this is a thread topic i wanted to post for members to upload modded apks. suck as inverted stock apks with different colors or different functions. please provide apks with flashable zip.
There is already a place for that. It is called the Themes and Apps subforum.
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Hi there,
Are there any battery mod or themes that can be install onto DXKL3?
I have searched in the themes section but mostly are for KK5 or KL1.
If there are any workable themes for ODEX DXKL3, please kindly advise.
Thanks!
I'm a graphic designer and I'd love to start making themes for the SGS2 but I don't know how to create the APKs, specifically, the SystemUI.apk. I've read up about it but haven't found anything helpful.
Could someone write a guide on how to do it or give me a link to one?
Could i recomend looking at VRTheme, see this post and this post, this way you dont have to build apks in the traditional sense.
You will want apktool to decompile apks, then edit, then use it again to recompile.
Just some questions [yeah, used search and no lucky]
1. How can I theme CM9 with the Theme Chooser? Any tutorial, template? Don't know anything about it. [If possible, a noob-medium tutorial about apks]
2. What can I do with the arsc file?
3. How can I edit those XML files?
4. How can I change the icon of some apps? [which the theme doesn't theme...]
Well, I just want to know it, I have a theme here, but want to edit some stuff. Or I could also start from zero to make the perfect theme for me.
Thanks.
Edit: with a lot of search on google [I mean a lot] and a friend helping me, I was finally able to do some stuff. With apktool I managed to decompile, and just easy, I've been able to edit a Theme chooser apk like it was mine, edit the xml files and the arsc files were already decompiled. By myself I could also add some apps to the APKs, like chrome. [PS: if someone has a cool Google Chrome square icon, please share ]
I know to to make a theme, but was wondering how to make use of the theme chooser in CM10. It looks like I need to build an apk but I haven't found any guides on how to go about that. Any pointers?
Try the easy way while you wait for help
Well I've been building a theme for months and there's the easy way and the impossible way, one is to extract a template theme or any theme for that matter and replace all the images with your own as long as you don't touch the .9s and use the apk multi tool (googleable) to extract optimise and sign it for you. Thats the easy way
The other is to decompile which lets you edit XML files and .9s but I haven't managed to get that to work and no amount of internet can help me. Which means no changing the name of the theme and no uploading to the market. Which is what I planned to do. But give the easy way a go if you just want it for yourself and friends etc.
I had also posted another question here on the forums trying to figure out why I couldn't theme MMS.apk and Phone.apk; one_love_420 was kind enough to respond and mentioned the same thing you did, which is to utilize theme chooser. So that is what I ended up doing. I found a template for CM10 theme chooser and added in some lines so I could also theme MMS.
one_love_420 also provided me a link to this forum post, which helps with learning how to modify the xml files and personalize the theme.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11545308
I have actually edited .9.png files before, with my old Samsung Moment. granted that was on Android 2.2 but still applies right?
Personally I preferred to use Draw9Patch and xUltimate (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700904) and Photoshop.
Here are some guides that I have looked at previously:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605662
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638978
Thank you for your response SimBol10! Also, let me know if you have any questions about .9.png editing and I'll try to return the favor!
I've tested a great many ROMs on XDA as well as other sites.
Some are not allowed to be posted on XDA because they violate the rules. Mostly because modifications were done to ROMs that were posted on XDA without permission, and released on other sites.
A few of those ROMs use a very awesome customization app called RomControl.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-rom-control-app-devs-t3146567
If you happen to run across a ROM that uses RomControl and it is not in English, I've translated the xml files to english.
I AM NOT PROVIDING THE ROMCONTROL.APK OR ROMS !!
All the files are in zip files called xml.zip and values.zip at the links below. They will need to be extracted.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862706088
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120711022
The RomControl.apk will need to be decompiled and the files in the xml directory ( C:\path to your\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\RomControl.apk\res\xml ) will be replaced with my files in the xml.zip file I posted.
The directory path above is what AdvancedApkTool uses.
Then extract the values.zip and place those files in the ( C:\path to your\AdvancedApkTool\3-Out\RomControl.apk\res\values )
Then recompile the apk.
I use this [Tool]Advanced ApkTool v4.2.0 by @BDFreak to decompile apk's
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2639400
This thread is not to promote those other ROMs or sites. This is merely an offering of the time I spend to translate all the menu items, options etc. to English.
So IF you run across a ROM that has RomControl, and it's options and menus are not in English, you can have it up and running in English in less than 15 minutes.
This is an advanced effort. You will need to know how to decompile and recompile an apk and add it to your phone.
AGAIN, these files are only to be used on a copy of a RomControl.apk that is not in English. And the ROM must support RomControl.
I WILL NOT be answering questions on how to do that.
This quide below shows many possibilities for RomControl
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799050
Here's two
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66779070&postcount=6139
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66754211&postcount=6088
It does require a lot of work.
If this thread turns into a trainwreck with people asking questions I said I will not answer, I will have it closed.
I WILL NOT be answering questions of where to get other ROMs that support this.
I've said the THREE times on this one page.
It took me a long time to do this. I may have missed one or two. Hopefully not. If you find something. Decompile the apk, find the area it's used in and fix it.