Does anyone know how to add a screenshot/thumbnail preview to custom themes? It just shows a blank screen in the theme preview.
Dont know how screenshots work but for a thumbnail just make a screenshot of your theme, name it exactly like your theme file and place it in the themer thumbnail-folder.
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John_Q said:
Does anyone know how to add a screenshot/thumbnail preview to custom themes? It just shows a blank screen in the theme preview.
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Hi,
Take a screenshot of the homescreen, then paste it into the /sdcard/MyColorScreen/Themer/Exported/thumbs folder, making sure to rename it as the exact same name as the name of your theme. Hope this helps!
Thanks, I got it to show the thumbnail preview, but when you when tap on it to apply the theme the screen is blank again. It's not a big deal though..
John_Q said:
Thanks, I got it to show the thumbnail preview, but when you when tap on it to apply the theme the screen is blank again. It's not a big deal though..
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We are trying to implement an auto-thumbnail preview, which should arrive in the future.
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I was wondering if anyone can help me out and make this Beautiful widgets skin for me or at the very least help me do it. They have changed the way they theme the SC now and the pngs have borders around them similar to a PNG.9 which I could edit, but these are just pngs, so I'm not sure what to do with it. I tried, but it didn't show up. Thanks in advance. Below is the thread the theme is located:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1393744
In the attachments is the background I would like, so you can get the colors right.
can you post the default bg image of that beautiful widgets clock?
thesparky007 said:
can you post the default bg image of that beautiful widgets clock?
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I wasn't trying to bother you bro. You already were busy, but I thank you. Do you have to have the default or can you use a skin? because the default skin is not on the sd card, it's in the apk itself and hard to find.
nah man, its cool.. i wanna help. I've never really used beautiful widgets so i am not sure how it works but from what i understand you have the default widgets and they have a themeing engine where you donwload skin apks and you can select between skins through the app?
thesparky007 said:
nah man, its cool.. i wanna help. I've never really used beautiful widgets so i am not sure how it works but from what i understand you have the default widgets and they have a themeing engine where you donwload skin apks and you can select between skins through the app?
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That's right, but The default widget is in one of the drawables and I can't tell which. I can post the folders in a zip and also what I got so far.
Below is the drawable and drawable-hdpi out of beautiful widgets, the skin I had been working on called SparkICSClockSkin. after all it is your original creation, and some skins I downloaded that you can use for an example.
abu_noah said:
That's right, but The default widget is in one of the drawables and I can't tell which. I can post the folders in a zip and also what I got so far.
Below is the drawable and drawable-hdpi out of beautiful widgets, the skin I had been working on called SparkICSClockSkin. after all it is your original creation, and some skins I downloaded that you can use for an example.
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can you send me a skin apk, it might be easier for me to look through that
thesparky007 said:
can you send me a skin apk, it might be easier for me to look through that
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theres a couple above in the zip named scskins.zip
abu_noah said:
theres a couple above in the zip named scskins.zip
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Ok cool ill check it out and let u know
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thesparky007 said:
Ok cool ill check it out and let u know
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Alright, thanks. I already did all the pngs in the zip above called, SparkICSClockSkin.zip, but I don't know how to compile it. I already tried it regular, and I already put borders around it like a png.9 but can't get it to show up for nothing.
I also think I just found a Beautiful widgets dev kit. Check attachments.
Here is a little info on it too: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/th...-widgets-skinning-thread-147.html#post1309792
did you decompile the apk or did you just extract? it seems you just extracted it thats why the .9 borders arent showing up....
thesparky007 said:
did you decompile the apk or did you just extract? it seems you just extracted it thats why the .9 borders arent showing up....
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I got it working, I just have to edit it to look a little better now, but you don't extract the skins. their just in a folder on the sd card in Beautiful widgets/skins/scskins, but They are compiled like png 9's but you don't have to run them through eclipse like you would for framework. I got it working by using draw9patch and then changinging it from a png9 to a png. then I rebooted and it showed up. just needs a touch up.
abu_noah said:
I got it working, I just have to edit it to look a little better now, but you don't extract the skins. their just in a folder on the sd card in Beautiful widgets/skins/scskins, but They are compiled like png 9's but you don't have to run them through eclipse like you would for framework. I got it working by using draw9patch and then changinging it from a png9 to a png. then I rebooted and it showed up. just needs a touch up.
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ok i guess what your way is just replacing the image files in it but they are originally .9s
but your way should work too
We're your able to come up with anything ?
I did replace them with png 9's but I just changed the 9 to just png like in the folder, bc I don't see the ext 9.png. But anyway, here is what I got, but you can barely see the blue border I made, because of the stretching, and I don't like the numbers or how close the number background is..
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super clock theme
my first watcha think?
That's good stuff. I actually couldn't get it the way I wanted it on beautiful widgets, bc I hate how close the number backgrounds are when compared to real sense clock, so I made one for Fancy widgets. Here's mine. Original is on the left and mine is on the right.
Hi,
I want to replace the black background in the menu on my Xperia Arc S. Currently, the background is kind of grey (depending on the selected theme) but I want it to be completely black.
Details about my phone:
ICS 4.0.3
4.1.A.0.562
LT18i
My phone is rooted but my bootloader is closed.
What is an easy way to do that?
Thank you!
Agree, I don't really like the semi-transparent in menu pages it's not that great...
But I don't know why the modders don't put any attention on it (most of them just make the icons appear in 5X4, and more home screens).
I like the app drawer bacground in recent TouchWizz, it's not completely black, it's semi-transparent but with darker black at the bottom side...
I really wish some modders interesting in this stuff
Easy,
Get the defaulthemes.apk from /system/app
Open it with winrar/7zip, go to /res/drawable-hdpi
Now select the image for the theme you want, replace its 'application background' image with yours (a completely black one) and make sure it's 480x854
P.S. - you can have a look at my two themes, they're in my signature
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Aarush said:
Easy,
Get the defaulthemes.apk from /system/app
Open it with winrar/7zip, go to /res/drawable-hdpi
Now select the image for the theme you want, replace its 'application background' image with yours (a completely black one) and make sure it's 480x854
P.S. - you can have a look at my two themes, they're in my signature
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Sorry if my question might be very stupid
I'd also like to change that background but somehow I'm not able to do so. My problem is: I can open res-drawable-hdpi with 7 Zip and I see all the pictures. But how can I add my favourite Pic( I changed the Pixel already and my Pic is in jpg-format" but when I try to add it i only get Failure......
Louis235 said:
Sorry if my question might be very stupid
I'd also like to change that background but somehow I'm not able to do so. My problem is: I can open res-drawable-hdpi with 7 Zip and I see all the pictures. But how can I add my favourite Pic( I changed the Pixel already and my Pic is in jpg-format" but when I try to add it i only get Failure......
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keep the names of jpg same as in defaultthemes.apk.
For example: keep the jpg name black_application_background for silk theme , blue_application_background for sapphire them and so on. Then drag the jpgs into drawable hdpi by opening in 7zip.
session20 said:
keep the names of jpg same as in defaultthemes.apk.
For example: keep the jpg name black_application_background for silk theme , blue_application_background for sapphire them and so on. Then drag the jpgs into drawable hdpi by opening in 7zip.
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Thank you, Man:good:. Now it works and I got a brandnew background
I have a related question...
I have an app and its background is black...How can I patch it to follow system theme background?Is there any way?
In Jelly Beans, there is no such defaultthemes.apk in system/app. Where can one find it in Jelly Beans based ROM?
How can I add my own wallpapers to the HTC wallpaper chooser? I placed them in the resources folder but don't show up eve tried replacing one of the ones already there and does seem to work.
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How can I add my own wallpapers to the HTC wallpaper chooser? I placed them in the resources folder but don't show up eve tried replacing one of the ones already there and does seem to work.
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They have to have the exact same name, size, and format.
nujackk said:
How can I add my own wallpapers to the HTC wallpaper chooser? I placed them in the resources folder but don't show up eve tried replacing one of the ones already there and does seem to work.
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Why not just add them to downloads or wherever and select them from there?
AshtonTS said:
Why not just add them to downloads or wherever and select them from there?
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want to avoid the annoying crop
GrayTheWolf said:
They have to have the exact same name, size, and format.
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Do you mean replacing the ones already there. can i add them by cooking them into the rom? just got my kitchen up but not sure where to start on this. all my searches turn up themes but just want to add a view wallpapers to avoid the crop which screws them up
I've been working on this theme for a while now, I keep running into issues, but for the most part I've been able to do what I need to do. I'm still tweaking things here and there but will make sure to update with the zip folder containing the theme. The notification bar is hidden and can be pulled down by swiping down or clicking the icon on the top. The app drawer can be brought up from the icon along the center of the bottom.
Any comments are always helpful, let me know what you guys like and don't like. Loving this app so far!
*Updated Zip (01-14-14)*
fine looking theme m8
Looks awesome! The only thing I didn't see in the screenshots was the app drawer icon. If you could squeeze that somewhere and publish already - that'd be great. I'd love to install it and see how it handles.
Thanks guys, the theme's complete and I've sent it to MCS. Hopefully we'll see it on their homepage soon.
The app drawer is accessed by the icon that is at the center of the bottom.
I'll publish this for you guys when I get home!
Yay
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OMG and I thought I was the only one who missed the touchflow 3d htc days!! would love to have the zip for this theme ASAP!
Alright guys, sorry for the wait. I updated the first post with the most recent zip export. Let me know if you guys would like to see something changed or another theme made up. I love designing nice themes
nawarkk said:
Alright guys, sorry for the wait. I updated the first post with the most recent zip export. Let me know if you guys would like to see something changed or another theme made up. I love designing nice themes
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Sorry for the silly question, but how do I import a theme into themer using the zip?
primetime34 said:
Sorry for the silly question, but how do I import a theme into themer using the zip?
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Download the zip folder and place it into your SD card under the MyColorScreen>Themer>Exported directory. You'll then be able to select it from clicking Browse Themes>Exported Themes.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, this is off the top of my head
nawarkk said:
Download the zip folder and place it into your SD card under the MyColorScreen>Themer>Exported directory. You'll then be able to select it from clicking Browse Themes>Exported Themes.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, this is off the top of my head
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Thanks for that. So, all the different "themes" shown on the mycolorscreen website...do those all need to be replicated manually? Or is there a zip file for each one of those?
primetime34 said:
Thanks for that. So, all the different "themes" shown on the mycolorscreen website...do those all need to be replicated manually? Or is there a zip file for each one of those?
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That depends on if that person set it up using themer or not. I've seen a lot that use nova launcher and a few other widget programs so I believe those have to be replicated manually. That's the nice thing about themer, put the zip folder on your phone and it works right away.
Brings me back to the day of windows 6.1 lop nice job
nawarkk said:
Download the zip folder and place it into your SD card under the MyColorScreen>Themer>Exported directory. You'll then be able to select it from clicking Browse Themes>Exported Themes.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, this is off the top of my head
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I learned by going the long way, it goes into the zip folder in the exported folder
Works for me! Good job! One thing though...on the main screen, the three icons for camera, calendar and Chrome don't work. It brings up the playstore with "retry" on it. I have all those installed. How do I change what app they are pointing to?
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Works for me! Good job! One thing though...on the main screen, the three icons for camera, calendar and Chrome don't work. It brings up the playstore with "retry" on it. I have all those installed. How do I change what app they are pointing to?
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I literally just made a shortcut to the Camera, Calender and Browser and changed the icon. I'm sure the icons are in the zip folder so you could always delete the shortcuts, add them again with your shortcuts and change the icon. It works correctly on my phone surprisingly
Wow amazing work!!!!
What I would recommend is that you can use holo looks ...Everyone likes holo looks !! black doesn't suit this type of setup.try using transparent glass background(I mean kinda like a tinted glass or a semitransparent glass)
Something like this
Not sure if this is where it goes but does anyone have the background image for the City theme? I would really like to make it my lock screen
NoiseAgent said:
Not sure if this is where it goes but does anyone have the background image for the City theme? I would really like to make it my lock screen
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Hi, if it doesn't appear in the Themer Wallpaper folder in your gallery, look in /sdcard/MyColorScreen/Themer/prefs
ThemerSupport said:
Hi, if it doesn't appear in the Themer Wallpaper folder in your gallery, look in /sdcard/MyColorScreen/Themer/prefs
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Awesome, thank you. It was the only one not showing up in my gallery.