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So i was modifying my framework-res and and upon replacing it, i came upon this problem. I cannot figure out which file it is causing the text field to look like this. as far as i can tell, this only happens in the contacts fields as shown in the screenshot but it may be happening in other fields as well.
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i've attached the files im having problems with. maybe someone can help me change these from hdpi to mdpi. i tried resizing them by reducing to 66% and using themeporter but it didnt work

lilshortwun said:
So i was modifying my framework-res and and upon replacing it, i came upon this problem. I cannot figure out which file it is causing the text field to look like this. as far as i can tell, this only happens in the contacts fields as shown in the screenshot but it may be happening in other fields as well.
edit: nvm i think i found it. it must be the textfield.9.png files. it seems that it didn't resize correctly
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Yeah 9patches are a pain in the ass. Why were you trying to resize them anyway?
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i wanted a new theme so i'm trying to port the one from the samsung fascinate. everything i wanted turned out good except this textfield 9patch. I've tried everything but it doesn't turn out correctly. any advice for me?
so far, i've replaced the default textfield 9patches so the above screenshot should be looking fine. But i'm having problems with the textfield_selected.9.png and textfield_press.9.png. i've tried the hdpi to mdpi using themeporter and one other program but it produced the same results as resizing it.

lilshortwun said:
i wanted a new theme so i'm trying to port the one from the samsung fascinate. everything i wanted turned out good except this textfield 9patch. I've tried everything but it doesn't turn out correctly. any advice for me?
so far, i've replaced the default textfield 9patches so the above screenshot should be looking fine. But i'm having problems with the textfield_selected.9.png and textfield_press.9.png. i've tried the hdpi to mdpi using themeporter and one other program but it produced the same results as resizing it.
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It doesn't look any different from the stock textfields, why not just keep the stock ones?
Yeah if you try to screw with/resize 9patches in any way it tends to screw them up. The 9patch data isn't visible after the APK is compiled, so you have to decompile both APKs, which will make the 1 pixel wide black markers on the border of the 9patch visible. THEN resize/port/do whatever to it, then save it and make sure that the black markers are still on the outside then recompile the APK that you will be using in the end. IE, decompile both, edit and copy over what you need from the fascinate APK to the slide APK and then recompile. I use apktool to decompile and recompile, and apkmanager to sign it.

MusicMan374 said:
It doesn't look any different from the stock textfields, why not just keep the stock ones?
Yeah if you try to screw with/resize 9patches in any way it tends to screw them up. The 9patch data isn't visible after the APK is compiled, so you have to decompile both APKs, which will make the 1 pixel wide black markers on the border of the 9patch visible. THEN resize/port/do whatever to it, then save it and make sure that the black markers are still on the outside then recompile the APK that you will be using in the end. IE, decompile both, edit and copy over what you need from the fascinate APK to the slide APK and then recompile. I use apktool to decompile and recompile, and apkmanager to sign it.
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ok ill give it a try. yeah the default textfields look the same but when you press it, it highlights a bluish color which goes with the rest of the theme that's why i wanted to do it.
edit: That was it! Thanks man. I had to decompile before i can resize. It's working perfectly now

lilshortwun said:
ok ill give it a try. yeah the default textfields look the same but when you press it, it highlights a bluish color which goes with the rest of the theme that's why i wanted to do it.
edit: That was it! Thanks man. I had to decompile before i can resize. It's working perfectly now
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Awesome! Glad it worked.
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[REQ]Transparent Rosie Dock

I tired to decomplie Rosie.apk and looked for the Dock but couldn't find it. Not sure if it's under com.htc.resource.apk. If someone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it. I had Sony before it's under easier in that one. Not sure how to do it in HTC.
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I tried this guide
[GUIDE] ALL ABOUT ROSIE - The comprehensive guide to Rosie modding
I used the m.10 editor but by some reason I couldn't edit rosie_navbar.m10. In editor it's not showing
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Any help is greatly appreciated

ShyamSasi said:
I tired to decomplie Rosie.apk and looked for the Dock but couldn't find it. Not sure if it's under com.htc.resource.apk. If someone can help me out I would greatly appreciate it. I had Sony before it's under easier in that one. Not sure how to do it in HTC.
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The image is in fusion.apk and currently there is no tool avalible to decode the images properly. So A work around we used on gingerbread was to decompile rosie/ rosie_navbar.m10 and just make all the dock images transparent by changing there visibility. But once Again, there is no tool avalible right now that can decode the m10 file. So I think were stuck with a stock looking dock. I also noticed that the navbar image is in the different skins. Might want to look in one of them for getting that dock nice and clear

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The image is in fusion.apk and currently there is no tool avalible to decode the images properly. So A work around we used on gingerbread was to decompile rosie/ rosie_navbar.m10 and just make all the dock images transparent by changing there visibility. But once Again, there is no tool avalible right now that can decode the m10 file. So I think were stuck with a stock looking dock. I also noticed that the navbar image is in the different skins. Might want to look in one of them for getting that dock nice and clear
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Thanks. Wow i didn't realize theme is so hard with HTC. I guess it's better to wait for someone to customize it. I'm kind of a transparent freak

+1 request
can we remod htc sense control (checkbox, radiobox, progess bar, button...) as pure stock ICS theme?

I've been very used to Transparent Rosie, especially with CoreDroid, that I really "'dislike'' the One X Rosie look at present. But that is the only way to keep on using Sense.
As a user, not a Modder or Developer, I get around using Apex Launcher which again is a sacrifice not to use Sense features. Of course, it'll definitely come here in XDA, eventually.

Seems like there is a way to enable Transparent Dock by editing some smali anyone care to share it how? I know one of the ROM has it but it would be nice to use it on other ROMs as well.
TIA

in Pkmn there is an option for trans nav bar
or lack there of a nav bar bg

ShyamSasi said:
Seems like there is a way to enable Transparent Dock by editing some smali anyone care to share it how? I know one of the ROM has it but it would be nice to use it on other ROMs as well.
TIA
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i would of share it if i knew how... really not that simple, smali files are not png's and are so difficult to understand , believe me...
themers just hope that one day M10 or M20 will see the light and that we can finally make some skin's... and some cool stuff's...

Thanks Dougi! I have a little experience editing smali to tweak the Framework.jar, service.jar but that was with the help of a tutorial. Let's hope they can release the tool to edit those m10 files.

im interested in this as well, so i went looking...
fxnavbar.smali might be the place to look smali\com\htc\android\rosie\home\fxcontrol is where it is located, i cannot test anything as i am having trouble recompiling ...

[REQUEST] Sense 4.0 MMS Theme

I know nothing about theming but would LOVE to see a theme that makes the AOSP MMS look like the MMS on the One X. If anyone could do this or has a link to one that already works for our ATT GS3 I'd appreciate it!
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Thanks!
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dante2512 said:
I know nothing about theming but would LOVE to see a theme that makes the AOSP MMS look like the MMS on the One X. If anyone could do this or has a link to one that already works for our ATT GS3 I'd appreciate it!
Thanks!
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Are you sure its from the One X? Maybe the messaging apk can be pulled. I'm trying to find these images myself.

Doubt that the HTC MMS app would work without the sense framework. Found some themes for the older Galaxy Nexus touchwiz MMS and one looks nearly identical to this one but it doesn't work. I'm all for theming the touchwiz MMS as I love the lock screen notifications and am not a fan of any of the aftermarket MMS apps.

Here's Something I've been tinkering around with an am currently using. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the blue from the HTC theme better aligned on the left side so if anyone can assist I'd greatly appreciate it. Anyway, these are all in a modified SecMms.apk which I'll upload if anyone's interested. I also added that white background as a choice.
P.S. Please be aware that this is a rough hack so maybe someone could help me clean up the file a little. I'm just an intermediate modder who just like to see modest theme options.
Extra Note: I had to rar the file in order to upload it due to the forum size limits for uploads. Just extract the apk.

Upload your SecMms.apk and I'll decode it and see if I can help correct the alignment.

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Upload your SecMms.apk and I'll decode it and see if I can help correct the alignment.
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Done.

Okay, here's what I'm thinking. You have a message_skin_bubble.xml and message_bubble_activity.xml under res/layout/. I'm not real familiar with Android system layout, but I would think one of these two, or both would control text layout in the bubble. There's a line in message_bubble_activity: "gallery_receive_vertical" android: paddingLeft="10.0dip"", try changing 10.0dip to... say, 12.0? And if that isn't it, try in message_skin_bubble, change "android:layout_marginLeft="9.0dip" />" to say 11.0dip?
I'm going on a limb from just glancing at it and not really sure if that's the controlling xmls. I'm having trouble rebuilding the apk or I'd test it myself. I'll see what I can do when I get home. :laugh:

Sounds good. Although, so far, I only changed the images by opening the .apk. I didn't decompile or recompile. I simply took images from other devices that I've owned or found on xda and swapped and renamed image files. They worked on all of them except for the blue htc bubble in the first image.

pro_b said:
Sounds good. Although, so far, I only changed the images by opening the .apk. I didn't decompile or recompile. I simply took images from other devices that I've owned or found on xda and swapped and renamed image files. They worked on all of them except for the blue htc bubble in the first image.
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Well thinking more about it, if my suggestion did skew the text, which it may or may not, it will also skew the text in every bubble which we don't want... perhaps I can edit the original blue bubble image to allow the text to center.

That would be great. I tried doing it in Photoshop. I no PS expert but I'm ok so maybe there is something I'm missing. The png file would look fine and would save ok but the image would become stretched in the actual mms app.

is there anyway to add emoji support to it?

Wanted: [Port] MyScript Notes

Are there any intrepid Android coders out there that would like to take a stab at creating an APK file from the app found on this page?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1597783
I'd be happy to see it in a signed APK, rather than a flashable ZIP. I have not rooted my GNoteII yet, and will not do so until I can reliably clear the flash counter after returning to stock.

Please port
Very cool
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Sorry I didn't see that you not rooted It seems pretty cool. Sorry
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I unpacked the APK file, but I'm beyond my depth now. Lots of SMALI files, and from what I can tell with my limited knowledge of the code, this app was customized for HTC devices, or maybe a specific device.
This looks like a really cool app for the S Pen, and if anyone could give me a hand, I'd appreciate it.

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I unpacked the APK file, but I'm beyond my depth now. Lots of SMALI files, and from what I can tell with my limited knowledge of the code, this app was customized for HTC devices, or maybe a specific device.
This looks like a really cool app for the S Pen, and if anyone could give me a hand, I'd appreciate it.
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I guess you didn't read my post. Extract the .apk on your phone using root explore or similar app. Copy the .apk to system/app set permissions
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Not to get in a pissing match, but you did not read mine, either. I don't have root yet, and you cannot save files to those directories manually without root.
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OwenW71 said:
Not to get in a pissing match, but you did not read mine, either. I don't have root yet, and you cannot save files to those directories manually without root.
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My bad BTW i would never piss on you Im not a d!ck lol
No I did the see the first time as you see just not the 2nd
If I helped or you like what I said thank me

OK, I bit the bullet and rooted. I tried several versions of the APK file, but none of them run. The 1.1.24 version will start, but crashes immediately.
After a bit more investigation, I see that the /lib files that are in the flashable zip are already in the /system/lib folder on my phone (same filenames, anyway). I'm thinking that SNotes uses the MyScript libraries as part of its own HWR (even heard rumors that SNotes was created by Visual Objects). I'm fairly certain that messing with those files would wreck SNotes, so I'm kinda stuck.

OwenW71 said:
OK, I bit the bullet and rooted. I tried several versions of the APK file, but none of them run. The 1.1.24 version will start, but crashes immediately.
After a bit more investigation, I see that the /lib files that are in the flashable zip are already in the /system/lib folder on my phone (same filenames, anyway). I'm thinking that SNotes uses the MyScript libraries as part of its own HWR (even heard rumors that SNotes was created by Visual Objects). I'm fairly certain that messing with those files would wreck SNotes, so I'm kinda stuck.
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S Note was created by the MyScript people. Well, not really created, but Samsung does use their HWR technology to decipher the notes in the stock keyboard. S Note is loosely based on MyScript. This is why the libs are already in the /system folder.

SystemUI In- Depth Theming!!! T-Mobile And other variants

Im creating this thread for all those that want to do it themselves but cant get the proper help from stingy xda people that dont share the knowledge so, i will share the knowledge! This a complete systemui theming guide for almost everything for systemui. If i come across some more i will add in. Just give thanks and remember who helped you. My guides are never confusing as most are and is backed up by picture so youll know what your changing. All pics are highlighted at what is changed. All colors are in values/colors unless specifed elsewhere. This guide is posted in mind that you already know how to compile/decompile and so on. Enjoy everybody and happy theming!!!
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HOW DID YOU KNOW?! I literally just got apktool working and dove myself into the world of theming on the note 4. Used to do it on my s3 but those days were long gone. I wondered to myself if anything really changed between both frameworks and was a bit hesitant to replace certain files but thanks to this post i don't have to! Thank you so much for posting this at literally the perfect time! Keep up the amazing work man!
Edit: just a quick question - what is your process for resigning systemui, framwork-res? Before i used to just drag and replace the android manifest and meta-inf from the original framework after compiling the new one, using the latest apktool if it matters. just wondering if this would still work or if there's a faster method. thank you again!

TheKucho said:
HOW DID YOU KNOW?! I literally just got apktool working and dove myself into the world of theming on the note 4. Used to do it on my s3 but those days were long gone. I wondered to myself if anything really changed between both frameworks and was a bit hesitant to replace certain files but thanks to this post i don't have to! Thank you so much for posting this at literally the perfect time! Keep up the amazing work man!
Edit: just a quick question - what is your process for resigning systemui, framwork-res? Before i used to just drag and replace the android manifest and meta-inf from the original framework after compiling the new one, using the latest apktool if it matters. just wondering if this would still work or if there's a faster method. thank you again!
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i use virtuous ten studio and apktool it all depends on what apk i want to get done virtuous ten studio shows the color palette so i like that when locating colors. just make sure you have the latest apktool i think its 2.0.3 here ---> https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/

Abstrk_2dx said:
i use virtuous ten studio and apktool it all depends on what apk i want to get done virtuous ten studio shows the color palette so i like that when locating colors. just make sure you have the latest apktool i think its 2.0.3 here ---> https://ibotpeaches.github.io/Apktool/
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Oh alright, I'll give vts a try! Does it automatically sign the app after compiling? Or do you have to do it manually? Made some changes already using apktool, just unsure how to sign it again. Thanks!
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TheKucho said:
Oh alright, I'll give vts a try! Does it automatically sign the app after compiling? Or do you have to do it manually? Made some changes already using apktool, just unsure how to sign it again. Thanks!
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It does everything.
Sent from a phone Macguyver made me...

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It does everything.
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You've convinced me! I'll letcha know how it goes, thanks man
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A few years back I had DarthStalker Rom on my Note 3 and the Keyboard was a dark grey and black...I LOVED it...and I have yet to find anything like it that i can use in the Note 4 TMOBILE LP 5.1.1. ..I love Abstract Rom...this has been the cleanest, fastest and overall best Rom I have ever used to date!

Going to give this a try on free time

Could you show me where I would go in the SystemUI to find the information to tweak my lockscreen??
Thanks!

I wonder if you could help me I have done some modding to the systemui but can't get the text colours to change in the drop down list I have tried changing the "TextAppearance.Material.Notification" lines in framework but no change I have been at this for a few weeks and still can't get it to change. As you can see in the picture it makes it a little hard to read. So any help would be appreciated. Thanks,Dave

I just started using Advenced Apktool by BDFreak. I'm using the Maximum OvrDriVE 6.0 MM rom on my TMo Note 4. So far I have changed the color of the Notification area header panel and the brightness slider. The other modifications in the screenshot were done with features included with the rom.
Also I changed the header in the Message app. Now I'm trying to change the color of the background on the Conversation List screen but I'm having no luck. In Colors.xml when I change the color of "conversation_list_background" it doesn't work. I tried a few other entries too but still nothing. Since this isn't related to SystemUI maybe I shouldn't ask here but this is the only place I found so far where I think someone might be able to help. If that's the case just let me know and I'll look elsewhere. No problem.
Update: I was able to change the color of one other screen in the app.