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[SKETCH] Dialer Tab for Galaxy. Need some help!

Hello to all XDA-Developers members,
I've made today a dialer layout, which is almost done. I must start to cutt-off the pngs for dialer app, but while i was working I started wondering if is there any way to make the tab bar of the dialer transparent.
Can you tell me if that is possible?
here is the design:
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I know that I must retouch it
Please help me
EDIT
This is how I would like to look like with transparency

Hi
You'll need to modify some files in twframework-res.apk to change the tabs. Look for "tw_tab... .png". Unfortunately it's not controlled by the dialer.

but theoretically it is possible to make them transparent, am I right?

Theoretical its possible to theme anything in Android!

I have another question for you guys.
After I replaced some images in the dialertabactivity.apk and repacked it, replaced it in apps, my phone is not showing the app anymore. I even tryed to clean up the caches but useless. How am I suppose to proceed, so my app can be recognized by the phone.

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Crysis21 said:
Hello to all XDA-Developers members,
I've made today a dialer layout, which is almost done. I must start to cutt-off the pngs for dialer app, but while i was working I started wondering if is there any way to make the tab bar of the dialer transparent.
Can you tell me if that is possible?
here is the design:
I know that I must retouch it
Please help me
EDIT
This is how I would like to look like with transparency
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Damn I gonna put my ass over here, this dialer theme kicks buts.
I was searching for an samsung galaxy tab dialer/contacts apk for samsung i9000.
But i must say this is also good looking. did you already finish it?
Can't wait.

Crysis21 said:
I have another question for you guys.
After I replaced some images in the dialertabactivity.apk and repacked it, replaced it in apps, my phone is not showing the app anymore. I even tryed to clean up the caches but useless. How am I suppose to proceed, so my app can be recognized by the phone.
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Did you resign it? I know it's not the same app but it happens with Widgetlocker if it's not been resigned... Use APK Manager should do the trick

can i somehow to test the apps in a virtual android emulator? because at my last try something went wrong and I needed to reflash all system. don;t know why.

Hey man.
If you've already got this dialer, can you optimize this dialer for multi-dpi resolutions? It isnt that hard if you know some basics It looks awesome!

I will try boys. It's not ready yet, I still have a lot of work to do and a lot to read, because I haven;t modified other apps before.
This is how I decided to look. Maybe in the future I will change it a bit.
i don't know a finish date, because I have many exams at school right now and my free time is very limited.
I hope you like it.

Awesome Style
i I to am looking for a better dialer app for he galaxy tab and this well looks awesome.
Let us know how its comming along, cant wait for you to get it finnished.

Crysis21 said:
I have another question for you guys.
After I replaced some images in the dialertabactivity.apk and repacked it, replaced it in apps, my phone is not showing the app anymore. I even tryed to clean up the caches but useless. How am I suppose to proceed, so my app can be recognized by the phone.
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Just decompile the app and compile it after you are done.
Not unpack and repack because you lose the sign. Resign it won't work.
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I don't think Signing is required for System apps.
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I thougt that all android system apps are already signed by google

Hey buddy, nice design. I think you deleted AndroidManifest.xml from /keep folder (if you use apk manager). That and META-INF folder need to remain untouched and always kept.
So, basically, use apktool 1.3.1, when compiling answer yes to both questions, delete everything from /keep folder except META-INF and AndroidManifest.xml and thats it. In worse case scenario, even if you kept AndroidManifest and META-INF and the app still doesnt show up, unpack it with some archive manager and pack it back using zero compression. Must work.
As well, if you use adb push, make sure you always delete from the phone the app/file which you wanna replace.

redmaner said:
I thougt that all android system apps are already signed by google
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mno...
System applications in our case (Samsung users) are signed by Samsung using their own private key and almost all system apps share a specific UID - and we cannot sign the app with samsung's private key as we do not have it (is encrypted in CERT.RSA)
What signing does is basically creating a SHA1 checksum of all the files in the specific application. One file - MANIFEST.MF - contains simple checksums (you can generate them with any SHA1 checksum utility) and the other - CERT.SF - has "certificate aligned" (cant find a better term) checksums.
These checksums can be bypassed for all the files inside the application except for AndroidManifest.xml as this is the file which gives information to the Android system on how the app works, what permissions it needs and other specifications. No AndroidManifest/bad checksum for it (because of modification..) = no application in the launcher.
Now, you can try resigning the app but as it requires resources from different files in the system which share that ID, the chances that it will work are limited.

wow amazing explanation... never knew what the MANIFEST.MF and CERT.SF files are for?... Thank you so much Cezar

[REQ] Dropdown notification menu (Serendipity)

Hey guys, need some help here
I fell in love with the dropdown notification menu of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965760&page=16
BUT I have no idea how to extract it and zip it to flash through cwm
Is there anyone kind enough to help me @[email protected]?
Cheers!

that part is controled by tw-framework-res.apk ( think its called that you will notice it)
just copy that out of the roms update zip file and push it to your phone via adb and it should work.

iammodo said:
that part is controled by tw-framework-res.apk ( think its called that you will notice it)
just copy that out of the roms update zip file and push it to your phone via adb and it should work.
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i'm aware of that but i only need the dropdown notification menu. i believe twframework does not include the dropdown bar only?

Fornaxlife said:
i'm aware of that but i only need the dropdown notification menu. i believe twframework does not include the dropdown bar only?
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Use winrar to pull the PNG you want and move just that accross
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The pull down bar is part of the TWframework-res.apk.
You need to extract the apk.
change the system_notification_bar.png (or whatever its called. I cant remember off hand) with the image you want. You will find the images in drawable hdpi folder.
Repack the TWframework-res.apk into a flashable zip and flash via CWM.

zolah said:
The pull down bar is part of the TWframework-res.apk.
You need to extract the apk.
change the system_notification_bar.png (or whatever its called. I cant remember off hand) with the image you want. You will find the images in drawable hdpi folder.
Repack the TWframework-res.apk into a flashable zip and flash via CWM.
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and when you've done all that, post it here!
;-)
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But it also has smaller control buttons on the top, so it's not just that file that needs to be changed...

Thanks for all the replies. Have tried extracting and failed. Totally zero experience in doing such stuff. Anybody else willing to download the rom and try to extract the necessary files?
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Fornaxlife said:
Thanks for all the replies. Have tried extracting and failed. Totally zero experience in doing such stuff. Anybody else willing to download the rom and try to extract the necessary files?
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Post a zip with your twframwork and the one you want and a picture of what you want it to look like
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Yes, that's beautiful!

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iammodo said:
Post a zip with your twframwork and the one you want and a picture of what you want it to look like
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Hi,
The 'twframework' file is from my darky's v9.3 zip file.. i'm using that right now..
The 'twframework(2)' file is from the serendipity rom which i'd to extract from..
The picture of the dropdown notification menu is shown in MikeyMike01's post above ^
Thank you

hello
i am needing some assistance too. i coped the status_bar_expanded.xml from the serindipity tw into my tw apk, and im finding this strange error. That graphic is usually the background to the music controls.
FYi i didnt copy the not. icons from serindipity
Thanks for your help.

Normally the bar above and below is the same background. This allows them to be different.
You should copy over the other images.
Note that the music player still works fine.
Captivate, XDA Premium

how can i use this themes wifi battery and etc icons only, in stock theme?

[Q] Framework-Res.apk & SystemUI.apk

Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?

suwu10 said:
Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?
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Hey man, unles you are changing anything OTHER than pngs, you DO NOT have to extract the pngs. Just drag and drop what you want. Ie pngs you edited. In other words, Open frame work with 7zip, take the pngs you've edited and make sure the name and file exstension matches what you are about to replace and drop it in the proper file OVER the existing png. This works for JUST pngs. Then close 7zip and you are done. No other special commands needed...

Alright thanks ill try this

Did you edit any .9 png's? If yes, you need to draw the patches and recompile them before injecting back into the apks. That is most likely why you got FC's.

AvatarOfFrost said:
Did you edit any .9 png's? If yes, you need to draw the patches and recompile them before injecting back into the apks. That is most likely why you got FC's.
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Didn't even think about this man, ill check it out
Edit: I just checked and none of the images I edited were .9 pngs. They were mostly status bar icons

suwu10 said:
Okay so I'm running androids erection v3.1 and tried to do a little bit of theming on my own. I pulled both framework-res.apk and systemUI.apk to my laptop then using 7 zip opened up the archives and extracted the drawable hdpi folders to my desktop, edit the images I wanted and put them back in the proper folders and updated the archive. Then i put both apks on my sd card and signed using zipsigner 2 then moved them back to where they belong and rebooted. I got nothing but force closes can anyone help?
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You have to change the permissions of both the System UI & Framework apks to look like this before pushing to their respective places. I use Root Explorer for doing so.
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journeyman73 said:
You have to change the permissions of both the System UI & Framework apks to look like this before pushing to their respective places. I use Root Explorer for doing so.
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Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before

suwu10 said:
Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before
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Also if your rom is not deoxeded and your putting a regular theme into it, (odexed) it won't work... the rom and theme have to match... deoxeded to deoxeded and odexed to odexed (odexed would be the full Rom. Just change the pngs in the rom and then reload the rom). Hope this helps...

So I can switch the images from inside the rom with the images I want then flash the rom?

suwu10 said:
Okay thanks ill try this now
Edit: I'm trying to change the permissions but after I long press on the app, change the permissions, and hit okay then double check to see of it stays it goes back to what is was before
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You must move the items to the system folder before u can change permissions. If you get denied for trying to move the apks make sure the system folder is mounted as Read/Write in the top right corner of Root Explorer. When you have correctly did this, you will see Mount R/O in the top corner. Now change the permissions. You should get a "permission change successfully" message on screen. Now copy the apk to it's respective folder & reboot. I recommend doing one at a time.

I did it! I just switched out my images with the ones in the rom and flashed it and it worked . Thanks to everyone that helped

I am off to try the same thing... All I want to do is change a few images so hopefully I can handle this

puff601 said:
I am off to try the same thing... All I want to do is change a few images so hopefully I can handle this
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Goodluck mate!

[DEVTOOL] Saint's Color Editor v1.1 (changing colors in Android XML files made easy)

Saint's Color Editor v1.1​
I developed this tool to easily edit android colors in decompiled xml files. I'm sharing it here to help other themers because personally I found changing colors in xml files as the most painful part of theming.​
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Change Log
Version 1.1
* Looks up and loads named colors like @color/black from the same xml file and also interprets standard named colors
* Improved error handling​
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How to install and use?
Pretty simple..
- Unzip ColorEditor.exe anywhere you like and run..
- You must have Microsoft .NET Framework 4 installed on your pc
- Open any android xml file that contains colors
- Click on colors you want to change and choose alternate color from the color dialog that pops up (the app will automatically identify the hex code)
- When you are done, hit File/Save or Saveas..​... as simple as that
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Remember to thank me if I made your life easy.. Cheers..​

Thx for this mate. Ill try and give feedback. Quite nice idea i must say
Cheers,

Vertumus said:
Thx for this mate. Ill try and give feedback. Quite nice idea i must say
Cheers,
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Redownload again.. I made a fix since some standard color hex values were not translated properly and I have also included a Undo/Redo functionality..

I don't know why this tool did not got any attention from themers, since it is quite handy.
Thanks mate, again

Very great work mate!
I'll try it!
Big!

Vertumus said:
I don't know why this tool did not got any attention from themers, since it is quite handy.
Thanks mate, again
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people are probably used to notepads i guess

Notepad++ actually
Thanks for the tool!
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Very good tool definately makes changing colors easy. One question is do you use this to change the colors.xml from framework res cause i seem to just get boot loops whenever changing a couple of colours in that file even if just copy the resources file to a working framework res still get a bootloop. Not sure what to try. I only change the clock and secondary text colour. Any help would be great.
Thanks
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Thanks Very nice tool

Thanks for the tool. Definitely a handy one to go in the collection.

txr33 said:
Very good tool definately makes changing colors easy. One question is do you use this to change the colors.xml from framework res cause i seem to just get boot loops whenever changing a couple of colours in that file even if just copy the resources file to a working framework res still get a bootloop. Not sure what to try. I only change the clock and secondary text colour. Any help would be great.
Thanks
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Yes, I use this a lot to change colors.xml and no I never had boot loops. Boot loops cannot be due to changing colors. It could be due to the way you compile the apk's. For system apk's try not to flash signed apk's. I used to get boot loops when I sign system apk's. Flash only unsigned system apk's. Hope this helps...

hi i want to change the color of like the text in messages, the text which you type out, which value should i edit in my framework color.xml?

[APP] Mms.apk with different colors

Hi all,
I thought I'd share my modded Mms.apk with you. This was pulled from Calk's latest ROM. It should, however, work with any EL29 ROM. The only modifications are colors of the message bubbles, pulled from this MMS app. I tried using the app, but I was getting file compression errors when sending images, so I just modded the original Mms.apk slightly.
AS ALWAYS - YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Install via adb (Windows):
1. Connect your phone to PC
2. Make sure USB debugging is enabled
3. open command prompt in the same folder as Android SDK or make sure you have PATH specified to it; place Mms.apk in the same folder
4. Type adb start-server at command prompt
5. Type adb remount
6. Type adb push Mms.apk /system/app
7. Type adb reboot
Once your phone reboots, you will have the new MMS.apk fully functional. You may have to re-add the Messaging link to the bottom bar.
If you have ROOT EXPLORER, you can simply copy Mms.apk into your /system/app folder replacing the original file. Back it up first, though, if you want to revert back to it.
Enjoy.
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Cant you just drop it on your SD card then navigate your phone using ES file explorer or root explorer and copy and paste it into the system/app folder replacing the one thats in there, then reboot to get it to work?
If I am incorrect please let me know before I make a fatal error.... lol

I can't speak for THIS apk, however I just took a mms.apk from another rom, did exactly as you described but also changed the permissions, and it works fine. Why don't you make a back up and give it a go.
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You can certainly install it using ROOT explorer. Works either way.

If I want to change the colors for the conversation list would the images be in the hdpi folder and the lines and stuff in the xml?
Sent from my Epic™ 4G Touch

Anybody got a pic of the conversation list?

looks good , its just what i was looking for

Honestly, I have no idea. This was a simple PNG swap from another Mms.apk.
globalninja said:
If I want to change the colors for the conversation list would the images be in the hdpi folder and the lines and stuff in the xml?
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Conversation list looks completely stock.
SayWhat10 said:
Anybody got a pic of the conversation list?
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Anyone figure out how to mod the mms.apk so that i allows higher/larger file sizes for pics?? Iv tried but keep getting FC's once i push my version to the phone....

I would also like to have this for Calks ICS ROM. Any chance one could modify that for us?

This is funny I made one just like this a long time ago. It came from sensation rom if I remember correctly. Looks good.
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the rhyno said:
I would also like to have this for Calks ICS ROM. Any chance one could modify that for us?
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Bump...
or anyone know of one that could just replace the mms.apk and still work.

I'd like to be able to do this with MIUI's MMS application and their phone app. I tried on THE GOODNESS ICS but the app just force closes. Anybody know a way to do this?

still trying to figure out how to change the colors .. i want blue and green
anyone know how?

Ma$etas said:
still trying to figure out how to change the colors .. i want blue and green
anyone know how?
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You can get your own colors. For that you have to edit the message_bubble_xxx_.9.png files located in the res/drawable-hdpi directory inside the Mms.apk. These .9.png files are system-resizable PNGs that have to be edited with a special tool, like Draw9patch. If you google "how to edit .9.png files" you will find all sorts of tutorials and explanations.
Good luck.