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I'm learning myself, I hoping to see the venom theme engine to evolve enough to theme other aspects of the Rom like misc apps or accents throughout the Rom
I'd suggest if your not using virtuous ten studio to try it out, it really makes life easier
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That is some REALLY great advice. I'm new to theming as well and hope to become an Android Developer. I am a quick learner.
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Here is the systemui apk
from Myns Warm ROM. But you can edit any ROM with a method ill hopefully put up soon.
I think the clock is the fusion.apk...unless your talking about the lockscreen.
No at the stat bar. I never even thought about that. Ill try it and report. I wanna make a simple method for people who like it minimal and without messing the overscroll and animations
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No at the stat bar. I never even thought about that. Ill try it and report. I wanna make a simple method for people who like it minimal and without messing the overscroll and animations
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the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
Ah! Well it's not from there. I'll get it up asap. I'm fixing to teach my class
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the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
Edit. And this is myns rom I'm referring too. So if you have it you can go ahead and do some magic
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But it came from the fusion apk
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the clock in the status bar is an edit in the status_bar.xml in systemUI. where did the M10s come from that you linked to?
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Could some one port this over to the EVO 3D?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339007
Hmmm I wasn't even aware you could theme sense 3.5 yet
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I'm almost done making my own, for sense 3.0. Look for it in the themes sub forum soon.
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you can change the system ui and some framework colors just not the rosie apk but all i want is my status bar to be ics blue I can do the rest I can't find icons to use in those two apks
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you can change the system ui and some framework colors just not the rosie apk but all i want is my status bar to be ics blue I can do the rest I can't find icons to use in those two apks
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oh haha I didn't even realize this was your thread, the same person that messaged me. But maybe so you could get exactly what you want you could try out the UOT Kitchen.
How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
What color did you want? There's blue, purple, and green.
I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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I know what colors there are lol. Off the top of my head I can think of 140+ other colors I'd might like to have...
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Eh...ok...sorry. Only trying to solve a need.
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How would I go about changing the color of the "15 toggle" mod myself?
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Open up the lidroid apk with 7zip or similar program pull out the drawable-hdpi folder.Leave the Lidroid.apk open on your desktop. Color the images to your liking. Then drag the folder back to the open lidroid.apk on your desktop.Close apk.Push to phone. PROFIT!
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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You could pull it apart, decompile the apks, change the color of the images, and recompile, and you'll have to for each new color you want. It's a decent bit of work but probably the only way you're going to get it unless you talk to the person who makes it and convince them to make another color for you.
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Understood. I was hoping someone could also point out the exact file/apk that I would need to mod and hopefully it would be as easy as doing a replace all for the color code I want to replace... which I see bigfau provided (lidroid apk)
What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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Your right, no worries.
No, I didn't by chance happen to see bigfau's post before I got mine in, as he beat me to the punch and slipped in while I was typing mine.
Besides, even though he replied just before me, is there a problem with me providing similar information? If anything, two people telling the OP essentially the same thing will further reassure the OP and give him more confidence to try his own hand at theming.
And what does pointing me to his ROM thread have to do with my post? I'm well aware of the development going on for our phones.
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What about the icons in the notification area? Battery, signal strength, and etc?
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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SystemUI.apk and Framework-res.apk.
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So I read here that if you are using a mod to change stuff, you can't further update those same mods from the ROM (which might help explain why I have been unsuccessful). So I went into the "15 Toggle.zip" I am using and tried to swap out some PNGs from the "drawable-hdpi" and got a "Not Implemented" error from 7zip... what's up with that?
Not sure if it matters but the PNG's I am trying to swap are not those 9.PNGs... I can't even open those to see what they look like. Something about unsupported compression method...
I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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I think its because you need to decompile the apks, swap out your images, then recompile. It's what you have to do for standard theming, so it should be the same for what you want to do.
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hmmm, read somewhere else you only needed to decompile if you were doing stuff to data, like changing values or code in XML files. There are folders within the apk that I can copy to without problem (although expected changes have yet to take effect). Guess it wouldn't hurt to de/recompile and see what happens.
Something else I noticed is that for the "15 Toggle.zips" that don't change the status bar icons, I can swap the status bar images np. But when I run the .zip in CWM, none of my changes take effect. But if I try to change the status bar icons of a "15 Toggles.zip" that I know changes the status bar icons (like bigfau's green 15 toggle mod), I get the "Not Implemented' error.
While I know swapping using 7zip works for some stuff, you're going to run into trouble with .9's and like you've said, xmls, but if you take the little bit of extra time to just decompile and recompile all of the changes will work. In my opinion, its worth the two extra minutes just to not have to deal with the hassle of guessing if something will work or not.
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Thanks For The Instructions
I just want to say thank you to all those who have provided information in this thread. With the guidance given I was able to change the color of the toggles from the available purple/green/cyan to what I wanted a teal green and a white version. I only changed the toggle colors nothing else in the notification icons but I feel awesome about it being my first try at anything like this. Both the teal and white look great! I just extracted the images and recolored with gimp then repacked the zip. So thanks! :good:
Amanda (Pimms)
P.S. If anyone wants the teal or white version PM me and I can send you them!
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
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BlackZenith and I figured out how to change the color of the battery and other icons in the notification bar, you must edit the drawable-xhdpi (note the x :laugh for the images to change from the SystemUI.apk file. Just letting you all know in case you are having trouble with that aspect. I was editing the drawable-hdpi folder at first and when flashed nothing changed.
Amanda (Pimms)
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I think you may need to do the battery icons in the drawable-xhdpi folder in the Framework-res.apk also.
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Hi, guys
How can I adapt the 15 toogles from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1677245 (The one that says stock) to our version of our Notes. I tried flashing it and works but I like to see the 4G and 4g Lte icons in the top screen. Thanks.
ok people we got a good start on the new base no im going to ask what do you want in a theme my only rules are going to be no flaming and keep it realistic thank you all
A glass theme would be sweet
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honestly something i notice quite a bit on xda is the overdoing of themes.
Im saying this as a graphic artist myself, a lot of the themes seem overdone and heavily colored rather than simple
my 2 cents
I'd like to see as many app icons themed as possible so when they're on 1 of my screens they match the theme in general and I like light blues or grey scale with a lot of themed apps
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looking to start with a light blue, with some glass still got icons i think if any of you have seen my past work i like simple sharp looks not over done, but lets try something i did before lets make it interactive anyone that has skills or something to offer let me know and i can add you to a git i have set up for this done this before and had some cool stuff turn out. so if you want to give it a try shoot me a pm with your gmail
I would really love to see a transparent theme
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I would really love to see a transparent theme
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this could be something to add in the future for now im using a patchier script and cant do xml in it when development slows down some that could be something i add
I really blue, semi-transparency, and inversion. The cobalt theme for CM theme engine is a theme I love, bit it's almost overdone, too neon in places. My .02ยข
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The android blue to remove all android green, transparent menus, jelly bean font (thinner one used in some of the later ics roms before jb was official), resizable system fonts (not only in messages etc), also a grey scale theme with the blue as accent color.
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Blacked out theme
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Blacked out theme
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^^^^^^ this
What about bringing back them old school themes like the one manup456 made back in the OG Evo days
Can't quite remember the name of the theme does anyone remember.
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I liked your theme on the 3d, something like that for now
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I liked your theme on the 3d, something like that for now
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working on it now i wish i had the time i had when i did that one hope to have a test out soon looking for a blue skin to use
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What about bringing back them old school themes like the one manup456 made back in the OG Evo days
Can't quite remember the name of the theme does anyone remember.
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MattedBlues
That was a really nice theme, I used it for quite a while on my OG EVO
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MattedBlues
That was a really nice theme, I used it for quite a while on my OG EVO
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do you have a link for it i dont remember that one
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do you have a link for it i dont remember that one
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There are actually a few versions in the play store
I could be wrong though. I swear Manup456 made the Sense version I used to use but I don't see it anywhere. All I can find now are CM/AOSP versions like this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848&highlight=matted+blues, made by jabbawalkee
I would like to see something similar to lunar ui for cm. Too many of the themes look the same. Also a decent blue theme exists for the one X called renovate. I am using his apk on superjelly and it looks good, but it doesn't theme enough. The status bar doesn't match very well and the clock doesn't change.
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I would like to see something similar to lunar ui for cm. Too many of the themes look the same. Also a decent blue theme exists for the one X called renovate. I am using his apk on superjelly and it looks good, but it doesn't theme enough. The status bar doesn't match very well and the clock doesn't change.
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+1 to lunarUI
Warm Rom Theme.
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if anyone is interested i ported the True Icon theme over to our SystemUI to get rid of those ugly green icons. i take no credit for the original work at all here it is.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286137
all i did was port some of the theme to our systemui.apk
it looks like this and is FULLY COMPATIBLE with Nottachs mod.
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Update! fixed battery icon with a new one that shows correct percentage it is a white circle battery to match the other white icons
if you would like the other green one i fixed it also here-https://www.box.com/s/3qooy96frmdvj733peto
1.rename systemUI.apk to systemUI.apk.bak
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3.reboot=profit
Download=View attachment SystemUI.apk
a black and blue version if anyone is interested!
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download-https://www.dropbox.com/s/mx3zg5m4vcqrzy3/SystemUI.apk
Black and blue 1% battery-http://db.tt/f3aeL5rD
If anyone has any other theme requests let me know, i have a couple for the multiwindow bar and settings its just getting late and i have work tomorrow so i cant post right now.
how to apply this?
You need a root file explorer
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if anyone is interested i ported the True Icon theme over to our SystemUI to get rid of those ugly green icons. i take no credit for the original work at all here it is.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2286137
all i did was port some of the theme to our systemui.apk
it looks like this and is FULLY COMPATIBLE with Nottachs mod.
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If anyone has any other theme requests let me know, i have a couple for the multiwindow bar and settings its just getting late and i have work tomorrow so i cant post right now.
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I'll take it for a spin. good job. Thanks
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I'll take it for a spin. good job. Thanks
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Let me know if you find anything out of the ordinary. or that needs any tweaking
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Let me know if you find anything out of the ordinary. or that needs any tweaking
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Will do.
Ok, pushed it over, and I had to reset up the mods I had from Nottach, no biggie..
Nice, very nice. lemme run it for awhile and see if any weird stuff starts a happening.. naw, so far sweet.
btw, nice choice of fonts.
Looks very good! The iph*ne sync icon doesn't belong here
Well done!
I assume you need to be deodexed to use this?
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I assume you need to be deodexed to use this?
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Yes or you can just rename systemUI.odex to systemUI.odex.bak and use it
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I have to say thank u for all the hard work and the themeing looks great. But I dont know if its me or not but the battery level is not the same within the device its off by like 20%..I took a screen shot.
Has anyone else notice this???
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I noticed that earlier today I did not catch it yesterday because I had the battery icon turned off within the mod and I was only displaying the battery percentage from: display settings I will see what I can do when I get off work today
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awesome with the battery icon..
I'll see if I can implement a different battery icon any color suggestions?
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thats kinda hard to say, it depends what a person has going on wit the mod as far as a color scheme.. would it be hard to make a few differant colors in time? and if not then a multi color that changes when the power decreases..
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thats kinda hard to say, it depends what a person has going on wit the mod as far as a color scheme.. would it be hard to make a few differant colors in time? and if not then a multi color that changes when the power decreases..
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Check out the OP its updated with a blue theme now
and i could try , im working on bringing a "on the fly" battery mod that way we can have multiple battery icons and each user can choose their own from over 10 different ones within display settings!
awesome, gonna give this a spin! thanks for the work!
Thank you works great...
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Is there any disclaimer to doing this, like if I am running Nottach-Xposed or needing odex or de-oxed systems. Sorry, I don't fully understand all this but I don't want to have to go back to stock because I didn't ask. I love those icons though and would love to get this done.
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Is there any disclaimer to doing this, like if I am running Nottach-Xposed or needing odex or de-oxed systems. Sorry, I don't fully understand all this but I don't want to have to go back to stock because I didn't ask. I love those icons though and would love to get this done.
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You can run it with his mod and you should be deodexed if you're not just rename the systemui.odex Files to systemUi.odex.bak and push one of mine that you like
Oh ya you might want to back up your systemUI.apk "just in case" but you shouldn't have any problems bc they are the same besides mine is themed.
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You can run it with his mod and you should be deodexed if you're not just rename the systemui.odex Files to systemUi.odex.bak and push one of mine that you like
Oh ya you might want to back up your systemUI.apk "just in case" but you shouldn't have any problems bc they are the same besides mine is themed.
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I will try it tonight and let you know. Thanks for guiding me.
Edit: worked great! I thought I would really like the full graphic icons but now I'm not so sure. I'll try it for a week and see how I feel
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