[MOD][TUT] Add ROM version into Settings with Build.prop control - Galaxy S Advance I9070 Themes and Apps

With this mod, you can add an item about the version of your rom, making it editable from the build.prop.
What you need:
-Apktool
-Settings.apk
-A text editor
-Notepad++ recommended
Let's begin!
Open command promot and move to your Apktool's folder. Then, type this:
Code:
apktool d Settings.apk
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
When the file is decompiled, go to Settings/res/xml, find and open (with Notepad++) device_info_settings.xml.
In device_info_settings.xml, find the line wich begins:
Code:
<Preference android:title="@string/mod_version" android:key="mod_version"
or if it's a PAC rom, line could begin with:
Code:
<Preference android:title="@string/mod_version" android:key="mod_version"
Add before (preferred) or after this line (depends if you want to see your rom version before or after of Cyanogenmod Version):
Code:
<Preference android:title="@string/rom_version" android:key="rom_version" android:summary="@string/rom_version_default" style="?android:preferenceInformationStyle" />
The file should look like this:
Save and close the file.
Now go to Settings/res/values and open strings.xml.
Go at the end of file (before </resources>) and add these two lines: (replace Your_ROM with your rom name)
Code:
<string name="rom_version">Your_ROM version</string>
<string name="rom_version_default">Unknown</string>
Final result will be this:
Save and close.
For other languages, procedure is identical but instead to go to res/values, go to res/values-** (**=language). For example, for italian translation, go res/values-it instead res/values and change from "NextCyan version" to italian translation or rather "Versione NextCyan".
We have just added a item into Settings--> About device. Now we have to create support for changing the version from build.prop. And here perhaps comes the hard part.
Go to Settings/smali/com/android/settings/DeviceInfoSettings.smali
Now press Ctrl+f and type "mod_version" or "cm_version" in case it's a PAC rom.
In various results, look for lines similar to these:
Select lines from .line XX to .line XY, where is contained "mod_version" or "cm_version" as follows:
Copy the lines (Ctrl+C).
Now, if you have added the line before "Cyanogenmod version" (into device_info_settings.xml) open this spoiler
Paste the code (Ctrl+V) above .line XX (in my case above .line 94) and make some empty lines, like this:
In new lines, you need to replace "mod_version" (or "cm_version") with rom_version.
The second thing to do, is edit the line to write into the build.prop, then edit "ro.cm.version" to "ro.rom.version".
else, if you have added the line after "Cyanogenmod version", open this
In this case is needed to paste the code before .line 96 (for me) and making some empty lines, you'll see this:
In new lines, you need to replace "mod_version" (or "cm_version") with rom_version.
The second thing to do, is edit the line to write into the build.prop, then edit "ro.cm.version" to "ro.rom.version".
Save and close the file.
Come back to the main folder, where's place apktool and type:
Code:
apktool b settings
Now, with WinRAR/Winzip/7-Zip, extract Settings.apk in a folder called Settings-new.
Go to Settings/build/apk and copy all files and folders and paste them into Settings-new folder replacing old files.
Compress all content of Settings-new folder...
...and rename from Settings-new.zip to Settings.apk --> File Ready
Screen of build.prop
Screen "About device"
Sorry for my bad english (x100)
Tested on:
-Samsung Galaxy S Advance
-Samsung Galaxy Mini
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Credits:
[email protected] for test it on Galaxy Mini
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