Android themes need a good guide - Android

Hi I want to learn all about making themes for Android roms please point me in the right direction to find easy learning guides using windows 7 to theme on jellybean and ICS and gingerbread thanks

do you want to make cm7/cm9/10- themes or flashable themes? if yes, you have to dwcompile the apks and mod them how you want... i dont know more at the moment, im also searching a good tutorial (at the end i will probably find it out by trying^^).
If you wanna make flashable zips for gingerbread roms use uot kitchen,.its easy and makes fun, legends say it can also make cm7 themes but i couldnt create one till now... for uot you only have to extract two files out of your rom, systemui out of /system/app and frameworkres out of /system/framework
maybe start over with that
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making gingerbread themes
keenofhiphop said:
do you want to make cm7/cm9/10- themes or flashable themes? if yes, you have to dwcompile the apks and mod them how you want... i dont know more at the moment, im also searching a good tutorial (at the end i will probably find it out by trying^^).
If you wanna make flashable zips for gingerbread roms use uot kitchen,.its easy and makes fun, legends say it can also make cm7 themes but i couldnt create one till now... for uot you only have to extract two files out of your rom, systemui out of /system/app and frameworkres out of /system/framework
maybe start over with that
Greets
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Hi thanks I want to make flashable themes for gingerbread what it uot kitchen and where can I learn how to use it

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
that is the official thread with tutorial, its easy just type uot in google, you will find the site, click on "kitchen" and choose and customize your mods, then go to "upload files" (can do this first to save time) and choose "upload system apps", then upload em and click on "summary", if all mods are green click on "cook" and wait, you will get a code (you only need it if somethings not workin).
then you can download it after ~20-30 minutes from "pickup", you can also do that from your phone , then flash via cwm and enjoy
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keenofhiphop said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
that is the official thread with tutorial, its easy just type uot in google, you will find the site, click on "kitchen" and choose and customize your mods, then go to "upload files" (can do this first to save time) and choose "upload system apps", then upload em and click on "summary", if all mods are green click on "cook" and wait, you will get a code (you only need it if somethings not workin).
then you can download it after ~20-30 minutes from "pickup", you can also do that from your phone , then flash via cwm and enjoy
Greets
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Thanks for the help I will check it out

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Is it possible to make themes zipped?

As the title says why theme makers don't make thier themes flashable through recovery menu
with that it will be much easier to use ...
My questoin is thier any simple tool or way to make our themes signed.zip??
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h.boushi1987 said:
As the title says why theme makers don't make thier themes flashable through recovery menu
with that it will be much easier to use ...
My questoin is thier any simple tool or way to make our themes signed.zip??
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Already done, check out development thread
Tony_C said:
Already done, check out development thread
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In devlopment section there is a complete rom and modfied framework in it i'm talking about just theme files

[Q] [Theme] How to convert a theme.

Whats the easiest way to covert a 6.1CM theme to work on a 6.2CM ROM.
asiandrg0n said:
Whats the easiest way to covert a 6.1CM theme to work on a 6.2CM ROM.
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Depends. Which theme? Link?
There's a couple theme porters available here on xda, or google. Or you can look into doing it manually, then you can grab what you want and mix and match. It sometimes takes a few tries, but its fun if you like that sort of thing. All you have to do is unzip, swap out the pngs you want, zip and and sign, make an update.zip and flash, or use something like Ninjamorph to stuff it back. Automates the zip, sign, replace.
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The Theme that I was interested in coverting over to CM6.2 was the andro green theme originally found in the Hero forum, the link is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783883
+1 for an answer to this, I'm in the same boat. Tried Theme Porter but I think I'm doing it wrong...
Basically what i ended up doing was just replacing all the appropriate images in the framework-res.apk
asiandrg0n said:
Basically what i ended up doing was just replacing all the appropriate images in the framework-res.apk
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what program/app did you use to do this?
It be really easy to port that theme since its already on a same size mdpi device . Only thing that would be a little time consuming is if he made any changes to the xml's which isn't hard to do just takes a little time to sift through it and compile it to your framework based on the rom you are using.
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xlumberjackx said:
what program/app did you use to do this?
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I used dsixda's HTC Android Kitchen to decompile the ROM that I wanted to replace the images in the framework-res.apk. I definitely recommend learning how to use it because it will allow you to customize ROMs of your choice and allow u to add and remove apk's in the ROM. And then recompile it.
SicNside said:
It be really easy to port that theme since its already on a same size mdpi device . Only thing that would be a little time consuming is if he made any changes to the xml's which isn't hard to do just takes a little time to sift through it and compile it to your framework based on the rom you are using.
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Do you know where i could read up on creating themes and modifying the xml's?
asiandrg0n said:
I used dsixda's HTC Android Kitchen to decompile the ROM that I wanted to replace the images in the framework-res.apk. I definitely recommend learning how to use it because it will allow you to customize ROMs of your choice and allow u to add and remove apk's in the ROM. And then recompile it.
Do you know where i could read up on creating themes and modifying the xml's?
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Not anywhere specifically, I learned by decompiling frameworks and reading tthrough the source xml's and asking and read up in theme threads and Appmanager. But if you have any question about something specific you can pm me
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Do you know where i could read up on creating themes and modifying the xml's?
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Here's a guide on how to theme.

[Q] Theme

Guys, can anyone write a guide to teach us how to make your own framework?
I searched all over the net and actually not one is teaching.
Please make a guide if u know how to make it.
Thanks in advance.
There are at least ten guides on xda. One of them is written by me. Search xda properly. Check the android themes forum.
In fact if I remember correctly Kevin even gave u the link to one of the best guides.
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here's the link again ;D
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916814
lol link from xda app fail so you beat me to it
also if you want to do some hardcore theming, if you're in windows, download apk manager, learn how to decompile and compile apks using it. also learn how to edit .9 pngs
any easier guide?
I dont need too advance guide and full of words...
i just want to change the signal. wifi and battery in framework..
so is there easier guide?
1. make your custom icons. (size 25x25)
2. open framework-res.apk in any zip manager (winrar, winzip, watever)
3. open the /res/drawable-mdpi folder
4. replace whichever icons you want to replace, making sure you name them correctly.
5. save
6. use adb to push file to phone from recovery.
7. reboot.
I'll try tomorrow. Thanks
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[Question] How do I edit a ROM??

Hi, i'm new to the ROM building/editing stuff. I've read a lot about building ROM's from scratch, but thats not what i'm interested in. I would like to know if, and if i can how, i can edit an existing rom for the Samsung Infuse 4g such as the stock rom and replace stock apps. I want to just edit some of the system/apps like the stock launcher, stock messaging app, etc and replace them with different ones that i already have downloaded. I don't want to edit any of the really deep/internal stuff just the stock applications that are loaded on the phone. Pretty much i want to theme it i guess you could say. Can anyone help me out or point me in the right direction?? Thanks in advanced. I'm looking forward to working with custom ROM's.
bump. can anyone help a guy out??
3 months. Am I posting to the wrong forum?
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How do you flash new rom on your samsung. Is it a .zip file and you flash it via cwm?
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Use this tool forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415600
cjtulowiecki said:
3 months. Am I posting to the wrong forum?
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Assuming your file is a .zip file, you could just replace the applications you want (found in the "system/app" folder) on the zip, and sign it afterwards with a tool like AndroidSigner. It works for me
dsixda's kitchen
I haven't used this, but I have seen other ROM modders talk about this application called Kitchen (by dsixda). The link to the post is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
From the looks of it, it fits your bill.
you have Output the /system and do some work like change themes and other stuff and their is guys in Android Development and Hacking>Android Software Development
First off, thanks for all your replies, I appreciate getting some assistance. To answer most questions, yes I have the rom as a .zip file and flash it with cwm. I will try to replace the apps I want and then look into signing it ( which I don't know a whole lot about, but ill Google it.)
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Yeah so the apps are in /system/apps/ You can replace them easily, but You have to set good permisions
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[Q] [REQUEST]flashable .zip for framework-res.apk

Hey guys,
actually I am on a Stock Rom and am trying to modify the icons in framework-res.apk
I found some very nice parts in several custom Roms here in our Section as well as in others, i.e. Sony/LG and and...
My plan is to mix up the icons I like from different Roms and made it already but I can only apply framework-res.apk via ADB, to provide it to others here I would love to have a zip where only the framework-res.apk is placed in...is there someone who would provide this to me ?
For now my maingoal is to bring Battery in Percentage and some other small things to any stock Rom, even for people without root and with even less knowledge than me ;-)
So, what I'd need is a flashfile that only changes the modified Icons...anyone ? Would be sooooo kind
Uot kitchen can make it
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ohwarumbloss said:
Hey guys,
actually I am on a Stock Rom and am trying to modify the icons in framework-res.apk
I found some very nice parts in several custom Roms here in our Section as well as in others, i.e. Sony/LG and and...
My plan is to mix up the icons I like from different Roms and made it already but I can only apply framework-res.apk via ADB, to provide it to others here I would love to have a zip where only the framework-res.apk is placed in...is there someone who would provide this to me ?
For now my maingoal is to bring Battery in Percentage and some other small things to any stock Rom, even for people without root and with even less knowledge than me ;-)
So, what I'd need is a flashfile that only changes the modified Icons...anyone ? Would be sooooo kind
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Dude! PM the link of the framework-res.apk! i will make it CWM flashable!
jinavs said:
Dude! PM the link of the framework-res.apk! i will make it CWM flashable!
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Thank you very much for your offer, I got a flashfile already. Anyways, thanks!!
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