[HOW TO] BASIC THEMING GUIDE

[Guest tillaz]

first) learning to decompile and recompile .apk

extract the apk manager.rar to your desktop, you should now have an apk manager folder

LINK

open the apk manager folder, drag and drop the apk you want to theme in to the "place-apk-here-for-modding" folder,

start with framework-res.apk

this can be found in your rom at > system / framework

now double click > "script.bat" to open the interface of apk manager

before you start you should do the following, press 20 and hit enter.... now 500 press enter (every time you open the interface)

(this sets the heap size to 500mb to avoid out of memory errors)

press 22 then enter

enter the number of the apk you want to decompile, in this case it should be 1, then press enter

now enter the number 9 and press enter to start decompiling

wait for it to Finnish

open the projects folder, find and open the folder of the apk you just decompiled, in this case its the "framework-res"

second) making theme changes before recompiling

if you navigate to: res / drawable-hdpi

you will find all of the .png images that make up most of the graphics in android

you should make a new folder on you desktop and start to drag and drop the png's you want to change the colour of into it

now when you have all the .png you want to change the colour of you can follow this to batch change colour

http://www.modaco.co...les-in-seconds/

(or you can change them manually in GIMP, if so use HUE, do not alter lightness, it brakes .9.png's)

third) recompiling your apk with changes

now that you have changed the colour of all your png files you should select them all (hold left click and drag over all items)

and copy them.

now paste them back into the drawable-hdpi folder (import that you paste them, not move)

now from the apk manager interface select 11 and press enter.

wait for it to prompt you > yes or no

select yes, press enter

again select yes, press enter

now it will ask you to navigate to the "keep" folder and delete all files you have modified

navigate to keep / res / drawable-hdpi

now paste those files again in here, select to overwrite, now the pasted files should be highlighted...

right click on one of them and select delete

this should deleted all the files you just coped (all the modified files) now back out of the folder to the root of apk manager

from the apk manager interface press any button

done...

now you will find in the folder "place-apk-here-for-modding"

unsignedframework-res.apk, remove the unsigned part from the name

add this to the flashable zip, flash and test

EMPTY FLASHABLE ZIP

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IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS COMPILING, POST YOUR LOG.TXT FILE

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NEXT I WILL COVER .XML THEMING (WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME)

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[Guest Potatoes]

Thanks for this tillaz, this is going to come in very handy

[Guest krishang3]

gr8 but what i want to know is how to enable Notification toggles, its a challenge for me :L

[Guest tillaz]

gr8 but what i want to know is how to enable Notification toggles, its a challenge for me :L

i would love to explain how its done but its a really complicated thing to write a guide on as code can be different depending on the systemUI.apk

the way i did it was by first porting the AOSP systemUI.apk from the stock ICS nexus s rom...

huawei have there code all over the systemUI found in there stock roms, (for there own power widgets) making it to hard to work with

so my advice for doing this in general (most ics roms / devices ) is to first port the above...

so you will need a basic idea of how stuff is ported... which in this case is not very hard, but would be rather hard to explain in text / take to much time

[Guest elperroderoke]

gr8 but what i want to know is how to enable Notification toggles, its a challenge for me :L

What is your "original" phone, or tell me if you have flashed any vendor package ?

What is the ROM you are using ?

Regards.

[Guest andy.hyde4]

What is your "original" phone, or tell me if you have flashed any vendor package ?

What is the ROM you are using ?

Regards.

No he wants to add them into his own rom

[Guest Rico_89]

Thanks, as soon as I get some time I'll have ago at this. I've been using Nova Launcher and Desktop visualizer to modify my android UI experience, but it would be interesting to see if I can make it into a theme that's flashable in CWM.

Edited September 30, 2012 by Rico_89

[Guest krishang3]

i would love to explain how its done but its a really complicated thing to write a guide on as code can be different depending on the systemUI.apk

the way i did it was by first porting the AOSP systemUI.apk from the stock ICS nexus s rom...

huawei have there code all over the systemUI found in there stock roms, (for there own power widgets) making it to hard to work with

so my advice for doing this in general (most ics roms / devices ) is to first port the above...

so you will need a basic idea of how stuff is ported... which in this case is not very hard, but would be rather hard to explain in text / take to much time

But will it be possible if I just add your systemui.apk to mine or will it simply not boot?

[Guest pee_bee]

Thanks for this, but which option should I be using for decompiling - 9 or 10

[Guest elperroderoke]

No he wants to add them into his own rom

It depens how much you mod the ROM. The toggles will be there in most oficial modded and repacked Roms, and is easy to have them back to live, depens on your phone.

Regards.

Edited September 30, 2012 by elperroderoke

[Guest haxxbaxx]

you say about only changing the hue of icons because it will causes problems, what do i need to do if I want to totally change the icon

[Guest tillaz]

But will it be possible if I just add your systemui.apk to mine or will it simply not boot?

that really wont learn you anything... or help you do it to future rom's

[Guest tillaz]

you say about only changing the hue of icons because it will causes problems, what do i need to do if I want to totally change the icon

then you would name the new icon the same as the icon you what to swap it with, do not do this with a ".9.png" though

unless the one your are replacing it with is a proper "9.png"

[Guest tillaz]

It depens how much you mod the ROM. The toggles will be there in most oficial modded and repacked Roms, and is easy to have them back to live, depens on your phone.

Regards.

we are taking about the customizable toggles with more buttons from my rom, not stock huawei

[Guest haxxbaxx]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=580351

found this

[Guest tillaz]

http://forum.xda-dev...ad.php?t=580351

found this

yeah, if you scroll down in my post here http://www.modaco.co...les-in-seconds/ i explain .9.png's (exact post)

my point was that you cant just replace a .9.png with a normal .png (well you can but it will be distorted and streched)

[Guest krishang3]

yeah, if you scroll down in my post here http://www.modaco.co...les-in-seconds/ i explain .9.png's (exact post)

my point was that you cant just replace a .9.png with a normal .png (well you can but it will be distorted and streched)

Then how else am I suppose to do this. Is there any thread that has these Info I've searched everywhere but no luck.

[Guest tillaz]

Then how else am I suppose to do this. Is there any thread that has these Info I've searched everywhere but no luck.

i told you, start by porting the systemUI.apk from the stock nexus S ics rom (the code is untouched and easy to work with)

you can grab it from here http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1569509

you probably wont find guide's because its like i said, the code used differs depending on the .smali code inside the systemUI.apk in your stock rom

(making guides rare)

and this is why i say first port the systemUI from a stock AOSP rom... then you can compare the code from my version to learn how its done

[Guest krishang3]

i told you, start by porting the systemUI.apk from the stock nexus S ics rom (the code is untouched and easy to work with)

you can grab it from here http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1569509

you probably wont find guide's because its like i said, the code used differs depending on the .smali code inside the systemUI.apk in your stock rom

(making guides rare)

and this is why i say first port the systemUI from a stock AOSP rom... then you can compare the code from my version to learn how its done

Thank you very much tillaz

[Guest Rostilj xD]

Good job!

Edited October 1, 2012 by Rostilj xD

[Guest krishang3]

i told you, start by porting the systemUI.apk from the stock nexus S ics rom (the code is untouched and easy to work with)

you can grab it from here http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1569509

you probably wont find guide's because its like i said, the code used differs depending on the .smali code inside the systemUI.apk in your stock rom

(making guides rare)

and this is why i say first port the systemUI from a stock AOSP rom... then you can compare the code from my version to learn how its done

Hello, I'm back, so what exactly will I have to do?

port the SystemUI.apk?

Will I need ubuntu ( I have it )

And what do I exactly need do do in brief, (Few sentences of desc)

As you told me earlier Tillaz, it's hard to explain in detail on how to do this, so I don't mind I can figure it out just need some tips.

Thanks

[Guest haxxbaxx]

how do i change colours of text etc

[Guest tillaz]

how do i change colours of text etc

will explain this next, this week if i get time