[Q] Modifying xmls - Samsung Epic 4G Touch

I am interested in changing the color of the text of the status bar. I have already modified all the images I need, now just need to modify the xml.
I am modifying the framework-res.apk colors xml. After I have made the change I recompile the apk. Switch out the Meta-INF and AndroidManifest.xml with the ones from the original apk but when I push to my phone the color of the status bar text isn't changing. These are the lines I have changed:
<color name="status_bar_text">#ff73cd68</color>
<color name="status_bar_clock_text">#ff73cd68</color>

You might find better luck actually pming a themer or posting it in the theme section. Not much Turner's drop by here
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davidc23 said:
You might find better luck actually pming a themer or posting it in the theme section. Not much Turner's drop by here
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yeah I was thinking that, I might just check on the irc channel. Thanks for looking out.

Hmmm did you reboot the phone?
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globalninja said:
Hmmm did you reboot the phone?
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Yeah, I didn't actually push the framework. I created a flashable zip.

dtm_stretch said:
Yeah, I didn't actually push the framework. I created a flashable zip.
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If you got the framework-res.apk to recompile without errors then the changes you made should definitely work. There is no need to sawp anything owhen recompiling, just edit the xml, recompile it as a system app and push it to system/app via root explorer or any equivalent.
Which ROM framework are you trying to modify?

fnut6969 said:
If you got the framework-res.apk to recompile without errors then the changes you made should definitely work. There is no need to sawp anything owhen recompiling, just edit the xml, recompile it as a system app and push it to system/app via root explorer or any equivalent.
Which ROM framework are you trying to modify?
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Thanks ill give that I try.
I am actually modifying the ICS theme for Cakulin's rom.
**Doesn't seem to work either. I should be changing the colors.xml in the framework-res.apk right?
Got it: Make sure to delete the stupid resources.arsc!

dtm_stretch said:
Thanks ill give that I try.
I am actually modifying the ICS theme for Cakulin's rom.
**Doesn't seem to work either. I should be changing the colors.xml in the framework-res.apk right?
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Yes, and although you won't find the values folder when you recompile you'll still need to delete the resources.arsc when recompiling, if you'd like, you can attach the framework-res.apk you're trying to modify and I can change it for you.
I also, stated inadvertently, to place it in system/app that is incorrect it goes in system/framework which may actually be part of the problem.

fnut6969 said:
Yes, and although you won't find the values folder when you recompile you'll still need to delete the resources.arsc when recompiling, if you'd like, you can attach the framework-res.apk you're trying to modify and I can change it for you.
I also, stated inadvertently, to place it in system/app that is incorrect it goes in system/framework which may actually be part of the problem.
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I got it figured out, just before you posted about the resources. Now I just got to figure out why my launcher keeps restarting.

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[Q] adding battery % mod to existing theme

I've been reading the theme guides and, time permitting, would like to start playing around. I've been comparing files from the stock theme template to crakes battery percent mod found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793805&highlight=battery+mod and have been trying to figure out how to use it in another theme. Is it as simple as adding the extra stat_sys_battery_#.png's or does something else have to be done to the framework-res.apk to get the phone to point to the added pngs? I hope thats understandable, thanks in advance for your help all!
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I've been reading the theme guides and, time permitting, would like to start playing around. I've been comparing files from the stock theme template to crakes battery percent mod found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=793805&highlight=battery+mod and have been trying to figure out how to use it in another theme. Is it as simple as adding the extra stat_sys_battery_#.png's or does something else have to be done to the framework-res.apk to get the phone to point to the added pngs? I hope thats understandable, thanks in advance for your help all!
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If your theme has 1% intervals already its just a matter of swapping the png files. If the theme don't your gonna have to devompile the apk and edit 3 xml files then recompile
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okay, ya thats what i was wondering. any help on the xml files to edit and how? i've got apk manager and have it decompiled, i dont see anything that jumps out.
EDIT: okay i've got in the drawable folder stat_sys_battery, stat_sys_battery_charge, stat_sys_battery_charge_err_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_charge_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_vinsq. my guess is its 3 of those, i guess i can just compare the stock theme with the stock battery mod to see what to do.
amosher13 said:
okay, ya thats what i was wondering. any help on the xml files to edit and how? i've got apk manager and have it decompiled, i dont see anything that jumps out.
EDIT: okay i've got in the drawable folder stat_sys_battery, stat_sys_battery_charge, stat_sys_battery_charge_err_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_charge_vinsq, stat_sys_battery_vinsq. my guess is its 3 of those, i guess i can just compare the stock theme with the stock battery mod to see what to do.
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You can do that but do you know how to add a line to an xml file
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mysteryemotionz said:
You can do that but do you know how to add a line to an xml file
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in general, yes, but i may not know how for these purposes. what might i be missing?
There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!
art3mis-nyc said:
There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!
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very interesting, i'll certainly check that out. though i am interested also in learning how to do it myself, but that looks pretty cool!
art3mis-nyc said:
There's an even easier way.
start adb
and type adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk framework-res.apk
(grab frameworkTW-res.apk*i think* if you want it for touchwiz instead)
Next
go here UOT Kitchen
select flashable .zip
go through the stuff
upload the framework-res.apk you just pulled.
wait a bit download package and move to sd card then browse and install it and reboot.
TADA!
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Thee problem with this is if there's any edited .9 pngs in the theme the out come is ****
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mysteryemotionz said:
Thee problem with this is if there's any edited .9 pngs in the theme the out come is ****
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so how about this: i pull the xmls from crakes framework-res.apk (do i need anything from twframework-res.apk?), recompile into the framework-res.apk from the theme i'm hacking, then dump the pngs into drawable-hdpi from the % mod i want to include and just make sure theres an image for each line in the xmls. sound good?
amosher13 said:
so how about this: i pull the xmls from crakes framework-res.apk (do i need anything from twframework-res.apk?), recompile into the framework-res.apk from the theme i'm hacking, then dump the pngs into drawable-hdpi from the % mod i want to include and just make sure theres an image for each line in the xmls. sound good?
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Sounds great but just remember if your theme has any edited .9.pngs you will get errors with the framework.
What there are you trying to edit?
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mysteryemotionz said:
Sounds great but just remember if your theme has any edited .9.pngs you will get errors with the framework.
What there are you trying to edit?
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basically i want to work in a battery % mod into the theme from AOSP Magic (partially just to see if i can do it ). when you say "has any edited .9.pngs" do you mean if i edit any? or if the theme contains any that are already edited.
amosher13 said:
basically i want to work in a battery % mod into the theme from AOSP Magic (partially just to see if i can do it ). when you say "has any edited .9.pngs" do you mean if i edit any? or if the theme contains any that are already edited.
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If the theme has any edited already out if you edited any
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mysteryemotionz said:
If the theme has any edited already out if you edited any
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ya i'm a little confused at that point on how i'd handle that. anywhere i can read up on that?
so basically if the theme i want to mod has .9.pngs that were edited from stock, when i decompile and recompile with the new xmls its going to break something? if so, what would i do? use the battery % mod theme and dump the drawable-hdpi folder into the apk after?
amosher13 said:
ya i'm a little confused at that point on how i'd handle that. anywhere i can read up on that?
so basically if the theme i want to mod has .9.pngs that were edited from stock, when i decompile and recompile with the new xmls its going to break something? if so, what would i do? use the battery % mod theme and dump the drawable-hdpi folder into the apk after?
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What I do is modify the xml files ona stock framework. Make all the changes I need then recompile. Once compiled its a matter of dragging and dropping the pngs
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mysteryemotionz said:
What I do is modify the xml files ona stock framework. Make all the changes I need then recompile. Once compiled its a matter of dragging and dropping the pngs
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gotcha, perfect thanks!

Change lockscreen slider color??

i saw somewhere once on an Epic that the stock Samsung lock screen slider was a red circle and red arrow up with the lock in the middle. I can't seem to find the thread in order to do more research or get what i am looking for.
so does anyone know how i can get my slider icon to be red instead of the greyish black it is now?
Flash a theme, or if you only want the lockscreen then delete all the images except the lock.
Texted while driving
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Flash a theme, or if you only want the lockscreen then delete all the images except the lock.
Texted while driving
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where are the images located?
or where can i get just a theme for the lockscreen, i don't want a full on theme.
Are you using the standard or the aosp lockscreen?
cerebralzulu said:
Are you using the standard or the aosp lockscreen?
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standard samsung on Epic
The images you are looking for are found in the framework-res.apk file.
Specifically i think you might be looking for /res/drawable-hdpi/
zz_unlock_arrow.png
zz_unlock_arrow_msg.png
maybe even
zz_unlock_lockbg.png
zz_unlock_lockbg_press.png
black06c230 said:
standard samsung on Epic
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p3dr0maz said:
The images you are looking for are found in the framework-res.apk file.
Specifically i think you might be looking for /res/drawable-hdpi/
zz_unlock_arrow.png
zz_unlock_arrow_msg.png
maybe even
zz_unlock_lockbg.png
zz_unlock_lockbg_press.png
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using Root Explorer i can get to /res/....but there is not a folder for drawable-hdpi
anymore thoughts on places to check?
Nope, that's where it is for moi. Weird. Try unzipping the whole folder then look on /sdcard/extracted/ and see if it shows up there.
If not maybe post your framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk here and i can take a look.
edit: Maybe mine's different since technically we don't have the stock TW Launcher. We have a slightly modified one on Bonsai.
black06c230 said:
using Root Explorer i can get to /res/....but there is not a folder for drawable-hdpi
anymore thoughts on places to check?
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p3dr0maz said:
The images you are looking for are found in the framework-res.apk file.
Specifically i think you might be looking for /res/drawable-hdpi/
zz_unlock_arrow.png
zz_unlock_arrow_msg.png
maybe even
zz_unlock_lockbg.png
zz_unlock_lockbg_press.png
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That's where they are on mine. Stock, not rooted ec05.
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zanderman112 said:
That's where they are on mine. Stock, not rooted ec05.
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thanks wasn't reading in full...i found the files once extracted
BUT of course i am find a new file and name it to overwrite the current file but how do i recompile it back to the .apk to relpace the .apk?
p3dr0maz said:
Nope, that's where it is for moi. Weird. Try unzipping the whole folder then look on /sdcard/extracted/ and see if it shows up there.
If not maybe post your framework-res.apk and twframework-res.apk here and i can take a look.
edit: Maybe mine's different since technically we don't have the stock TW Launcher. We have a slightly modified one on Bonsai.
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thanks wasn't reading in full...i found the files once extracted
BUT of course i am find a new file and name it to overwrite the current file but how do i recompile it back to the .apk to relpace the .apk?
EDIT: in the extracted file i don't see the ones i'm looking for....i am using Syndicate ROM if that helps
Apk's are just archives. You can use your favorite archiving application to modify the APK ( i like WinRAR ). All I normally have to do is open the APK with WinRAR and take the modified PNG's (not .9.pngs - these have to be run through eclipse first) and drop em in to the folder you want. Boosh! Done.
I'm seeing the files right where we said they'd be. you still don't have 'em? /system/framework/framework-res.apk
black06c230 said:
thanks wasn't reading in full...i found the files once extracted
BUT of course i am find a new file and name it to overwrite the current file but how do i recompile it back to the .apk to relpace the .apk?
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Inside framework-red.apk is a folder called res. Inside that is drawable-hdpi, all the way at the bottom of that.
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p3dr0maz said:
Apk's are just archives. You can use your favorite archiving application to modify the APK ( i like WinRAR ). All I normally have to do is open the APK with WinRAR and take the modified PNG's (not .9.pngs - these have to be run through eclipse first) and drop em in to the folder you want. Boosh! Done.
I'm seeing the files right where we said they'd be. you still don't have 'em? /system/framework/framework-res.apk
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okay thanks i figured out my error and now can see the file
thanks for your help
1 last ? where is the file for the task/notification bar color?
black06c230 said:
okay thanks i figured out my error and now can see the file
thanks for your help
1 last ? where is the file for the task/notification bar color?
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Its in framework res.apk too look for status bar background. There are two one is a bigger png which is for when you pull it down and that's a dummy file because on the epic its inside twframework-res but the other is a small box and a .9.png so if you don't know how to edit them borrow one from a working theme.
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.9 PNG Change Error Compiling

Hey Guys, so I'm working on a theme port (Yes I've Asked Multiple Questions About This) , well, when I change a .9 PNG file, it has errors compiling. How do I compile then? Can I not change .9 PNG files?
alphadog32 said:
Hey Guys, so I'm working on a theme port (Yes I've Asked Multiple Questions About This) , well, when I change a .9 PNG file, it has errors compiling. How do I compile then? Can I not change .9 PNG files?
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M&S gives a tutorial about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
Personally, I've found that if all you're doing is adjusting the hue or saturation (the color of the image) you can straight make the edit. At least I've had the two changes I've made work without doing anything special.
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yoft1 said:
M&S gives a tutorial about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506177
Personally, I've found that if all you're doing is adjusting the hue or saturation (the color of the image) you can straight make the edit. At least I've had the two changes I've made work without doing anything special.
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Thanks, but I'm just moving from one theme that I'm porting, to the other, which is the ported one.
alphadog32 said:
Thanks, but I'm just moving from one theme that I'm porting, to the other, which is the ported one.
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So you're having trouble moving the image to the new .apk or what are you asking?
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So you're having trouble moving the image to the new .apk or what are you asking?
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Okay, I have a stock framework, and then I have a bunch of png's from another theme in the i9100 section, if I put a .9 image, it wont compile right. So again, if I put the. 9 from the theme to the stock, it wont compile.
alphadog32 said:
Okay, I have a stock framework, and then I have a bunch of png's from another theme in the i9100 section, if I put a .9 image, it wont compile right. So again, if I put the. 9 from the theme to the stock, it wont compile.
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As long as you're replacing files with the exact same name and not creating new ones it should compile. Alternatively, you don't even need to uncompile and recompile. Just take your stock framework and open (not extract) it in 7zip. It'll show you all the files. Drag and drop your modified files over into the 7zip window. It shouldn't have to compress them or anything, it'll just replace the files that have the same name. That's how I make all my modifications.
yoft1 said:
As long as you're replacing files with the exact same name and not creating new ones it should compile. Alternatively, you don't even need to uncompile and recompile. Just take your stock framework and open (not extract) it in 7zip. It'll show you all the files. Drag and drop your modified files over into the 7zip window. It shouldn't have to compress them or anything, it'll just replace the files that have the same name. That's how I make all my modifications.
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That's, ill give it a shot tomorrow.
alphadog32 said:
Okay, I have a stock framework, and then I have a bunch of png's from another theme in the i9100 section, if I put a .9 image, it wont compile right. So again, if I put the. 9 from the theme to the stock, it wont compile.
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Paste ur error log so I can tell you the problem
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{Solved} Help required to make Black theme Contacts & Phone.

Can anybody make black contact & phone.apk attached here. Or else let me know the step by step procedure to make the Black themed Contacs.apk & Phone.apk
I Know we need to edit some XML files like styles.xml , call_background.xml, background_dial_holo_dark.xml and also have tried but able to get the success. So please help me.
Its not that easy...
apktool-1.4.3 wont decompile Contacts.apk properly so when you recompile, it will most likely crash the Phone.apk
I am able to decompile and recompile it without any problems.
You have to just decompile with 1.4.2 apktool and compile it with 1.4.3 apktool.
Before decompiling you have to delete classes.dex from contacts.apk.
If it was not possible then how other themers are modifying contacts.apk. So themers please help me.
I would do it for you, how exactly do you want it to look?
manikant_009 said:
I am able to decompile and recompile it without any problems.
You have to just decompile with 1.4.2 apktool and compile it with 1.4.3 apktool.
Before decompiling you have to delete classes.dex from contacts.apk.
If it was not possible then how other themers are modifying contacts.apk. So themers please help me.
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How many "themer's" are changing XML? show me one please...
shayne77 said:
How many "themer's" are changing XML? show me one please...
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Most just change images, just swap out the images using 7-zip
OriginsOfLewis said:
Most just change images, just swap out the images using 7-zip
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Exactly my point... Contacts.apk has been a pain the bum since ICS got here... (with APKTOOL-1.4.3 anyway)
hence why no-one has really changed XML too much...
I think managed to get it to work though...
OriginsOfLewis said:
I would do it for you, how exactly do you want it to look?
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Thanks for trying to help me i want black dialler with blue text numbers, transparent buttons. and also pleas let me know how to make the transparent notification in the below image attached.
shayne77 said:
Exactly my point... Contacts.apk has been a pain the bum since ICS got here... (with APKTOOL-1.4.3 anyway)
hence why no-one has really changed XML too much...
I think managed to get it to work though...
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I thinks for this we need to install framework-res then decompile contacts.apk with 1.4.2 and recompile with 1.4.3
manikant_009 said:
I thinks for this we need to install framework-res then decompile contacts.apk with 1.4.2 and recompile with 1.4.3
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My bet is: Contacts.apk will work fine but Phone.apk will crash.
shayne77 said:
My bet is: Contacts.apk will work fine but Phone.apk will crash.
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See i am not a themer but i have tried contacts.apk by this method not tried phone.apk so i can't tell about it.
I just need the info about the xml files that needs to be edited so please help me.
manikant_009 said:
See i am not a themer but i have tried contacts.apk by this method not tried phone.apk so i can't tell about it.
I just need the info about the xml files that needs to be edited so please help me.
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You're missing my point, the 2 apk's talk to each other... you change Contacts and it crashes Phone.
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shayne77 said:
You're missing my point, the 2 apk's talk to each other... you change Contacts and it crashes Phone.
sent from SGS2 using XDA app.
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But their should be some way to change it because Vertumus and other themers have done that
For example you can see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564209
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517344
manikant_009 said:
But their should be some way to change it because Vertumus and other themers have done that
For example you can see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564209
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517344
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I think you'll find they're only changing PNGs in Contacts.apk... could be wrong but I am thinking that is the case...
Will see if any "themers" offer you some advice in this thread then...
shayne77 said:
How many "themer's" are changing XML? show me one please...
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Me , for my theme (Black&Blue for HyDrOG3N-ICS)
I change the pictures, but also some XML files
el_liberator said:
Me , for my theme (Black&Blue for HyDrOG3N-ICS)
I change the pictures, but also some XML files
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Oh so you'll share your method to manikant/us then? good-o
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el_liberator said:
Me , for my theme (Black&Blue for HyDrOG3N-ICS)
I change the pictures, but also some XML files
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Can you share with us also i like the MMS.apk of your theme so please try to share with us.
Didn't think so...
either he doesn't change XML or he steals someone else work or he's just plain selfish.
not in the spirit of xda anyway.
That's the problem with this place, ego's get in the way of development.
manikant_009 said:
Thanks for trying to help me i want black dialler with blue text numbers, transparent buttons. and also pleas let me know how to make the transparent notification in the below image attached.
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Okay I've done it, I haven't tested it so it's at your own risk. Remember to set permissions! This is at 50% transparency
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/43639041/framework-res.apk
I had errors with the Contacts.apk when making any XML edits, I ended up having to grab it from the source.

[Q] Able to de and re compile framework-res.apk?

I was just wondering if anyone with the UAMDL software has been able to decompile and recompile the framework on here yet.
I have tried with the APK multi tool and the decompile works fine but when I try to recompile it errors our right away.
Anyone have any luck with this?
If so what tool did you use?
Yes I have.
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I'd like to know this as well, and how people have been successful. I haven't had any luck installing framework-res.apk or recompiling a modified app. From my understanding, it's an issue with apktool and aapt that needs to be updated.
TheArtiszan said:
I was just wondering if anyone with the UAMDL software has been able to decompile and recompile the framework on here yet.
I have tried with the APK multi tool and the decompile works fine but when I try to recompile it errors our right away.
Anyone have any luck with this?
If so what tool did you use?
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That and SystemUI.apk are both missing files needed for them to decompile and recompile right
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elesbb said:
Yes I have.
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Can you elaborate on what tools you used and how to set it up please?
I have been stuck trying to get this to work for over a week now.
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evil1art said:
That and SystemUI.apk are both missing files needed for them to decompile and recompile right
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There are ways for making it work though
TheArtiszan said:
Can you elaborate on what tools you used and how to set it up please?
I have been stuck trying to get this to work for over a week now.
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I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.
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There are ways for making it work though
I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.
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Im the one who figured out the missing style for the systemui
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Im the one who figured out the missing style for the systemui
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Yeah so did I lol. Ive ran into that issue before and thats all you have to do to get around it.
elesbb said:
There are ways for making it work though
I used the tool in my signature and you have to remove some layout paramaters in the xml files then recompile and copy the originals over to the newly compiled apk.
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We have our own modified apk manger works good
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evil1art said:
We have our own modified apk manger works good
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Ahhh. That makes life a lot easier lol. How did you modify it? Build it from source or edit the jar file?
elesbb said:
Ahhh. That makes life a lot easier lol. How did you modify it? Build it from source or edit the jar file?
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Modified the original files and changed memory heap etc
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Oh okay that makes sense.
I am editing the framework res apk
Making changes only to the arrays.xml file in the values folder.
Which styles should I be commenting out and then which file should I copy to the original?
I tried putting a + in front of a few lines based on the errors I was getting but that seemed to make it worse.
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I think the arrays and other values xml get compiled into the resources file no?
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TheArtiszan said:
I think the arrays and other values xml get compiled into the resources file no?
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Everything in the values directory is found in your resources.arsc file in the apk.
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Ah that makes sense.
The changes made for layouts, does that go into the same area though?
Just wondering if that might cause a problem since that is what I would want to move over.
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That is odd.
I can get this to decompile in apk multi tool but not Elesbb's GUI
I get the following error:
Tue 06/25/2013
0:46:56.39
Decompiling.. "C:\Users\Bill\APK GUI\framework-res.apk"
I: Loading resource table...
Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: Multiple resources: spec=0x010802f4 drawable/ic_ab_back_holo_dark, config=-hdpi
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResConfig.addResource(ResConfig.java:65)
at brut.androlib.res.data.ResConfig.addResource(ResConfig.java:58)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readEntry(ARSCDecoder.java:197)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readConfig(ARSCDecoder.java:166)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readType(ARSCDecoder.java:131)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readPackage(ARSCDecoder.java:106)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.readTable(ARSCDecoder.java:83)
at brut.androlib.res.decoder.ARSCDecoder.decode(ARSCDecoder.java:49)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResPackagesFromApk(AndrolibResources.java:390)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.loadMainPkg(AndrolibResources.java:56)
at brut.androlib.res.AndrolibResources.getResTable(AndrolibResources.java:48)
at brut.androlib.Androlib.getResTable(Androlib.java:48)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.getResTable(ApkDecoder.java:166)
at brut.androlib.ApkDecoder.decode(ApkDecoder.java:99)
at brut.apktool.Main.cmdDecode(Main.java:131)
at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:68)
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Did I miss something.
Made some progress and decompiling ok now on a different computer.
If I add the + before the layouts would that cause operation issues?
I would like to know too.
Still having trouble.
What did you do too decompile?
Okay I can now get it to recompile adding the +layout to the xml files that were erroring in the compile log and only other change was made was to the arrays.xml file to enable bluetooth tethering like on the GS3 did.
however when I push it to the phone and chmod and try it I get a boot loop.
Did I do something wrong?
Am I supposed to copy out the resource.asrc from the file I compiled like a zip then add it to the original that I pulled using 7zip or something?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
TheArtiszan said:
Okay I can now get it to recompile adding the +layout to the xml files that were erroring in the compile log and only other change was made was to the arrays.xml file to enable bluetooth tethering like on the GS3 did.
however when I push it to the phone and chmod and try it I get a boot loop.
Did I do something wrong?
Am I supposed to copy out the resource.asrc from the file I compiled like a zip then add it to the original that I pulled using 7zip or something?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Move the AndroidManifest.xml and Meta-INF folder from the original apk to the modified one.
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