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[Q] red sliding tabs, loading bars, and volume bar....

Bear with me guys....I know this is a question and would be better suited in Q&A but Idt anyone in there would no the answer.....I want a red themes phone.....I was able to do the keyboard with HTC IME and I used uot kitchen for the status bar and icons. But I want more than just this....I want to make my sliding tabs on my lockscreen red with red icons. I also want red loading bars and status bars.....pretty much anything that was white I want to make red.....is there any way I can do this?
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You need to edit images if your using cm7 or a Gingerbread Tom its in framework-res in the framework folder and in SystemUI on the app folder as for sense you will need to edit files in the HTC resources apk its in the framework folder if its a sense 2.0 Tom then inside of the I believe customize folder find an apk to edit(that is if your wanting to be able to resourt to stock theme) and edit that or just edit the HTC resource file like mentioned for sense sorry if there are any mistakes in this I'm on my phone and can't check for proper names of the locations.
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Ok thanks for the info....what programs are out there that are good for editing these apks? I'm sorry I'm new to editing apks and this is my learning experience!
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Well to edit the images in the apk just change the .apk to .zip and look through it for the files you want to edit they will be images as for the txt you will need to edit the services.jar there is a guide on here somewhere that tells you how to do it just Google changing txt color in android notification bar.
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I'm not worried about text color I already did the notification bar I'm more concerned with the lock tabs and loading bars....the small green accents here and there
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Those are in framework-res if your on an aosp rom so just open it up and play around.
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Also what program should I use to edit xml documents?
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That's something I'm not exactly sure of you will need to decompile the apk first if I remember correctly then u edit never took the time to research how to decompile bit after its decompiled you should be able to use several programs just Google for one
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Well I changed apk to zip and then extracted....there weren't a lot of images but there were a lot of xml documents that had titles that looked like they were for what I needed to edit so now I just need to figure out how to edit them....I know a lot of html and basic javascript so from my understanding it should be easy but my version of visual studio won't let me edit xml.....I need another program....recommendations?
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Go into it and look for the hdpi folders there should be about 600 images if your in framework-res
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Found it....looks like quite a job! Any idea where I could find replacement icons without having to re edit all of these?
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Just edit the hue in Photoshop or paint.net its real easy I use paint.net plus its free and lightweight only 3 megs and does a great job
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So I'm using paint.net to work my way through the hdpi images....when I'm done do I just rezip the framework file with the stuff set to store and then change extension to .apk and then rezip the Rom and flash it? Idk how to apply my changes
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Yup
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sick i just finished editing com.htc.resources.apk and framework-res.apk.....i changed anything that was green to red and im letting my phone build a bit of a charge before i flash it....wish me luck

elixir911911 said:
sick i just finished editing com.htc.resources.apk and framework-res.apk.....i changed anything that was green to red and im letting my phone build a bit of a charge before i flash it....wish me luck
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Flash it? Did you make an updater for it or did you replace the files in a ROM that you're going to flash? I personally just push the .apk via ADB shell.

How did it go
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I did the xml editing for all the status bars, vol bars etc on my old Eris to change them to blue. Wasn't too bad, just extracted the XML where the current colors were all listed then edited the raw xml with a hex editor and put the new colors in (backwards) then applied, was pretty cool....

edited alll the files that I wanted and re packed them into my rom (skyraider) then just flashed the rom as if it were a nightly update (no wipe data/factory reset).....It worked great! I mucked a few things up here and there but overall it looks very slick....I've officially made my first theme for skyraider 4.0! Wasn't too hard at all....But now that I've done all this work there's a few images I can't seem to find that I want to change the color of....Mainly the highlights press color on the select a connection type dropdown and more importantly the volume popup bar when you increase the phone volume. Also I'm interested in trying to edit some apps like the market and the messages list......and my keyboard so I can get rid of the green in the candidates bar but unfortunately I think these apps are "signed" or something.....Does anyone have information on editing apks like that? when I try to edit them it seems to work correctly until I try to install it on my phone....Input on how to change these apps and the volume bar and everything else stated would be greatly appreciated.....And many thanks to odst for being as helpful as he has been with all of this. This has been a great learning experience

x2kjosh said:
I did the xml editing for all the status bars, vol bars etc on my old Eris to change them to blue. Wasn't too bad, just extracted the XML where the current colors were all listed then edited the raw xml with a hex editor and put the new colors in (backwards) then applied, was pretty cool....
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Sorry I didn''t realize you had posted the answer to my question about vol. bars.....Where do I find this xml and more importantly how the hell do I open and edit it? I can't figure out how to open these xml's for the life of me

[Q] Change images in a Cm10 Theme?

How do I change images out of themes for cm10? Like lets say I want a black pulldown bar or black settings background how would I do this? I tried opening up the png in photoshop and making it black, saving it as the same exact name and put it back in the .apk but when I try to install it doesn't work. Would appreciate any help, Thanks.

You need to recompile the theme
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polimeno said:
You need to recompile the theme
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How would I do that?

You would need to decompile it first, the pulldown background is a .9.png so you would have to make whatever is inside the .9 border, if you screw up the border by the slightest it wont compile correctly. So i would suggest you keep you work area selected within the border. Then once you've made the corrections recompile and sign the apk. Otherwise it wont install.
You'll have to google how to decompile and signing apk's.. its relatively easy.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10965186&postcount=3
good day.

Just extract the theme, edit/replace what you want, then zip it and flash.

JB 4.2.1 Question about theming Contacts.apk

Hi there.
I'm trying to theme my Contacts.apk because I don't like the default cyan bar at the top. I wanted to apply the same dark gray color, just like in the Mms.apk. I previously was able to do this for my Contacts.apk in JB 4.1.2.
However, when I pushed the Contacts.apk from 4.1.2 to 4.2.1, the dialer would vibrate twice when I press a button (i.e. a number on the dial pad). So, I attempted to recreate the same dark gray color at the top of the bar for the Contacts.apk in 4.2.1.
BUT, the cyan color appears on the selected tab (see attached image). The other parts of the bar are the dark gray color. I decompiled and changed the png files in the drawable xhdpi folder, but is there an xml value that I'm supposed to edit? I didn't edit any xml values when I previously, and successfully, themed my Contact.apk for 4.1.2.
Any advice would help. Thanks everyone

That's going to be an XML in /res/drawable/tab_selected.xml
In currently uses the people holo theme color from res/values/colors.xml
You can also change it to a hex color value using #ffrrggbb
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suwu10 said:
That's going to be an XML in /res/drawable/tab_selected.xml
In currently uses the people holo theme color from res/values/colors.xml
You can also change it to a hex color value using #ffrrggbb
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Gotcha. Thanks for the tip!!! I'm gonna give it a shot and thank you again if/when it works
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Status bar clock color

Ok I have located the status bar and want to change the clock color SystemUI.apk/res/Layout/status_bar.xml how to I edit the .xml file to change the color could someone help me please.

Maybe you change
Value/drawable.xml or style.xml
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u have to decompile systemUI.apk with registering frameworks for decompiling. after that, "you" can read and modify the status_bar.xml > compile, have fun
edit: or upload your status_bar.xml (if Rom is TrickDroid) and i change the color to your favorite...

[Q] How to change the color of dialer keys?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows how to change the text color of dialer keypad.
Since past 2-3 days I have tried out lots of stuff but couldn't find a way

1) Color is set in a separate file inside the Dialer.apk.
2) Color is set by it's code within one of the .xml files.
Only these 2 are possible. I have not worked on Dialer myself, so I cannot help any further.

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1) Color is set in a separate file inside the Dialer.apk.
2) Color is set by it's code within one of the .xml files.
Only these 2 are possible. I have not worked on Dialer myself, so I cannot help any further.
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Yeah, I tried changing every .xml files with @Color/white to "#33B5E5" from SemcPhone, framework-res and Phonebook.apk but still no changes, keypad text is still white.

Using CM?
If yes, try to download a theme and move it to your pc. Maybe it will be easier to find what you are looki g for
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No, I am using UHD 3.1b
Would be great if anyone knows the exact location of the files which will change the text color of keypad.
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