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[Q] Changing App Drawer Icons

I've recently started going wild with icons on my phone. However at the minute I haven't ventured past the launcher. I am looking into changing all my apps icons so that the drawer also contains these logos. Sadly I am unsure on how to go about these. I'd appreciate it if someone could give me a few pointers.
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
Depend of your launcher,if it's the stock or the common launchers (Nova,Apex) it's not possible,not yet.Or maybe Apex wich support themes.But just to change the icons in the app drawer,no.Maybe Go Launcher or ADW...
If you want to change yourself the icons of your apps (system or other apps),opens with Winrar (it is the only one I use),just open,and navigate to res/drawable-xhdpi,then to identify the icon that launches the application (ie one that is visible in the app drawer) search the .png named "ic_launcher_****.png".
For example for:
Mms.apk->ic_launcher_smsmms.png
Settings.apk->ic_launcher_settings.png
Phone.apk->ic_launcher_phone.png
Etc...
Replace these icons with yours with the exact name,just drag and drop them,close winrar and you're good.
You also do it directly on your phone with Root explorer for example.
This method change also the icons on your home,necessarily.
PS:from your PC,just take all the system app you want changed from your current ROM and need root for these kinds of changes...
Hope this helps you if I understand right your request...

Thanks for the reply!
I'm using Nova sadly, so it seems the long winded way is the only way to do it. Do you know if it will effect apps updating? I assume if the app does update the default logo will be restored?

Re,
Sorry,I really do not know to this question...I mean is that the updated application will be possible if it was modified?
I just changed icons for system apps (Mms.apk and Phone.apk wich don't update by themself) for other apps which may have an updated by the Play Store...I'm not sure...if it does not block the update,your application will have the stock icon again I think.
Yes the method by opening each application to replace the icons is tedious,but now with Nova it's the only solution...

We can always hope Nova adds a feature for it eh? Thank you again for your help! Time to get icon changing!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

Re,
Yes,Nova launcher User Voice:http://feedback.novalauncher.com/forums/145180-nova-feature-requests
There have been requests to change the icons in the app drawer,strangely there has not been many votes...Les than for Apex Launcher...
And you're welcome

nice to see someone else having a try lol
have a look at some of my posts,see if they can help you in anyways,i've been editing apk's for 6 month now lol,i used to use root explorer & rom toolbox pro...........now i stay well clear of them now and use adb,some ppl find it hard to use,i did at 1st,but after 1 use,it's the easiest program to use.........
1. DOWNLOAD ZIP CALLED adb_fastboot_and_ther_tools,i can't upload it as its too big lol
2. EXTRACT IT ANYWHERE
3. INSIDE IS A FOLDER CALLED ANDROID,MOVE THIS TO C: DRIVE
4. EDIT YOUR APK OF CHOICE BUT HAVE TO COPIES OF THE ZIP FILE
5. EXTRACT 1 BUT LEAVE THE OTHER UN EXTRACTED
6. WHEN FINISHED EDITING YOUR ICONS IN 1 FOLDER,GO TO YOUR UN EXTRACTED APK,DOUBLE CLICK IT,THEN DELETE Res folder
7. now drag your res folder from the open folder to the zip where u just deleted and click ok
8. now open android folder and move your unzipped apk to it
9. make sure your phone is plugged in to your pc and is in CHARGE ONLY
10. USE ES FILE EXPLORER TO MAKE YOUR PHONE IN WRITE MODE
11. right click on cmd in the android folder,run as administrator
12. cmd window appears,type in adb devices and hit enter
13. your phone should appear after a few seconds
14. IF all good up to now u need to send your apk via adb......here's an example
15. if editing a system app,delete the old 1 first eg Settings.apk
15. adb push Settings.apk system/app
16. once pushed,set permissions to RW-R-R
17. REBOOT..........ALL DONE
i've added a picture of what u should see before u push the apk in the cmd window

Ty5982 said:
have a look at some of my posts,see if they can help you in anyways,i've been editing apk's for 6 month now lol,i used to use root explorer & rom toolbox pro...........now i stay well clear of them now and use adb,some ppl find it hard to use,i did at 1st,but after 1 use,it's the easiest program to use.........
1. DOWNLOAD ZIP CALLED adb_fastboot_and_ther_tools,i can't upload it as its too big lol
2. EXTRACT IT ANYWHERE
3. INSIDE IS A FOLDER CALLED ANDROID,MOVE THIS TO C: DRIVE
4. EDIT YOUR APK OF CHOICE BUT HAVE TO COPIES OF THE ZIP FILE
5. EXTRACT 1 BUT LEAVE THE OTHER UN EXTRACTED
6. WHEN FINISHED EDITING YOUR ICONS IN 1 FOLDER,GO TO YOUR UN EXTRACTED APK,DOUBLE CLICK IT,THEN DELETE Res folder
7. now drag your res folder from the open folder to the zip where u just deleted and click ok
8. now open android folder and move your unzipped apk to it
9. make sure your phone is plugged in to your pc and is in CHARGE ONLY
10. USE ES FILE EXPLORER TO MAKE YOUR PHONE IN WRITE MODE
11. right click on cmd in the android folder,run as administrator
12. cmd window appears,type in adb devices and hit enter
13. your phone should appear after a few seconds
14. IF all good up to now u need to send your apk via adb......here's an example
15. if editing a system app,delete the old 1 first eg Settings.apk
15. adb push Settings.apk system/app
16. once pushed,set permissions to RW-R-R
17. REBOOT..........ALL DONE
i've added a picture of what u should see before u push the apk in the cmd window
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Nice guide!

Samsung Galaxy SIII Softkeys for GNEX - Alpha

I made the Samsung Galaxy S3 hardkeys to Galaxy Nexus Softkeys.
Flashable with Metamorph or do it manually.
Did not try it, hope someone else can do it because my GNEX is in reperature.
Please post some screens if you flash it, so I can see and make it better, some updates etc.
DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.file-upload.net/download-4445951/GalaxyS3SoftgeysForGNEX.zip.html
Tutorial:
MetaMorph
Download and install MetaMorph from the Market, open it at least once so that the folder AndroidThemes will be created on /sdcard/
Download a Softkey Style using the MetaMorph link and move this .zip file to /sdcard/AndroidThemes using your favorite file explorer
Open MetaMorph, choose "Unzip/Extract new theme" and select the .zip file you downloaded. A popup screen will appear, meaning it has been extracted. Press the "Close" button.
Hit the "Apply all!" button and wait +/- 5 seconds (nothing will happen)
Reboot your phone immediately after this and you're done! Oh, and set a new wallpaper because it may be restored to default..
(Phone can hang in "SystemUI has been ended". Just pull out battery and restart phone.
2. Advanced (Hard) Method - Edit the SystemUI.apk from your phone - thanks to bangdrum! Not working for everybody!
Download and install Root Explorer from the Market and make a Nandroid backup
Download the softkeymod you like
Open Root Explorer and navigate to /system/app/, find SystemUI.apk, long press, and select extract. Go to the folder sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted and make sure you have a folder that's called SystemUI
If the folder is there navigate to where you downloaded the chosen softkeymod (usually sdcard/download) and long press it. Select extract all. Go to sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted and there should be a folder with the name of the softkeymod.
Click on this folder, and also on the next. Hit the menu key and press 'Multi Select'. Highlight all the images included in the folder and select 'Move' at the bottom. Navigate back to the SystemUI folder, go to SystemUI/res/drawable-xhdpi and 'Paste' here. A command prompt should pop up asking to replace the current images. Select 'Yes For All'
Go back to the sdcard/speedsoftware/extracted folder, long press the SystemUI folder and select 'Create ZIP'
Rename the created SystemUI.zip to SystemUi.apk and move the SystemUI.apk to your /system/app folder. Change permissions of SystemUI.apk to rw-r--r--
Reboot your Galaxy Nexus (pull battery out and reboot, this is an essential step) and your softkeys will be modded!
Credits to: atticus182 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413582) for tutorial and search button !

I have the download fail a couple times before it takes but then it says bad .zip file...mind just posting the .PNG images her so us folks on AOKP can just plug them in through ROM control.

This^^

here is the link for the png-pictures for CDMA users:
http://imageshack.us/g/513/icsysbarback.png/

[How to] Modify Onscreen Navbar Buttons in HTC 10 Leedroid Rom

I'm one of a few who prefer using Onscreen Navbar Buttons and as i'm using them in Leedroid Rom, i need to modify them to my liking.
And as i have seen others with the same question, how to do that, i make a short, quick tutorial, what you have to do!
Overview:
- Second post deals with changing the images of the buttons
- Third post shows you, what to do to change the behavior if you push the buttons (based on xposed)
Disclaimer:
This part is modifying SystemUI.apk. If you make it wrong, or if you flash an outdated apk, your System/Phone might get unusable!
Make a backup in recovery and from everything which is important to you,just in case of. Better save than sorry
So, let's start!
Just want to thank some guys before, for their suggestions and for their input which i learned a lot from:
- LeeDroid
- Mr Hofs
- ckpv5
- xpirt
- baadnewz

Changing the images of the buttons
You need:
- WinRar or 7zip
- SystemUI.apk (must be deodexed, the apk from Leedroids rom is)
- your new button images as .png
How to:
Copy your SystemUI.apk from System/priv-app/SystemUI folder to your computer. Now you can open it with WinRar or 7zip. Make sure you just open it, do not extract it! Go to \res\drawable-xxxhdpi-v4 folder, there you will find the files to replace. And these files are:
- navigation_icon_back
- navigation_icon_down
- navigation_icon_home
- navigation_icon_recent_apps
I want the buttons to look like on my M8, so i used the png files from it. These are in size 76x76 and look a bit small. The google images are 88x88. I used an online png converter to resize the png's without loosing quality to 90x90 which is a good size for my liking.
So make sure, that your png files are named correctly, then drag and drop them into the opened apk file, into the drawable-xxxhdpi-v4 folder. Close the open apk window, thats it. Now you should be able touse this file for your Leedroid Rom.
Notice:
If you want the same images as i use, you can use for the actually Leedroid Rom (v4.0.0 svn119) the zip file from attachment and flash it in recovery.
You can also take my zip from attachment and replace the SystemUI.apk in \system\priv-app\SystemUI with your modded apk file and flash it with recovery (do it the same way like we replace the png's, drag and drop the apk and it will replace my SystemUI.apk).
But be aware: if Lee changes things in SystemUI.apk the file may need to be modded again! Otherwise it can cause an unusable System! Keep that in mind please. If you use svn, you can check what files are modded.
So, that's all. Nothing new or serious groundbreaking, but as i have seen the question if it's possible a couple of times, i felt it is time to write some words about it.
Maybe i'll add some pictures later on.
Have fun!

Change the behavior if you push the buttons (based on xposed)
This part is not really modding, as we use existing solutions. But i asked myself a long time, if its possible to do on Sense Rom while i'm on Resurrection Remix (where this is an basic feature). And it wasn't that easy way, until xposed for Nougat was released. But now i know that it will work and maybe this will help others, thats why i'll write here what to do.
You need:
- XposedInstaller (latest right now is 3.1.4, https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811)
- Xposed framework as in recovery flashable zip from here (at the moment, for Leedroid Rom sdk24/arm64/)
- GravityBox [N] for Nougat
- if you want to remove it, the xposed uninstaller
How to:
Flash the xposed framework with the zip file in recovery. Reboot (may take a while) and intall the XposedInstaller.apk and the GravityBox [N] modul.apk.
Open xposed, go to module and tick the checkbox for GravityBox [N] (or activate the module from statusbar directly after you have installed it). A reboot is needed.
Open GravityBox, go to Navigation bar tweaks, enable the "Master switch" and make sure the checkbox by "Enable navigation bar" is ticked. A reboot may be needed.
Go back, scroll down and enter Navigation keys actions. Here you can set the actions for each button (Home, Back, Recents and if you use Menu). Also Long-press or Double-tap actions. It is very self explanatory here. If you scroll down, you can also set speed or dely for some actions. As far as i remember, again a restart is necessary.
Thats it.
I hope that helps some people to find their way around!

xstansa lets you change on screen nav buttons without modifying systemui as well

How to get pixel's Google assistant 2.0 new UI and look for galaxy A10!

Ok first you gotta know that t works ok Pixel devices for now. So follow this tutorial [so easy it is just 1 step] to edit your device fingerprint to Pixel 4 XL.
After you done this you should be able to see assistant transparent black UI. But not full yet.
Get yourself zarchiver from playstore
Link for app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.zdevs.zarchiver
Or just use your root file manager.
We need any file manager that can access root.
Simply go to zarchiver settings and choose ROOT then enable [root permissions] then go to ROOT of phone and follow this destination...
data/data/com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox/shared_prefs
And get that xml file and paste it in [shared_prefs] folder... [It will ask you to replace the old one with this. Say yes. Xml file link that YOU will paste it in the shared_prefs folder:-
GEL.GSAPrefs.xml
drive.google.com
Then after you paste it in the [shared_prefs] folder... Go back one step and long click on that [shared_prefs] folder. And choose "permissions"
And then set the number of permissions to 551 [r-x r-x --x] after that hit ok then just close all apps and call assistant manually. You should see the new update.
Screenshot of the new update [check attached files.]

[GUIDE] Change font in any rooted android. Preview, download & install any font from 112 choices!

Disclaimer: I'm not the owner of these fonts. They are collected from "Font Manager" module by androidacy
Font manager is availabe, so why I'm posting this thread?
It's because I found some disadvantages in font manager module-
1/That completely depends on internet
2/Previewer is not great
3/So many almost same looking fonts
4/Often gives errors
Introduction:
Preview all & pick one from 112 cool fonts + download & apply it using file manager(Rooted).
Steps:
Note: Don't use solid explorer. Install & use "MT File Manager" . Otherwise you will face auto reboot while applying font.
1/ Backup default font: Open Mt file manager . Grant superuser permission. Right hand side is the rooted part. Go to /system/ . Long press on "fonts" folder. Click on copy button. Now it will be copied to the non rooted part. That's your backup.
2/ Preview fonts: Download the attached preview.zip file. Extract it using Zarchiver. You will find a folder "preview fonts" & an apk file "Font Viewer". Install the apk & open it. Go to settings of the app. There are 2 text boxes. Erase the pre-written text of first box & write "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog." In the 2nd box, Erase the russian numbers & write "1234567890". Go back to the main interface. Now browse & open the "Preview fonts" folder. All 112 font previews will appear in a group. You can see detailed preview by clicking on each. Find which font is best for you & note the font name.
3/ Download fonts: Click on the download link below. That's a google drive folder. Click on search button. Search the font name that you liked in preview. Download the zip file of that font.
4/ Apply/Install: Open MT file manager. On your left side, click on zip file of the font. On right side, Go inside /system/fonts/. Scroll a bit on left side (So that you can select all in left). Click 3 dots on top right . Select all. Long press on the selected files. Copy them to right side. Check the box to replace all without permiting one by one. Reboot your device.
Go back to default font:
Select all files in your backed up "fonts" folder. Copy and replace to /system/fonts as mentioned in the 4th step.
Download fonts : here