Title more or less says it, is there any availible theme system similar to the cyanogen theme app that will apply a theme to the entire device? Including apps, UI, etc.
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I am very experienced with creating many themes for Blackberrys. but recently the old blackberry broke and i moved on to the Moto Defy. i tried to get some themes but realized i was completely clueless.
i was wondering anybody could answer some questions for me about themes for the Moto Defy.
1. are all themes for android phones the same or do you have to download themes for different OS or devices?
2. is their a certain software or web program that is used to create themes?
3.how do you install a theme to the Moto Defy?
I promise to post my themes here once i learn how to make them.
As far as I know there isn't a standard method to create themes on android, you can change wallpaper and that's it. If you want to skin bars and other system stuff you need to be root. Only if you install an extra home manager (launcherpro, awd ...) you can have themes for it (icons, wallpaper, colors).
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I recently installed a genealogy app (families)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.telgen.families
which uses sqlite and which is quite good. But I'm not crazy about the silver-gray color it uses for its background. So I wrote to the author who told me the app uses the "default android colors" but was otherwise unhelpful.
So, I thought to ask here. Is there a tool or app that could modify the default android colors an app or screen uses?
Thanks.
On a per app level, i'm not sure it's currently possible short of modifying the app itself.
Judging from the screenshots, the app needs to be updated for holo (the UI theme in android 3.0+) anyway.
On a rom level essentially you want your rom to be themeable.
Roms such as cyanogen mod have a built in theming engine.
If you're rooted and not on a rom that has a theme engine (such as stock), you can use HKThemeManager
Though most themes focus on the holo assets, theming the pre holo assets isnt really a focus for anyone since they're becoming rather rare.
Thank you very much.
I am rooted and on stock using Nova launcher. Are you saying stock has a theme tool?
Is it possible to activate two themes at the same time?
For example: I really like the UI of the new "Nue" theme by PA, but there are also some themes around that are changing the interface of certain apps (e.g. WhatsApp) differently than the current theme, which I would like to use too.
The problem here is, that both themes are using the "Styles" option of the theme manager, so if I am activating one the other one becomes deactivated.. Is there any possibility to let them both activated?
Nope not possible
Hi,
My gf got her z1c few months back and hasnt changed any themes untill now. She has been wondering about the stock theme engine having this 'theme elements' section where you supposedly change icons and soft keys etc. But in every theme she buys or downloads these options are greyed out. Even if the theme description in Play Store says that there are changeable elements in theme.
Is this a root only feature or what? Seems odd if so, cuz the options are visible in stock ROM, but not usable.
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When you download theme supports theme engine it change your bar with softkeys etc but you can change it manually because there is no more option only 1 option for every element so no Choice
Many custom ROMs have non-AOSP graphical resources, e.g. Carbon has many elements colored white instead of holo blue to create a KitKat style.
The problem is that often times, this styling decision affects themes from CM's theme engine, e.g. the white stripe in the header of pop-up dialog boxes often remains in a CM theme like "Veu". It's very frustrating to have these clashing styles.
So my question is: is there a way (a flashable .zip, perhaps) to override the out-of-the-box custom style with the baseline AOSP style in order to make a CM theme look the same across various ROMs?
This problem has always bugged me and leaves me wondering why ROM makers even bother to include the theme engine if their custom style is just going to interfere with it.