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I successfully edited my first .png and ported it as a theme!
Colored Vibrating Phone!!
I want to appologize for being impatient to all the current theme developers specifically Manup. After spending an hour how to get the .png to save in the archive file, I can see that editing each individual icon could take hours and hours if you want it to look right.
Time for me to try at some more difficult stuff.
Hope to be posting my first theme within the next few months.
um..what did you do that took so long?
well....
Remember that this is my first self attempt at this.
I was having trouble getting it to save to the archive. The pop up was behind other applications I was running, so I didn't see it prompting me to save to the archive.
Next is just the editing of the .png itself. If I was just copying and pasting it wouldn't have taken any time. I had to find the icon I wanted to put there, then change the colors just right. It isn't really hard, just time consuming, but you already know that. This is why I was apologizing. Its my first time, give me a break.
Ok I went to edit the first android boot screen.
and of course it hung on boot screen in a loop. My file went from around 3k to 31k so obviously the file is too big. I can't seem to find an option to compress or deflate the file using 7zip.
Can any give me some suggestions?
You don't the .png images with 7zip you do it with Photoshop or whatever graphic design program. There is a post some where explaining how to compress the .png images i just don't know it of hand.
Yeah you want to save the file in photoshop using the save for web & devices...or the pngout program. read thru this here. has my way and the pngout way in the posts.
Ill give ya a tip, this is how i do it at least. i extract the update.zip then extract all the apks that i am going to change. I start editing all the files in framework-res, then move to Launcher, contacts and phone. After these are done i normally import them into the update.zip, sign it and test it.
When i import the images i just open the update.zip in WinRar, then double click the apk i need to import images into. It opens the apk in a new WinRar window, i browse tot he folder i need then just drag the images into it. Do that for each apk then sign it and test it.
Hope this helps.
I was using 7zip for extraction and paintshop pro for editing
I was doing fine. I was just excited to get that far. One of the problems I ran into was when I edited an image file it went from 3k to 30k when. I even used png crush and it only compressed to 24k. Not sure if it is even important yet.
I was only:
A) apologizing for expecting so much when it is so much work.
B) proud that I figured it out and am on my way to editing/creating my own theme.
I only ask one thing of some of the more senior devs. Please don't be so critical. All of us are at several different levels. What may seem juvenile to you might be a huge hurdle to others. This is why we are dependant on you for themes.
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I was doing fine. I was just excited to get that far. One of the problems I ran into was when I edited an image file it went from 3k to 30k when. I even used png crush and it only compressed to 24k. Not sure if it is even important yet.
I was only:
A) apologizing for expecting so much when it is so much work.
B) proud that I figured it out and am on my way to editing/creating my own theme.
I only ask one thing of some of the more senior devs. Please don't be so critical. All of us are at several different levels. What may seem juvenile to you might be a huge hurdle to others. This is why we are dependant on you for themes.
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Good job on getting going, im getting ready to make a go of it as well. I dont think they are criticizing you just being helpful. Have you seen how critical people are in the theme makers posts, cant believe half the theme makers still do it lol.
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I was doing fine. I was just excited to get that far. One of the problems I ran into was when I edited an image file it went from 3k to 30k when. I even used png crush and it only compressed to 24k. Not sure if it is even important yet.
I was only:
A) apologizing for expecting so much when it is so much work.
B) proud that I figured it out and am on my way to editing/creating my own theme.
I only ask one thing of some of the more senior devs. Please don't be so critical. All of us are at several different levels. What may seem juvenile to you might be a huge hurdle to others. This is why we are dependant on you for themes.
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Hope i didn't come off that way...i was just trying to help. no ill intenet in that post at all =)
Thank you.
It always helps with reassuring words while trying something this complicated.
Thank you damnitpud.
I have been following the forums very closely since October. I have even followed your posts and tutorials. I am just trying to ride the wave crest and not fall in, because getting out is a *****. I have had to not only pick up the 'ol writing computer
Read through my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3339701&postcount=6
It tells you how to edit the update.zip without extracting anything but the drawables folder. After a lot of time and effort I have streamlined the process as much as possible so maybe you can pick up a few tricks with that walkthrough. And I use gimp, I dont mess wtih compression or saving file for web. I take big images, save them as a png, resize them to 48x48 using the XP power toys resizing tool and drag-and-drop them into my update.zip. I dont know what is happening but everyone keeps thinking its way harder than it really is.
Then when I swap themes from ADP to RC33 or vice versa I open up my theme in 7zip and a blank theme in the version I want to convert too. I got to each apk and drag-and-drop the drawables folder straight into the other update.zip replacing the existing drawables folder. If you do it my way you can convert a theme in minutes or if you have all the artwork you can turn it into a theme in about 15-20 mins TOPS.
My biggest suggestion is to experiment with trial and error, use your nandroid backup and make mistakes, its the best way to learn and there is nothing that compares to hands on experience, that way you know what works and you can tell people from experience instead of hearsay.
7Zip is the best tip you gave B, I tried using WinRar but it wasnt as user friendly for this stuff. Especially as 7Zip saves as you swap and move up the file tree.
I am using your tutorial B.
I don't have photoshop, so I am using Paintshop pro PhotoX2 which works fine for me.
I was using 7zip, but I am used to using Winzip. I am currently using Winzip12 so thats serving my needs nicely.
What I was referring too isn't so much difficult in moving files around, it is more or less knowing WHICH files you can mess with. I have seen posted that don't mess with .9.png files at them moment as that can cause problems. I also do not know what size a theme is aloud to be in the update.zip. I also wanted to know If i have to include ever single file or if it is just neccessary to do just the things you want to change.
It isn't hard to actually do the file changing and such, the "HARD" part is more Time consuming then hard, and thats the artwork required to actually change the look of the component.
More questions will pop-up I am sure, but I am in the Trial and Error Stage right now.
Another question if anyone reads this, Where is the Clock Widget located? I see that every theme maker edits this, and lets be honest, If you use this widget, it is the center focal point of every theme. Just changing this gives the whole desktop another feel.
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...Where is the Clock Widget located? I see that every theme maker edits this, and lets be honest, If you use this widget, it is the center focal point of every theme. Just changing this gives the whole desktop another feel.
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It's in the Launcher.apk.
All your questions are in the tutorials, if you drag the drawable folder onto your desktop you can see the pics when you doubleclick the folder.
Just my thought,
The clock is something that most people change, but I dont use the clock, that is why the time is in the corner constantly. I feel the clock just eats up space on my desktop. Of course I like it with as few icons as possible.
Thanx for the replies.
I had also found the clock in the Launcher.apk file, but for some reason, when I try and edit it and put it back into the folder it causes my phone stop at the boot screen. I just wanted to make sure I was trying to edit the right file.
I somehow expected it to be in a completely different place.
Yes a lot of my questions may seem to be repeats, but I had initially started this thread as just a Eureka thread. But as long as people who are in the know are reading it, I am glad to ask questions. Sometimes the Main threads and stickies are 150 pages deep and after not reading them for two days you kind of get behind.
well if we are asking questions....then can someone help me
when I go to update my phone with the update zip i get
E:Wrong digest
system/app/Launcher.apk
E:Verification failed
and yes I am new at this...
Have you rooted with RC29 yet?
Looks like what happens before you root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442480
Read this first.
I had the exact same "wohoo" feeling when I made my first theme mod and it was a success.
I love the fact that ordinary pc scale wallpapers can be used on the dream, no stupid cropped portrait pictures that other phones are stuck with, i have been collecting wallpapers for about 4 mths now there are 231 in this collection (there may be some doubles not really checked) , some are the standard ones and some are not so standard, i take no credit for creating any of these only the credit for gathering them together, i have put them on picasa so you can download them directly on your phone i hope you all find some you like as i have had so much from this community it will be nice to give something back
Wallpapers Here
Gradiation wallpapers added
thats the first of my own wallpapers added, they are simple gradiants but with texture and dock area variations, please give me feedback and let me know if you like them
DEV WANTED
If anybody out there knows how, i would love to get a free app together for this wallpaper collection, just to make things easier for everyone. Not even sure if its possible, its all abit beyond my paygrade , if anyone has any ideas let me know, thanks.
Amazing! Thank you so very much!
Here are some of mine, hope you enjoy
http://img193.imageshack.us/g/afterblast23.jpg/
Omfg, i love you guys. I don't have much wallpapers to contribute though LOL sorry
Thanks! These are all great.
Thank you for sharing！！
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I love the fact that ordinary pc scale wallpapers can be used on the dream, no stupid cropped portrait pictures that other phones are stuck with, i have been collecting wallpapers for about 4 mths now there are 231 in this collection (there may be some doubles not really checked) , some are the standard ones and some are not so standard, i take no credit for creating any of these only the credit for gathering them together, i have put them on picasa so you can download them directly on your phone i hope you all find some you like as i have had so much from this community it will be nice to give something back
Wallpapers Here
Gradiation wallpapers added
thats the first of my own wallpapers added, they are simple gradiants but with texture and dock area variations, please give me feedback and let me know if you like them
DEV WANTED
If anybody out there knows how, i would love to get a free app together for this wallpaper collection, just to make things easier for everyone. Not even sure if its possible, its all abit beyond my paygrade , if anyone has any ideas let me know, thanks.
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Wow,this is the best collection of wallpapers i've seen so far thnks.
Great collection, thanks for sharing
Fantastic collection of wallpapers resized accordingly. Great job and thank you for sharing them.
Anyone else have wallpapers to share?
davidreece said:
DEV WANTED
If anybody out there knows how, i would love to get a free app together for this wallpaper collection, just to make things easier for everyone. Not even sure if its possible, its all abit beyond my paygrade , if anyone has any ideas let me know, thanks.
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What do you want like app ? the mobile version of picasa didn't do the trick ?
Great wallpapers share!
I would like to share my wallpaper, but it's just from the Lightshow theme from the MyTouch 3G Slide, so I don't know if it's even legal to share that while it might be copyrighted.
Thanks for the wallpapers.
AMAZING!! love em all!
thanks for the wallpapers
Thanks for sharing, that's exactly what I'm looking for
Ok so i have been looking google xda and i found nothing either fail searcher or nothing out there as i searched it;P. So what i am looking for is.... an application/program to let me fix my custom wallpaper from pictures i have taken, which will be live will be live u know...and also not only be live/moving but also change in a specific way through time so you know i got pictures of the same landscape through the day and i put them together in order to create an almost full timescape so i explained it the best i could... TO SUM UP want it to be constantly moving in a pattern obviously like all of them(like the one with the sea that galaxy has preinstalled)and with moving like 50 pictures through timescape i will have 50 different pictures for example of a landscape that i want them to change according to time...(for example again if its 9 am its like sunset and if its 6 pm its a picture i have taken of the sunrise)
I APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE FOR A LOT OF SPEAKING ITS JUST I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE BEST I COULD, also thank you for reading.
Ok some help to understand what i mean http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_299822&v=g5MEy9NuVXU at 1.35 exactly my example, but i don't want a fake motion instead i want my own personal this kind wallpaper made by my own pictures;p
If i cannot get that full mode as i say above help me as much as u can can i have my own for time wallpaper but the windmiles FOR EXAMPLE? anything u got or u know thanks in advance again
Hi all,
I see on market this cool wallpaper:
Sun Rise free
I'm using it and it's really nice, but there are (IMHO) a lot of things missing.
such as:
- always the same background during morning/afternoon/evening
- only those few birds
stuff like that ..
I would like to create a new one starting from this idea, I studied java but I'm more network administrator, programming is not my best!
is there someine who could help me?
UP ???
I just can't find a good "how to" to make a nice live wallpaper, guess it's not so hard, i could do a Flash (swf) pic. and use this as background
sorry this is probably not the answer you're looking for..
i've only been java programming for about a year, so my skills are still fairly week but i have been for awhile wanting to make a live wallpaper, only I haven't seen any particularly straightforward tutorials..good luck, you can message me if you need help with something and i can try and help you...i need to familiarize myself more with the android api
I found these 2 Links:
http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/creating-live-wallpapers-on-android/
and
http://www.vogella.de/articles/AndroidLiveWallpaper/article.html
take a look, maybe they can help. I'm not much of a programmer myself so I couldn't tell you if this is exactly what you need but it looks promising.
thank u guys I really appreciate your help!
first im trying to study from developer.android.com "how to programming"
then maybe i will try with live wallpaper :/
Perhaps you can check out the source code of the live wallpaper and familiarize yourself with how it's structured.
decompile the apk file and take a look inside
I've never opened an apk if not for replace images, can i really do that? cool! ill try then!! thanks!
P4p3r1n0 said:
I've never opened an apk if not for replace images, can i really do that? cool! ill try then!! thanks!
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Yes you can decompile an apk file.
You'll need a tool called "apktool" and if you haven't already you need "Android SDK"
If you then decompile an apk file you'll get access to all the .xml and image files.
Yep i've got all the necessary, sdk - eclipse with adt and everything works.
i "installed" apktool and tried to decompile this livewallpaper.
it worked!
now im reading all the xml files in it - i found out that there's a very little bit of java in android apps and lot of xml! -
btw .. im stuck finding how to change wallpaper's properties using the clock to switch from morning - afternoon - evening
that's what i would like to do more 'cos it sucks to take the phone at 9.00 pm and see the sunshine or whatever... ??
can i upload the decompiled file ? i think there will not be problems since this app is free
im looking for someone to help me in making a bootanimation for my rom i need someone with very good photo shops skills, someone who has no problem making multiple samples and if at all possible if it could be a MOVING animation not just a still photo so to speak. please contact me if interested
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im looking for someone to help me in making a bootanimation for my rom i need someone with very good photo shops skills, someone who has no problem making multiple samples and if at all possible if it could be a MOVING animation not just a still photo so to speak. please contact me if interested
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I can probably make something....it depends on a things regarding work (and my free time). I usually make very cool 3D animations. I can send you an example boot animation in zip form that I did for another HTC. There is a free app for Windows that will play the animation (since the zip is just the frames).