[GUIDE] Making Small Changes To Apps, e.g Auto-Rotation, Theming White - Xperia Arc Themes and Apps

This Guide Will Teach You How To Make Small Changes To Apps​Lets Take My Honami Home For An Example, With This Guide, You Will Be Able TO
- Enable/Disable Auto Rotation
- Enable/Disable Auto-Hide Pagination Buttons
- Change App Tray Drawer Grid
- Change Home Grid
- And More
This Is Fairly Easy All You Need is
- ApkTool
- A Zip Signer, A good App To Sign Apps on android is ZipSigner From PlayStore ZipSigner
- And A Little Bit Background knowledge of ApkToo
- Please Be Aware That Some Apk's Will Not Follow These Guides
First Of All, Decompile The Apk You Want To Edit
And Then Navigate to /res/values/
To Change stuff like Auto Rotation, Open bools.xml
Just Change WhatEver You Want To Edit From Either
- "false" To "true"
- "true" To "false"
For Example, For Auto Rotation
Code:
false
Change the false to true
To Change stuff like Grid Size, Open integers.xml
And Inside It Just Change The number Accordingly To What You Want It To Be
For Example:
Code:
5
in the honami launcher the app tray rows are originally 5
You May change to any number like 4 or 6 to increase/decrease the rows
To Theme A App White, Open styles.xml
And Inside Change All
Code:
Theme.DeviceDefault
To(Case Sensitive)
Code:
Theme.DeviceDefault.Light
And Also (OPTIONAL)
Code:
Theme.Holo
To(Case Sensitive)
Code:
Theme.Holo.Light
So Basically You Just Add ".Light" To The End Of Theme.Holo And Theme.DeviceDefault
If A App Doesn't Have The Above Stated Files, Open androidmanifest.xml
jader13254 said:
Themes and auto rotation etc is android.manifest.xml, some apps don't even have styles.xml since everything is inside manifest.
So check manifest and add android:theme="@style/AppTheme" to the activity you wanna theme and than you can mod in styles.xml
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I have tried to dexompile homani launcher but it generates framework error.
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chiragvagh said:
I have tried to dexompile homani launcher but it generates framework error.
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what do you want to edit in it?
and you need i1 framework

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App drawer grid size
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chiragvagh said:
App drawer grid size
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i will add 4x4 soon

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No no you miss understand me. I like 5x4. I was just asking for knowledge.
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chiragvagh said:
No no you miss understand me. I like 5x4. I was just asking for knowledge.
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Oh okay then i shall tell you that
you require the i1 framework-res and SemcGenericUxpRes to successfully decompile and compile the honami home

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About Signing:
Should I upload my lil tool I made last night to sign any apk and jar file in 1 click?

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jader13254 said:
About Signing:
Should I upload my lil tool I made last night to sign any apk and jar file in 1 click?
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Ya sure would love it
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Sahaab said:
Oh okay then i shall tell you that
you require the i1 framework-res and SemcGenericUxpRes to successfully decompile and compile the honami home
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Please provide me i1 framework-res and SemcGenericUxpRes files, I would be very thank full to you.

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chiragvagh said:
Please provide me i1 framework-res and SemcGenericUxpRes files, I would be very thank full to you.
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http://db.tt/WTpRvqPr
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Sahaab said:
http://db.tt/WTpRvqPr
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while installing xi1 framework-res.apk i am getting this error.....

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session20 said:
while installing xi1 framework-res.apk i am getting this error.....
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Use latest 4.2.2 apktool
ICS apktool doesn't work correctly with 4.2.2 apks
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Btw, sorry mate but this guide isn't correct.
Everything you say is apk related and different between various apps.

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jader13254 said:
Use latest 4.2.2 apktool
ICS apktool doesn't work correctly with 4.2.2 apks
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Btw, sorry mate but this guide isn't correct.
Everything you say is apk related and different between various apps.
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Thanks very much... It worked.!!!
You mean changing this values, does not change anything or i get bootloop or compile error.. what

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jader13254 said:
Use latest 4.2.2 apktool
ICS apktool doesn't work correctly with 4.2.2 apks
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Btw, sorry mate but this guide isn't correct.
Everything you say is apk related and different between various apps.
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Ya I kno its different b/w various apps
But most of these things are located in these places, this is just supposed to be an overview
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session20 said:
Thanks very much... It worked.!!!
You mean changing this values, does not change anything or i get bootloop or compile error.. what
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He means to say its different b/w various apps
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Sahaab said:
He means to say its different b/w various apps
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Themes and auto rotation etc is android.manifest.xml, some apps don't even have styles.xml since everything is inside manifest.
So check manifest and add android:theme="@style/AppTheme" to the activity you wanna theme and than you can mod in styles.xml

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jader13254 said:
Themes and auto rotation etc is android.manifest.xml, some apps don't even have styles.xml since everything is inside manifest.
So check manifest and add android:theme="@style/AppTheme" to the activity you wanna theme and than you can mod in styles.xml
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Added in OP
But u shud know that those were just examples and this guide wasn't exactly meant for those things
Btw thnx for making the guide more complete
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hi
i have problem this edit setting for change background!
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silverbios said:
hi
i have problem this edit setting for change background!
see:
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It is case sensitive
I do not remember if holo is capital or not
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