Started a new thread with more colour options, the op was getting too crowded
So I'm sharing a theme I made for anyone else that wants a lightweight theme.
Main changes from stock:
-iOS inspired dialer.
-Dark switches, system settings & quick settings icons.
-Changed brightness & volume sliders.
-Google sans font
-Darker text in some areas & and some system dialogue box backgrounds.
Only tested on my Mate 20 Pro, but will try to fix any errors if any are found.
Just remove ".zip" to use the theme
Thanks to @maurydes for allowing me to use some elements from his blue gradient theme, can be found here:
https://themesmanager.app/links/aGJU
*Launcher Icons made with Iconpackstudio:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.iconpackstudio
(if anyone wants to use them, can also update to include any missing icons)
Mega link for the icon pack: https://is.gd/s672uw
11 Feb 20
*Added green (grn), orange (org) & red accent colours, plus Gboard gradient backgrounds.
If anyone want to use a different dialer colour you can unzip the theme and swap com.android.contacts.
***Known bug, the subject text on Gmail notification is dark grey, this only happens when the qs & notification are black, still trying to fix this***
Great work all around, just some tips... Make the names in contacts a little bit highlighted. Also u should change the background color of sharesheet as attached
faisal.fmq said:
Great work all around, just some tips... Make the names in contacts a little bit highlighted. Also u should change the background color of sharesheet as attached
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Thanks, what app did you use to call that share sheet mine is dark grey, also what part of the contacts?
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kam333 said:
Thanks, what app did you use to call that share sheet mine is dark grey, also what part of the contacts?
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When you share post on Instagram, that's when the share sheet comes. N yes , make that name highlighted as you have shown in your screen shot. Also another bug I found is that when an SMS comes in Google messages the mark as read and reply option is invisible and not readable
faisal.fmq said:
When you share post on Instagram, that's when the share sheet comes. N yes , make that name highlighted as you have shown in your screen shot. Also another bug I found is that when an SMS comes in Google messages the mark as read and reply option is invisible and not readable
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Ok, I'll take a look later this evening but I don't use Instagram or Google messages so might need you to test. Also probably do a separate new theme since I prefer the darker text, any other requests for the new theme?
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kam333 said:
Ok, I'll take a look later this evening but I don't use Instagram or Google messages so might need you to test. Also probably do a separate new theme since I prefer the darker text, any other requests for the new theme?
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No thanks, darker text is fine, no need to change , if u can make or keep it as stock contact dark theme would be nice. Just hopefully if u can make the text readable for Google messages WhatsApp etc... Would be great. Love the pitch black shades
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No thanks, darker text is fine, no need to change , if u can make or keep it as stock contact dark theme would be nice. Just hopefully if u can make the text readable for Google messages WhatsApp etc... Would be great. Love the pitch black shades
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Had some time today, theme updated v1.4, fixed dark notification text, made text in contacts a few shades lighter & share sheet in Instagram darker.
Let me know if you see anything else, i dont use many stock apps so might have missed something.
Cheers
kam333 said:
Had some time today, theme updated v1.4, fixed dark notification text, made text in contacts a few shades lighter & share sheet in Instagram darker.
Let me know if you see anything else, i dont use many stock apps so might have missed something.
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Thanks, looks great till now, who definitely let u know if I see any bugs... Thanks for the quick response...
Suggestion, possible to make the shade of grey more darker of the share sheet in Instagram.
I'll keep u up to date on any bugs if found... Love the changes u made into contact, texts looks much better
Possible to make the subject of email in notification readable in Gmail if not white... Some other color to read the subject text when u receive email.
Another bug found on the default weather app... Weird black bar at the top, even after restarting phone. Also a suggestion can u not make the font color bold in settings but more like as stock, less highlighted... Better for the eyes
faisal.fmq said:
Another bug found on the default weather app... Weird black bar at the top, even after restarting phone. Also a suggestion can u not make the font color bold in settings but more like as stock, less highlighted... Better for the eyes
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Cheers, I'll take a look...[emoji1474]
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faisal.fmq said:
Another bug found on the default weather app... Weird black bar at the top, even after restarting phone. Also a suggestion can u not make the font color bold in settings but more like as stock, less highlighted... Better for the eyes
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Ok, fixed the weather app (v1.5), but haven't figured out which string is causing the dark text in Gmail notification, when I get a bit more time I'll take another look.
Thanks!
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Ok, fixed the weather app (v1.5), but haven't figured out which string is causing the dark text in Gmail notification, when I get a bit more time I'll take another look.
Thanks!
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Thank a lot for your quick fixes
Found another bug while expanding notification for Gmail and facebook
Just want to thank u so much for taking any suggestions into consideration. Very appreciated... Near perfect dark theme.
Hi, is it possible to make the Instagram share sheet this shade of dark, u can use marydues pitch black theme for reference. It will look really cool n cohesive with the rest of theme.
Btw, wanted to ask why is the contact not fully pitch black, it's a shade lighter than the bottom part and search box.
Also a suggestion as u can in the first screenshot of the file manager, is it possible to make the font color of the general theme like this in terms of boldness, like the main title n subtitle of this shade of white.
Very big bug report, icons n texts are not visible per screenshot in the in call app
faisal.fmq said:
Very big bug report, icons n texts are not visible per screenshot in the in call app
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Yeah, I was rushing and left out the incall UI it's fixed now, also fixed the expanding notification (v1.6).
I've just seen your post about the file manager and contacts, both are intentional but I'll take a look tomorrow.
Thanks
All the best [emoji1474]
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Thank u so much for your quick response... Love this theme that's why giving feedback n suggestion. You should upload the theme in playstore, will definitely support you.
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Newest apk and topic now located HEREhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017179http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017179
saved for me....
another one for me...
Flashes, but only takes a split second to do so. Once I reboot, nothing is changed.
Edit: re-downloaded and all is good
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robkoehler said:
Flashes, but only takes a split second to do so. Once I reboot, nothing is changed.
Edit: re-downloaded and all is good
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Probably a bad download. Thanks for letting me know it works.
No problem!
This is a great theme. I would like to give MrDSL a big thanks as he does not even have a MT4G to test this theme on. Oh and there is much more skinned than shows in the screen shots. Many of the apps like gmail, and market etc have also been reskinned. The market is a beautiful transparent with a touch of blue.
I will try to get some screen shots of this up today.
Where's the redhead? lol
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Where's the redhead? lol
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I think you have to get that wallpaper separately. I'm not where I can upload it right now. Maybe MrDSL can upload it.
It should have done the wallpaper with the theme but maybe its handled different on MY4G..You can get it here
How would I go about getting JUST the cool status bar? Really digging the battery speedometer. =0)
MrDSL for some reason the Wallpaper is not working. I did see your wallpaper in the framework-re.apk/drawable-hdpi but for some reason it is not installed or even available through the wallpapers function in settings.
MrDSL I have noticed a couple more minor things. The Google Search widget is completely transparent, not sure if this is by design? There are just 2 symbols on either side, the microphone and Google icon on the other, nothing in the middle but the text search. Also in the widget selection menu after selecting google search widget, the list of options or type of search widget, the icon for web is missing.
When you open up the search in the browser the microphone on the right side can't be seen as it is white in color and so it blends in with the search frame.
I hope this makes sense and I will later put up some screen shots for you.
great work!
This is the real deal right here, love the color scheme with great detail!!
Great job!!
Ok MrDSL here are some Screen Shots of some of the possible minor issues. I will post some more screen shots in another thread also, don't want to be too confusing.
Great job. I really like it.
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MrDSL I have noticed a couple more minor things. The Google Search widget is completely transparent, not sure if this is by design? There are just 2 symbols on either side, the microphone and Google icon on the other, nothing in the middle but the text search. Also in the widget selection menu after selecting google search widget, the list of options or type of search widget, the icon for web is missing.
When you open up the search in the browser the microphone on the right side can't be seen as it is white in color and so it blends in with the search frame.
I hope this makes sense and I will later put up some screen shots for you.
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Yeah the Google widget is transparent by design although that blue Google icon on the right isn't suppose to be there..I missed a image edit there..attached is how it should look..I will fix it later..its a market app so if you want just delete it and install it from market.
Personal preference I guess cause I like it transparent on my home screen and I know the icons are there
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Yeah the Google widget is transparent by design although that blue Google icon on the right isn't suppose to be there..I missed a image edit there..attached is how it should look..I will fix it later..its a market app so if you want just delete it and install it from market.
Personal preference I guess cause I like it transparent on my home screen and I know the icons are there
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OK thanks for the clarification, I think you forgot to attach the image. Also any ideas about the calendar and youtube?
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OK thanks for the clarification, I think you forgot to attach the image. Also any ideas about the calendar and youtube?
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I'll have to look when I get home cause I don't notice anything..I need a bigger screen haha
Okay I see the calendar..whats wrong with youtube?
A little thing but annoys me... When i get a notification from CNN for example the text is black and you cannot read it in the notification center... Is there a way to change the text color?
The system has global light and dark colors. If the app writer forces a specific color, like black, it can cause problems like that. If the app writer refers back to system colors, they will automatically present in a readable format. Unfortunately, in this case, its a poorly written app reference forcing black text, and your only choice to be able yo read it is to try a theme with a light color background in the notification shade. Serendipity 8 has a white background in there, so that would make it readable.
Long story short, no, you cannot change the text color.
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I get the same problem with Facebook notifications
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Pandora and Power AMP also do this. It really drives me nuts.
monkey28rb said:
A little thing but annoys me... When i get a notification from CNN for example the text is black and you cannot read it in the notification center... Is there a way to change the text color?
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That's an issues with the theming of certain roms. installing a third party launcher such as go launcher EX or one of the others may help.
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That's an issues with the theming of certain roms. installing a third party launcher such as go launcher EX or one of the others may help.
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I don't think so. I have the stock ROM w/ root. It's an issue with the stock firmware
I want some mew backgrounds for the S memo app but have had no luck searching for any. A transparent background would be ideal. Any idea of how to implement this or a note app that supports transparent PNG files?
Over pulled the S memo app and will decompile it shortly to find the backgrounds. It doesn't seem to save them elsewhere on the SD card. However I'm unsure how to go about making a transparent image.
A white image with an opacity too it, then saved as a .png.. Give me some dimensions when you pull the backgrounds and I'll throw a few different variations your way.
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A white image with an opacity too it, then saved as a .png.. Give me some dimensions when you pull the backgrounds and I'll throw a few different variations your way.
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Ok, it looks like they have the background as 3 or 4 parts. I'm not certain but I think that is how it'll have to be changed.
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edit. I could post the entire drawables folder if you'd like instead.
Got em, curious as to why there's multiple of the same image though. Will you be on for awhile? Would love to have this myself.
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Got em, curious as to why there's multiple of the same image though. Will you be on for awhile? Would love to have this myself.
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Yeah, I'll be up for a bit. I'll upload the drawable folders now
Edit. They're up. http://db.tt/PcqSPqgq
Here's the 4 you dropboxed, Solid white for the toolbar and opacity through the body (75%, might need to be adjusted).
If the drawables doesn't need work and that works correctly, screenshot please
What about this one..
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What about this one..
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that one is cool. I'm planning on using a completely transparent background so I can mod a FancyWidgets clock skin with the numbers will be in my handwriting. I'll recompile and install once I get done with this nandroid
Wow, that's personalization to the max. Are you compiling a truetype of 1-9 or what? However you do it, please share. That'd be an awesome guide.
I intend on just replacing the 0-9.png files in the skin I'm using. If it works out I'll post it here with some screenies. Can you go ahead and make one with 100% transparency?
It's not working. I'll try using the other one you made with Andy and see if I can see the difference then.
edit. Nothing. I'm thinking that the images are used in a different way to make the backgrounds. I'll look into it more and see if I can come up with the answer.
The android one won't work. I believe uploading a png as an attachment on XDA will automatically render it as a jpg. If you figure out which files to revise let me know.
S Memo Background
Regarding color schemes, i believe dark colored notes like the one used in S Planner in handwriting mode will be energy efficient for amoled screen devices and will also look great and elegant on any screen (like when you put it as a widget in the homescreen). I think the handwriting screen in s memo uses a dark gray background with light gray gridlines and an aqua blue font/handwriting lines. This makes it look great and unobstrusive.
Just a suggestion.
Not sure if you guys are already doing this, but you have edit the .9.png files in the drawable landscape and portrait xhdpi folders You cannot just overwrite a .9 png with a standard png or it will not work. I suggest googling how to edit .9 png files as I'm sure someone out there can explain it better than I can.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-themes/123430-tutorial-drawpatch9.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605662
did some searching hope these help
https://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=edit+the+.9.png
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Here's the 4 you dropboxed, Solid white for the toolbar and opacity through the body (75%, might need to be adjusted).
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You HAVE to be rooted to use it?
Send from the Noteorious BIG 5.3" Bell Canada
Hello!
This is my lockscreen right now: http://i.imgur.com/MkvfR.png
As you may see, the clock and the date under the clock is pretty hard to see. Therefore I want to make the text bold, so I can see it better. Does anyone know how I can do this? If I can't make it bold, I would like to change color of it if possible.
Thanks in advance!
rafflan said:
Hello!
This is my lockscreen right now: http://i.imgur.com/MkvfR.png
As you may see, the clock and the date under the clock is pretty hard to see. Therefore I want to make the text bold, so I can see it better. Does anyone know how I can do this? If I can't make it bold, I would like to change color of it if possible.
Thanks in advance!
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rather than that a simple Dark background picture will do the trick, since the present one is too white for the text's to be highlited
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rather than that a simple Dark background picture will do the trick, since the present one is too white for the text's to be highlited
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Yeah a dark background would solve the problem, but that girl is nicer than a black background
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Yeah a dark background would solve the problem, but that girl is nicer than a black background
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at least u can use a photo editor software to reduce the background whiteness so that u can retain the girl's photo as well as ur issue also resolves
Sun90 said:
at least u can use a photo editor software to reduce the background whiteness so that u can retain the girl's photo as well as ur issue also resolves
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If I would do that, would I be able to reduce the background whiteness so much that I can see the clock and the picture is still OK?
If so, could you recommend me a photo editor that has the ability to reduce the background whiteness?
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If I would do that, would I be able to reduce the background whiteness so much that I can see the clock and the picture is still OK?
If so, could you recommend me a photo editor that has the ability to reduce the background whiteness?
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there are lot of them available on the net. like Adobe photoshop is the one.
yes if u reduce the background whiteness u can see the clock and picture is still oK.
else u can use it as ur desktop wall paper and select a darker background one for the lock screen
change backgroung
rafflan said:
Hello!
This is my lockscreen right now: http://i.imgur.com/MkvfR.png
As you may see, the clock and the date under the clock is pretty hard to see. Therefore I want to make the text bold, so I can see it better. Does anyone know how I can do this? If I can't make it bold, I would like to change color of it if possible.
Thanks in advance!
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Apparently, there is no fix to this issue. GS2 displays white-colored text on lockscreen. You've set a white wallpaper which matches with color of text. Result- no text. white + white + white. Use a background with dark or at least non-white colors.
Ok i have found a way to make any wallpaper appear with transparent notification and onscreen keys just like stock wallpapers, on stock launcher. It is so easy and i just haven't seen it reported anywhere so I thought I should mention it. All u need to do basically is to zoom in just a little bit on the wallpaper when selecting it. I mean crop it just a little bit. You will see it works like a charm
Updated instructions: long tap on homescreen. Go to wallpapers. Select ANY picture u want. Comp!ete action using "Crop picture". Tap on the upper blue arrow and drag it down just a little bit( really just a timy bit is enough). Select crop. U are done. Enjoy
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Ok i have found a way to make any wallpaper appear with transparent notification and onscreen keys just like stock wallpapers, on stock launcher. It is so easy and i just haven't seen it reported anywhere so I thought I should mention it. All u need to do basically is to zoom in just a little bit on the wallpaper when selecting it. I mean crop it just a little bit. You will see it works like a charm
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im trying to do it but i cant... Can you explain it a bit more? Maybe some screenshots will help.
Doesn't work....
Fox_Soul said:
im trying to do it but i cant... Can you explain it a bit more? Maybe some screenshots will help.
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Screenshots incoming, sorr for zip format but size was too big for jpeg and i had no time to upload them to another site and then post urls. It works like charm the photo i set is one i took with my camera but works on any pic or wallpaper
You can crop it even less than i did but i cropped so much so that it shows on screenshot
that "semi transparent" notification bar is usual. The really transparent notificaton bar is when you dont see any edge of it. So, sorry but its nothing new.
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that "semi transparent" notification bar is usual. The really transparent notificaton bar is when you dont see any edge of it. So, sorry but its nothing new.
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Then quick question. If i dont do the above, i get black bar and black (non transparent) buttons on my homescreen unless i select a stock wallpape?that means there is something wrong with my device? Please advise... Only thing i get that semitransparent effect with other pics is when i do the above. Is there something wrong?
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Then quick question. If i dont do the above, i get black bar and black (non transparent) buttons on my homescreen unless i select a stock wallpape?that means there is something wrong with my device? Please advise... Only thing i get that semitransparent effect with other pics is when i do the above. Is there something wrong?
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Maybe... I tried a camera pic and it show me a semi transparent bar. So, maybe you have something wrong.
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Maybe... I tried a camera pic and it show me a semi transparent bar. So, maybe you have something wrong.
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Ok will try reflashing stock and see if it is solved. Also can a moderator close this thread?