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[Q] New to the whole Development

I'm interested in developing a ROM for my HTC evo I thought i could tackle this project by just browsing the forum But it seems that I have a search overload to say the least, Are there any useful threads for developing ROM's as I said earlier I have looked I may have missed something of importance and any one with tips hints and or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thanks in advanced
SinisterTensai-

find a base rom or deodexed stock rom! install android kitchen or a kitchen of your choice!
note: android kitchen runs on linux!
Trial and era like the rest of us have done!
anything you use that others have ask them for permission and give them props always when you post your work or anything for that matter! good luck its not easy!
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eVoKINGS said:
find a base rom or deodexed stock rom! install android kitchen or a kitchen of your choice!
note: android kitchen runs on linux!
Trial and era like the rest of us have done!
anything you use that others have ask them for permission and give them props always when you post your work or anything for that matter! good luck its not easy!
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I have a linux sandbox of some sorts I could install the OS I have had issues with kitchen's in the past
Trial and era is what I'm used too
and of course I will credit any one who has helped and or work(s) I have used

I suggest you start theming first
Sinistertensai said:
I have a linux sandbox of some sorts I could install the OS I have had issues with kitchen's in the past
Trial and era is what I'm used too
and of course I will credit any one who has helped and or work(s) I have used
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Swyped from Eva running Myn's RLS4!

How to Install Themes?

I just rooted with Cm 6.1. Using LauncherPro. I am definitely a noob at this. I was reading through the Theme section and it seemed a little overwhelming with all the different components of a theme. Is there a guide on how to exactly go about installing a theme? It seemed a lot of the ones I saw had it to where you download component by component to get the full theme. Any out there where you just download the whole thing in 1 file?
Thanks!

barats said:
I just rooted with Cm 6.1. Using LauncherPro. I am definitely a noob at this. I was reading through the Theme section and it seemed a little overwhelming with all the different components of a theme. Is there a guide on how to exactly go about installing a theme? It seemed a lot of the ones I saw had it to where you download component by component to get the full theme. Any out there where you just download the whole thing in 1 file?
Thanks!
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There are a couple of ways you can find a theme suitable for your rom then flash them if they are capable or you can use metamorph for themes that arent able to flash. Find one that's compatible with your rom and pm me or hit me up on gtalk [email protected] and I'll walk you through it.

nuggyunlimited said:
There are a couple of ways you can find a theme suitable for your rom then flash them if they are capable or you can use metamorph for themes that arent able to flash. Find one that's compatible with your rom and pm me or hit me up on gtalk [email protected] and I'll walk you through it.
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Thanks man. Will definitely add you and hit you up tonight after work to do all this.

barats said:
Thanks man. Will definitely add you and hit you up tonight after work to do all this.
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Welcome and cool

[THEME] For any ROM. Yup, any single ROM.

So if your like me and like to change the theme's of your phone this is literally the website to do it!
uot.dakra.lt/kitchen <---- Copy/Paste that in your address bar.
It's a theme kitchen and it works on any phone, any ROM, and any version of Android (2.2 , 2.3)
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FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. I'm not at fault here, they even have a Youtube video on how to do it.
Sorry guys, let me lay things straight before confusion and cyber authority kick in, I DID NOT CREATE THIS KITCHEN. I give ALL credit to the person who put their life into it, please donate to them.
I just saw this on the internet and wanted to share with the XDA family!
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Okay guys, some of you are having trouble with the kitchen, I'll just break down the instructions:
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1. Whatever ROM your CURRENTLY using, open it and find the Framework-res.apk and SystemUI.apk
{Remember, it'll only work with your current ROM, flashing it to another ROM will send you in a never ending boot, because I've done that, anyways, if you change ROMS, you need to re-cook the whole theme with your new current ROM's APK's}
2. Choose your selections, generate previews and what not
Froyo ROMS do not support transparent ANYTHING so do not select it. If your on a Gingerbread ROM then your good and you can check 'enable transparency in status bar' in the Status Bar section
3. Upload your APK's in correct order in the 'File Upload' category
4. As soon as step 3 has been performed, go to 'Summary' and hit 'Submit to Kitchen' If a category is red simply go back and generate the preview
5. If you get an error log in the 'Pickup' page, I don't know what happens so sadly you have to go re-cook your ROM again.
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Guys this should work like a charm with little to no trouble, I'm young and did this with a breeze.
Happy Theme-ing everybody!

Screen shots please =]
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Thanks for the link man!!!! I just went and tried it out, and tweaked some things on a theme I have already now it's lookin really sweet!!! Thanks again!
@G1rome....It is a site so you can make your own custom themes, no screen shots available.

Original thread located in the "Android Themes" section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990829
Great find and thanks for sharing it in the G2 community, best way to theme a rom with your own personal preferences.

I gave this a try, seems easy & straightforward to use. However, do you have to make a donation in order to submit your created theme to that kitchen?

dustrho said:
I gave this a try, seems easy & straightforward to use. However, do you have to make a donation in order to submit your created theme to that kitchen?
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No you don't have to make a donation.
UNLOCK OUR BOOTLOADERS

Will this work with stock rom.

@cubanito151 If you follow the instructions carefully it will.
It works on all roms.

Anyone else having issues with the mods sticking? I only did the battery icon mod and it worked at first but now its gone and back to the stock look.
This is pretty lame that its not sticking and reverts back to the old battery icon.
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@TL24
What ROM are you using?
And when will it not stick? When you do a reboot?

EricandYoshi said:
@TL24
What ROM are you using?
And when will it not stick? When you do a reboot?
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UD3.3.0 - but I figured out the problem, I was usuing one of the themes I downloaded and switched back to stock and bam, there goes the kitchen mod I installed.
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Need Help learning Rom development and porting

I am a beginner and very interested in developing for android. I have some basic knowledge of app development for android and knowledge of java and c.
I searched but couldn't find a good tutorial for rom development or porting.
Could anybody please suggest some resources from where I could learn rom development??
Thanks in advance.

Best advice I could give you is look at the source code. And brush up on your xml. Unless you have a specific question that's the best I can do.
Hope it helps!
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Thor development said:
Best advice I could give you is look at the source code. And brush up on your xml. Unless you have a specific question that's the best I can do.
Hope it helps!
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I'm interested in learning rom porting from a Device X to Device Y.
I have complied Android from source code and looked at the different folders and architecture but in absence of a good tutorial i wasn't able to build upon it.
I'm looking for resources which could help me in learning components of a basic android rom and how to build on it.
I read that prior to rom developing, it would be helpful if I would learn rom porting, that's why I'm looking for rom porting tutorials.
Thanks.

There was a pretty good web page that I can't find at the moment, but I dig these up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784121
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757817
I just deodexed my first roms tonight, so I think the next step is porting!

gee one said:
There was a pretty good web page that I can't find at the moment, but I dig these up:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=784121
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757817
I just deodexed my first roms tonight, so I think the next step is porting!
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Yeah I also remember that page, and I bookmarked that page but recently when I tried to browse that page, it said that page is not available.
I deleted its link also.
Please let me know if you find any further resources.
I deodexed two shipped roms and repacked them using dsixda kitchen, but now of them went post boot screen after installation.
I tried using "adb logact" but it just showed "waiting for device".
I'm not able to figure out why did it happened.

ddms in the android-sdk is pretty good for figuring out what is going on. It basically gives you a streaming logcat as the device is running.
I had a bootloop with one rom because I only deodexed the framework, not the apps. Also don't forget about framework-res.apk in /system/framework.

This thread was a great compilation of rom development and porting resources :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6738713&postcount=1
But it has been removed by the administrator.
There are a few more guides which I was able to search, these are :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18463306
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1222746
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076687
And this link has links to some other useful resources :
http://www.neopeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=6208
Please post other useful resources which you guys have, so that new developers interested to contribute to android community can learn.

Please help me making this post useful for those interested to learn about android rom development.
Paste all useful links which you can find in this thread.

[Q] modding the stock rom

Hi I was wondering if any of the devs out there can make a thread with a collection of modds for the stock rom. So we can do what we want without flashing a new rom. Or just flash the deodexed stock rom. Then add modds. It would be something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057732
That is how I got my note 2 setup the way I like it. I do want to learn how to do that kinda stuff myself but I am not ready for that yet. Just an Idea if not then I will just have to use one of the roms we have here.

What mod are you looking for?
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I would gladly start adding things like that to my Resource guide, I'm just not pulling all the links of things and moving them cause it would take hours and hours, not to mention some of the mods out there are rom specific and will not work on just a deodexed version. If people were to test and confirm I'd start working on it for my Resource guide.

I agree
mt3g said:
I would gladly start adding things like that to my Resource guide, I'm just not pulling all the links of things and moving them cause it would take hours and hours, not to mention some of the mods out there are rom specific and will not work on just a deodexed version. If people were to test and confirm I'd start working on it for my Resource guide.
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I currently would love to learn how to do kitchen mods. But nobody offered any tutorials on such matters for a Windows box. I know I know...Linux/Ubuntu is easier with source but I am not ready to learn all that crap. I think there is a Kitchen for Windows but have not found it out there just yet. If someone has a link...I would be grateful. THX

photolarry said:
I currently would love to learn how to do kitchen mods. But nobody offered any tutorials on such matters for a Windows box. I know I know...Linux/Ubuntu is easier with source but I am not ready to learn all that crap. I think there is a Kitchen for Windows but have not found it out there just yet. If someone has a link...I would be grateful. THX
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Search for UOT kitchen.
Also check out morphology in the themes section.
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